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  • A drive to distribute water

    There was a small well, in almost dried-up status, which still some ladies were trying to fetch a bit of water. We asked them to gather around the vehicle and started pouring water from our water…
  • Munnar: Air, hills and birds

    This is a Photologue on my recent drive to Munnar - for the rains, the drive along the hills and of course some Birding. Though I have visited this ‘heaven on earth’ multiple times, it was different…
  • Shorter new road to Kathmandu

    I just came back from a quick road trip from Siliguri (W.B) to Kathmandu (Nepal) via a new route which was officially opened a few months ago. This new route is not only shorter, but also much more…
  • XUV500: 6000 kms to Garhwal!

    1. Rishikesh – 2 nights – Ganga Aarti, Rafting and some bungee jumping etc. 2. Uttarkashi – 2 nights – Visit Harsil, Sattal and or Nachiketa Tal and get to Gangotri 3. Rudraprayag – 3…
  • Jyotirling Darshan, Srisailam

    The shrine of Lord Mallikarjuna picturesquely situated on a flat top of Nallamalai Hills, it is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva in India. Srisailam is reputed to be one of the most ancient…
  • To Kolkata, then Thailand!

    Well, it's a complicated travelogue, of a break spanning 18 days, involving a roadtrip to Kolkata, flying out from there to Thailand, another 2350 km roadtrip there, flying back to Kolkata, and the…
  • Phalut: Meadowlands of the East

    I turned around, searching for who it was that owned his magical land and then saw a Buddhist monk, a lama, standing behind me. He had light, watery and blue eyes that shone in the dawn sun and a…
  • Driven: Kolkata to Kashmir!

    A land of Shikaras and Chinar, of pristine beautiful lakes and heavenly colored flower adorned valleys, of snow clad peaks amidst lush green mountains, of flowing rivers that hold our hands while…
  • Touring Ooty on a Kawasaki

    What do you do when your friend bails on you for a trip to Goa, when you are desperate for riding your bike? Well, you go ahead and make the trip solo. Well, at least that’s what I did.
  • Drive to Varkala and Ponmudi

    Atul and I decided to skip a bike trip for a weekend and do a road trip by car. There were couple of long weekends coming in the month of April, so thought to quickly zero down on a destination and…
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