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  • Above 4000m at Chanshal

    This is a short travelogue of a weekend trip to Chanshal. The spring is always the most special time of the year. The landscape gets painted in the choicest of colours. The Rhododendron reds,…
  • Conquering the Marsimik La

    Well! The Challenge with penning down a Ladakh Travelogue is not only in the enormity of it, but the fact that, despite the remoteness, vastness and desolateness of the region, it also, ironically,…
  • Magnificent Bhutan!

    I've done a few motorcycle trips to the mountains but one tends to grow lazier with age. These days I'd much rather prefer the most direct path to the destination and then spend my time wandering…
  • Exploring Kumaon...

    Now about the current trip. As the kids vacation was coming to an end, a quick trip to again to Uttrakhand was planned. This time it was zeroed to Patal Bhuvaneshwar. Lot has been heard about the…
  • Storme to Darjeeling & Gangtok

    My wife always wanted to see Darjeeling, the Queen of the Hills. I had visited Darjeeling when I was seven and wanted to go there again. This trip was long pending because of various reasons. We did…
  • The last Indian village, Chitkul

    May the stopping never start…..for the travel bug these lines sum up the exhilaration one feels to drive thousands of miles across the country off the beaten path to take in the views, soak up the…
  • 4 days at Pondicherry

    We started planning for our 8th wedding anniversary outing and the obvious two places came to mind were, Goa and Mahabaleshwar. But, both these places are so common and we have been there multiple…
  • Benaras: The Eternal City

    It's difficult to characterize Benaras. Mark Twain once said..."Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together." We…
  • Ladakh in an XUV500

    This was my first trip to Ladakh and the second road trip holiday. In that sense, I classify myself as a beginner when it comes to Ladakh at least, given that most of the posts online are from people…
  • A Mauritius Holiday

    Why Mauritius: No specific reason why Mauritius, just wanted to have a nice relaxing beach holiday with my wife. How to reach: There are quite a few options (flight only) available like Emirates,…
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