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  • City i-DTEC: 6000 km roadtrip

    Every since we bought the Honda City i-DTEC in January, a long family trip was in the cards. However, with work commitments of my parents and my brother’s school, the trip just got postponed. Finally…
  • Exotic Tajpur & Mandarmoni

    After a few weeks of strenuous life at work, and the last road trip being more than a month old (Gaur trip), these were the words that came out of the mouth of my wife. And, it all started again. This…
  • California, a weekend at a time

    This is my first travelogue, so please bear with me as I try and capture unforgettable experiences during my recent visit to US, California. Also there are not so many cars in this travelogue as there…
  • To Lansdowne, Garhwal

    The clock strikes 5:30, the melodious 'Japanese Gong' goes off, laptop's shut in a jiffy and I hastily rush towards the parking, to find the weather outside to be really a revelation. Lovely indeed.…
  • Roadtrip to Stelvio Pass

    Finally, about 7 years after seeing Stelvio Pass on Top Gear (Season 10, episode 1) we (Wife and I) made it there! Not much elaborate planning went in, which probably leads to the forgetting of my…
  • Splendid South Africa

    While watching Nat-Geo one of the days, I happened to see an episode on the big migration that happens between Masai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti in Tanzania. I realized there was no better place…
  • From Bangalore to Ladakh!

    "Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never breakoff from the journey" - Pat Conroy.
  • Driving through New Zealand

    This is a trip that had been a personal dream for the both of us and we had spent more time planning this than our actual marriage. To the extent we even went on to cut out some of the functions to…
  • Exploring Karnataka...

    Now the main part was the transport. After exploring all option decided to try Zoom Car. Spoke to the customer care and came to know none of Mahindra Scorpio was available for 30,31 & 1st. These dates…
  • Goa - Lesser known sojourns

    The phone rang profusely and I picked it up. Boss: “Mr D, please come to my office”. I sensed an uneasy tingling from deep within. There was something disturbing about that invite.
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