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Its the end. The end of the harsh Summer. The sun still rules, for its the kingdom of sun. It will still burn you. And it will still warm you. For its his kingdom. But the winds are strong now. The…

Nauradhar - Churdhar is a moderate climb of about 1600 m in 20 km distance. The facilities available on top and enroute are very basic ... just the temple dharamshala to spend the night and a small…

It was all coming undone at Madrid’s Barajas International airport. I had arrived on a Turkish Airways flight from Bombay to Madrid via Istanbul. This was for a week long work assignment in Spain.…

Ladakh, The mystical highlands of Himalayas has always remained a dream destination for many. I had my share of "riding" to Ladakh couple of years back. Thanks to Tata Motor's Ultimate CrossOver Challenge…

This post is for people/couples who are travelling from/through Cochin to Chennai and have the whole weekend to get there and would like to see a lot of nature and hopefully not a lot of wild animals.…

This trip was supposed to be a very different one. Different route, different vehicle, different travel companion, longer duration, more grueling, etc. But our man up there had some very different…

A dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka Bandh' was called by Kannada outfits to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. There was an eerie silence today and I was loving it. I was sitting in front of the…

A dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka Bandh' was called by Kannada outfits to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. There was an eerie silence today and I was loving it. I was sitting in front of the…

An idea, they say, can change your life. And up until now we believed that inception (of an idea) was one of the most difficult things to do, if not impossible. However, it did happen in our case.…

Ladakh, can be addictive. One can never be satisfied with a single run to this mystic place. Those unknown curves on winding roads, magnificent valleys, bluish skies, snow capped mountains, magical…