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Going to Halebid was a decision taken in a whiff on the last weekend. The plan was to drive very early in the morning on Sunday and capture the beauties of Halebid in camera in morning light. We wanted…

It started in 2009. Me and a couple of my friends trekked to the Panchachuli base camp (~4500m) in the Himalayas. Though we had been born and brought up in the hills, and had been regular wanderers,…

During end-Dec 2012 and early-Jan 2013 my wife and I drove from Jamshedpur in our 2-month old XUV-W6 to Gangtok, Nathu La, Lachung and Yumthang in Sikkim, India. It was an awesome driving experience.…

Neil is a tiny island in the Andaman Sea 25 Nautical miles North East of Port Blair. Endowed with beautiful beaches and inhabited by some 4000 odd peaceful, friendly people living in picture perfect…

Black Storm had just been back from the 70k kms service, the christmas holidays beckoned, Rameshwaram was a destination high on our must visit list, many times the trip had got cancelled due to various…

Its been couple of years now that I wanted to visit Bhigwan but could never manage it in time. This year, I had promised my wifey that come whatever, we will visit the place. Even Mayans and their…

Hawk-On-Fours® (H-4®) roadtrips to new places have not been happening for a while. This was a short trip to get away from the daily routine, and have a relaxing time with family and friends. Both…

I along with few friends went on a 3 day trip to Kutta, last weekend, in my XUV, The Mamba. Kutta is located around 250 kms from Bangalore. The original route is Bangalore-Mysore-Hunsur-Nagarhole-Kutta.…

"Man proposes, but God disposes" - Well, in our case, it was 'man' in both the phrases. But little did we know that a potential damp squib could so very well turn into a trip that we'll remember for…

Before I post the bicycle journey to Leh and the trek to Stok Kangri, let me first complete these 2 short travelogues from Bihar - one of the lesser yet most ancient Sonepur Mela and the other of…