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Me: Whew !!! finally long holiday coming up to stretch my legs and for once not hit ctrl+alt+del every now and then… Her: what ??? you really think I will let you sit at home and relax when you…

This trip was a consequence of having to attend a marriage of a colleague at Hassan on the weekend of 26-27 April. I decided to take 3 colleagues of mine in my car, a Getz 1.1, while the rest came…

Friday, 7Am - “I need to do an endurance test for my car’ s suspension” – said my friend. “why?” – I asked. “I had a forest/ high range trip last month and my car’s suspension…

Kass Plateau located around 26KM from Satara is an amazing plateau with a wide variety of wild flowers which bloom in September give the place a heavenly feel. Travellors have noted that indeed with…

The substitute trip had to be a big one, at least a big enough one for nothing can really compensate for Ladakh. Budget, however, was a major constraint. Did not wish to spend anything more than 22-24k…

Europe.We had always wanted to go to Europe. I guess a lot of people want to go to Europe. We were two of those lot of people. And indeed a lot of people do go to Europe. There is an entire industry…

It had been quite sometime since the onset of monsoons. I had already missed the Sunny-da-dhaba tbhp meet owing to office travels. My car had been itching for a drive, if not longer, atleast longish.…

As a kid, I loved hail storms. We all did. Collecting small ice cubes and biting them was a thrill. With hailstorm came mango showers cooling the sun soaked mother earth. Plants looked fresh and green…

A salt flat has salt. Lots of salt. And it is flat. Very very flat. Well mostly. But sometimes that changes. The flat gives way to crop circles, and the salt becomes a dust storm. A sand dune is a…

The plan to do the family trip to Spiti-Lahaul trip originated from a promise to my 7year old daughter. I had promised her that this summer vacation I will help her to get some rare fossils for her…