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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…

Being the father of your first child is no easy job, especially when you have led a totally carefree life sans paternal responsibilities for almost 6 years. It is equally difficult if not worse being…

It had been four long years since we visited Kerala, God’s own country and the place where I was born and brought up. We had made several trips down south to visit Velankanni, Ooty, the queen of…

Charming Chettinad? Are you kidding? What is so charming about a place which is arid and hot? Many things – Magnificent mansions, Mouth watering menus, Rural milieu and of course Marvelous temples!…

Last year 2010 me, wifey and a friend with his wife set out to explore Andhra towards the coastal side. So off we went to Rajahmundry and did a trip to Papikondalu on the river Godavari. We went to…

This trip was originally scheduled for departure on Aug 28, 2010. However days before the scheduled departure yours truly ended up with the Gypsy upside down in a ditch on NH4 thanks to a drunken…

The year has been hectic and demanded a holiday. I wanted to go on a drive to Ladakh but family wanted to go somewhere in Uttrakhand or Kashmir. After a lot of planning and re-planning, the duration…

Hello readers, I’m Ananth from Chennai, An avid motorcycle enthusiast and a casual photographer. Here I am, Representing Wranglers to go on a dream ride to Kerala for 7 Days - In search of what…