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I was a little skeptical of whether I would be able to pull off the hill journey (my first time) - by the end of the trip, I was thoroughly enjoying the ride back from Shimla via the old highway (Shimla-Matholi-Shoghi)…

It is a long tradition Peter and I have. For decades we will try and get away for 4-6 days every year. Just the two of us and our two Alfa Spiders. Most often we don’t have a particular destination.…

Yercaud is the tamil meaning for 'Lake Forest', quite suitable for this hill town which is beautifully nestled amidst Shevaroy Hills in Tamil Nadu at an elevation of 4970 ft. Yercaud is also called…

Burdwan, a quaint town about 130 Kms from Kolkata also has its own set of history. So on a monsoony Saturday morning at about 8.45 am took out my trusted steed (The Black Scorpio) from the stable…

Road trips have become an essential part of my life after buying the 6 GT. Been doing it frequently now , there was one trip which really tested the capability of the 6 GT to handle bad and narrow…

I was driving my red BMW 320d. graaja was driving his "famous" BMW 330i GT, but Robi, once again, kept his BMW M340i in his garage. Instead of the M340i, in true "horses for courses" spirit, he drove…

Like Thanos from the Avengers, the end of WFH was also inevitable. Once we got the email for return to office, it was time to relocate Lucifer to Hyd. For the sake of practicality, we debated about…

The first Airbnb we stayed is surrounded by greenery. The host was running a plant nursery until Covid struck and was in the process of restarting when we stayed there. Misty mornings enhanced the…

We left Pune at 0800 hours and it turned out to be the most optimal timing. By the time we were on out way back home, the parking lot was already filling up, and we encountered more cars on the way…

Why not ride my bike down? It's a distance of barely 1900kms, on arrow-straight highways, and a route that's been traversed a million times by bikers already. Start from Bangalore on Day 1, stop at…