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  • Exploring Udhagamandalam...

    We had stayed there a few times previously and had found it neat and well maintained. It is within walking distance from the Botanical Garden due to which its location is both its advantage and disadvantage.…
  • BMW, Ladakh & 8500 km road-trip

    Driving ~8500 kms is much easier that writing a travelogue of 8500 words!! I will refrain writing a lot of words and instead let the photos tell the story of 2.1/2 travellers who went on to witness…
  • Mumbai | Breakfast & Cycling

    On cycling front at least this day the electric cycle (which was overnight charged to full) didn’t disappoint, especially across the Pedder road bridges which are series of inclines I switched to…
  • Kabini: Tigers, wildlife & more

    The plan was to stay in JLR for 3N around the last week of Feb and do 6 safaris. To ensure we got all 6 jeep safaris, we booked the Maharaja package (which is the most expensive of all packages).…
  • Rendezvous with rain at Kallar

    I was casually browsing through Google Maps, looking for an evening drive and Kallar again caught my eye. To make things interesting, there was severe rain alert Sunday onwards. Needless to say, exploring…
  • Uttarakhand, BHPians, 2 Cars

    We figured out that he would be able to spare around 11 days whereas I had 15 days in spare. So we planned that we will explore the Garhwal part together and from there he will head back to Kolkata,…
  • Jhilimili Forest & Talebera Dam

    On one hand people were discouraging us from visiting these places in the summer, while on the other, we were finding it difficult to get ourselves a room. Quite confusing! Finally zeroed down to…
  • Arunachal in a small hatchback

    This May I could finally tick my longtime dream of driving to Arunachal Pradesh off, of my bucket-list. Despite being eventful and excruciating in terms of managing, planning, convincing my family,…
  • Arunachal, Land of the Rising Sun

    Albert and I had a few long conversations and he understood my interest and requested me to make some changes in the plan and add stays in Shergaon and Sangti instead of Bomdila and Dirang. Shergaon…
  • Mesmerizing Bali : Week-long bliss

    Fortunately the Indonesian government relaxed the rule on May 18th and all that was required was the vaccination certificate with minimum of two doses. The itinerary was planned 15 days before and…
Redlining the Indian Automotive Scene