Tips & Thoughts Archives - Page 8 of 9

Tips for a long motorcycle road trip with a pillion

Feb

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Here are a few tips that would hopefully put to rest some questions on how to ride a motorcycle comfortably with a pillion while also making sure your pillion is comfortable on your adventurous road trip. Most of the tips are based on my experience riding with a pillion on long distance ...

Visiting the Taj Mahal at night 1

Feb

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter “Only let this one tear-drop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever.” - Rabindranath Tagore What is a celebration by the day, of Agra‘s tourist rush, of native pride and of all the tales of love and history it is spun about and keeps guarded in its walls ...

Ladakh in Winter: 11 Reasons why it is for travellers and not for tourists #TWC 1

Feb

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust The true meaning of Marcel’s words were understood when I saw Ladakh in winter in a completely new light. In it’s harshest but truest form. When the roof of the world was cut off from ...

11 Bollywood Dialogues That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust ! 1

Jan

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter The tinsel town is full of glitter and glamour. But sometimes, they stop short in their tracks and manage to give us something so sweet that it melts all over us! Get inspired to travel! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Need some more inspiration to ...

Visiting Goa in December | Making The Best Of Goa 10

Sep

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter It is no secret that today, going to Goa in december is on the bucket list of every traveler in India. Everyone wants to visit Goa such is the profound impact this small southern Indian state has had upon the psyche of the Indian travelers in the past decade. Goa is a beautiful ...

Road Trip Essentials: Things To Pack For The Road!

Sep

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter A road trip is an amazingly exciting proposition. We start trip planning months in advance, and just before the voyage, it often tends to get overwhelming. What to pack? Where is my road trip map? What if someone falls sick? What if there are no food shops along the way? Well, you don’t ...

20 Must-have Hindi Songs for Your Travel Playlist! 26

Jul

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter What’s a journey without a soundtrack? No soft melody transporting you down the whirlpool of memories as you gaze through the windshield of a car, train or flight even? How would the vibe in that car full of friends be, if there were no loud songs playing to sing along with till ...

River Rafting In India and All You Want To Know About It (Part 1) 4

Jul

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter Attention: adventure junkies in the making Here is one experience that one can’t bear to miss out on! River Rafting: a perfect combination of a little risk and crazy fun. Want to feel the adrenaline pumping up as you sweat it out paddling past the raging rapids and the resounding river rewards you ...

10 Commandments for Rafters (especially, first timers) 3

Jun

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter Adventure- Check! Fun- Check! High adrenaline- Check Travel ticket booking- Check! Camp booking- Check! Awesome! So, you have made up your mind to go rafting! As Poseidon, the God of seas and rivers speaketh through me, do take note of some pointers that you must keep in mind and follow solemnly! 10 commandments ...

Why I choose to travel solo. 3

Jan

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter As I was growing up, I noted that there were some ‘personality descriptors’ often used for the admirable and exemplary – ‘humble’, ‘accomplished’, ‘visionary’, the like and among them the phrases ‘well read’ and ‘well traveled’. Traveling and reading seemed to be at the core of expanding your mental horizons, strengthening ...