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Of Indian Melas and Excavated Ancient Sites – Kashipur in April !

Apr

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter The once famous ‘Melas’ are now close to extinction. When was the last time you went to a mela? Yes, the kinds where you can enjoy a ride on a giant wheel ( for 20 bucks ) or be stunned watching the bikes do crazy stunts in the ‘Maut ka Kua’ or ...

Taj Mahal – The monument of Love – A different take by Akanksha Dureja 1

Apr

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter It is summer already and a few crazy ones like me are thankful for the dark, cold, freezing days to have become a thing of past. I was almost in hibernation all throughout winters, only awaiting the sunshine to warm up my days. Three months of keeping wanderlust in check had already ...

Escapes from Monotony: A travelogue of Treks at Takmak 2

Apr

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter At some point of our lives we desperately want to escape from the not-so-meaningful activities of our everyday lives. It can be an escape either from endless studies that we do now- a-days to stay in the competition or from our bosses in the office or simply a time out from the ...

2000 km in Rajasthan : Between a music festival and a big fat Indian wedding 3

Apr

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Last December with unused British Airways Vouchers lying in our inboxes and a 30th Birthday looming over our heads, we began tossing ideas for our travel plans in February. Totally discouraged by weather forecasts in the UK during the month and the groundwork required for European Visas at the relatively short notice, an ...

In Conversation with Samiksha Bali: A Woman Biker

Mar

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter This Woman’s day, we got lucky to interview Samiksha Bali, a biker from Mumbai. Read on as she tells us about what it has been like, about trails and biker communities, and what she’d like to change. What do we need to know about Samiksha Bali? I’m 26 years old & have ...

Lonavla Travelogue: The Twin Personalities

Feb

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter It was just another Sunday when I got a message from a colleague asking to pack a bag and meet him at a defined place. I reached the place in about half an hour to find an Innova waiting for me. The car was occupied by other office Junta (people) and there was ...

Bike Trip: Manali to Ladakh: A Mental Prep Guide

Feb

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Kick-start, ride, rest, repeat! Kick-start, ride, rest, repeat! – More than sums up a motorcycle ride to Leh-Ladakh starting from the plains of Chandigarh. Nowhere near being called a pro rider, unlike most of the other riders in our group, 10 men and one other woman, me being the youngest of the ...

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 ...

Around Udaipur in an Auto: A travelogue 1

Jan

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Our trip to Udaipur, the city of lakes, from New Delhi was a quick one and done in a jiffy. However, as always, it was planned much earlier. In this case, it was planned at least four or five months in advance. Planning a trip, so much in advance, we have always believed, ...

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Jan

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Hi ! Good to see you here. Ruling out the chances that you might have landed here because of some tireless tryst with destiny, endlessly uncoordinated scrolling and clicking, and we don’t even pop up where we are not needed, we are guessing that you are here because you found yourself using, ...