Hamta Pass Trek

Sometimes, things happen in strange ways which might make you believe in dreamy stuff like destiny. Two months back a casual read of a LinkedIn mail lead me to chatting with an old classmate who promptly added me to a WhatsApp school group. I was not aware of the existence of this group and added my best friend from school to it as well. Shortly they were discussing a trek there and I ignored as usual as treks especially those with overnight camping was never my thing. There was a little push from them and when I looked into it …

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New York [FT]

New York was not as tempting as say a ‘Niagara Falls’ or ‘Great Wall of China’ but the Statue of Liberty symbolizes USA and hence it was sort of an item somewhere in the list that needs to be ticked, whether it is worth the effort or not. So on a Friday night at 11.30 PM I decided to go ahead with the plan. Another colleague was to join me and we were to start next morning. I slept that day at 01:00 AM and woke up again at 5.15 AM. We left at around 6.20 AM. I drove for …

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The Niagara Falls (FT)

When there were talks of me going on an official trip to Canada, the first thought that sprang was – will I get time to go to Niagara falls. Along with Grand Canyon, Niagara falls was there on my list of ‘must-see’ in US. The scheduled date of travel was somewhere in January and there was a consensus that Niagara might be frozen during that time. Eventually a lot of things happened and my travel got pushed to June. Not only that, the travel destination changed from Canada to Andover. Still the falls was not out of plan as there …

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Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

Taj was always on my list like the Great wall of china and the Pyramids. With the Great wall of China ticked off (courtesy – an official trip), Taj was beconing to be the next. My colleague and car pool mate Nayak informed me that he is planning a trip since there is an offer in GoAir in which round trip air fare would be 5k inclusive of tax and airport fee. I called my wife and booked the tickets the same day. I knew a few who would be interested and checked with them as well. The cost was …

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Kodaikanal Trip

It started with my uncle arranging his daughter’s marriage at dindigul. My brother in law was also invited for the marriage and he masterminded the tour plan. He also had to convince Kayar and finally the tour plan was on. I took upon myself the duty of finding a good place to stay and make an itinerary that would keep everyone sane. Had I left this part to him he would have made sure everyone was on their toes for the full tour. I always think tours should be a relaxed experience rather than rushing to see the most of …

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Ooty Trip

We were all bogged down by different things and needed a break. Ooty was planned and we called Kanni and he confirmed his presence with his wife aka Susi. The plan was that we both contribute equal amounts to the trip. I took  off from Dec 24th to Jan 2nd (6 days PL). Kayar was also off and Smitha was in her holidays too. We started on 24th morning, at 6.00 AM and off through Mysore road. We again missed the Kamat and deliberately went past Cafe Coffee day. But it was a good thing as we ate in a …

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Coorg Trip

It has been 4 years since I came to Bangalore but I have never been out touring even with so many options around bangalore. We were never comfortable with bus travels and hiring a taxi too was not an interesting option either. All these changed when we got our ‘Estilo’ and I have been impatiently waiting for a blast as soon as I got my hands on it. In less than 6 months of our ownership of Estilo ‘Coorg’ was planned on the Easter weekend. We initially started with Ooty, but a good suggestion from our neighbour changed the destination …

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Beijing [FT]

A few things intrigue us from our childhood and ‘The Great Wall’ was one such thing for me. It has always been my wish to lay my foot on it one day and so when I got an official travel offer I made up my mind to visit it somehow. But it turned out that my travel had to be for just a few days and so I just had one Sunday (the day of my arrival in China) to make it to the wall. Undeterred I made a plan to visit it as soon as I landed. My flight …

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