Travel is messy. Failed plans, sleepless nights, shady hotels, bad weather. It is fun too, unexpected finds, food on the streets, fun with friends, and escape from reality. However, the travel bloggers will make you think that is a well-scripted adventure with nice people and fabulous hosts. Follow a few tips and you get posh…
We are a species that thinks we can dictate everyone. Others, Nature, time, what not. Especially while on a vacation. We make real good tight plans. And then we have gyanis like Arpit(the tour guide for the trip) who tell us there are relaxed plans that let you soak in views, enjoy breeze. And then…
We are a paradox. We are runners so waking up real early is not an issue. Yet we are late most of the time for a morning start. We are a nut case group that can find nonsense at any hour at the vaguest of places. We have narcissists who will vanish to take pics…
There is an album “Call of the valley” that the greats of Hindustani classical music made nearly four decades back. It has the same hold on our souls as it did then. The music has a lure and a clam energy. Much like the Kashmir valley it alludes too. The valley is ancient, majestic, serene,…
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Once up a time in the Pre covid era I had seen a post from a friend who said life should be led by the heart’s desires but the ring of family, friends, jobs, friends, expectations, norms and what-nots bind us all. So we do not chase the dreams but choose the chains. But, there…
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Three days back, PM of India addressed the nation and one of the actions called out was for a Junta(peoples’) curfew. From 7 am to 9 pm on the 22nd, today. With in an hour I had a forward that said since corona lives on surfaces for 12 hours, 14 hours of zero contact will…
So another long pause. After reading my last blog wify dear asked, “when will you reach Leh and when will you come back to Bangalore. In your blogs … ” 🙂 Ya if you want to know the journey so far read the previous blogs ( The courage of one lets another seek adventure, Call…
Roads, river, dust, mountains, food, bikes all mixed well as I and my band of brothers did the Leh’ed thingy in June 2017. The trip was phenomenal but I fell ill a week later and then circumstances, mood, impulses and a lot of “stuff” took over so could not write about it. Finally, I started…
Mountain spirits have possessed me. Those jagged, towering, sky challenging, snow-tipped peaks. Impatient, naughty, unruly, yet happy streams. Curvy clean yet so transient-ish roads. Cute dogs and fluffy pups. Simple people. Stark landscapes. Punctuating waterfalls. All these gladden the heart even while I am writing this. This possession is becoming obsessive, for we had set…
This blog series is talking much longer than expected to come to the main point. I took so much time to get started and now each segment is stretching into more than one blog ! And our trip to point A to point B during the ride too took longer than expected even when we anticipated the longer than expected thingy.
Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth – Mike Tyson This is the second part of may be 8-9 blogs on my trip to Leh Jun 2017. Read the part 1 on preparation. We the BAC Bangaloreans had elaborate plans for the Leh trip last year. Oh the planning is so…
Ya life is tiring. Routine, demands, ambitions, frustrations. As kids we have fun ,then we grow up and get tangled. Yet, life is also twisty and can surprise. A ride post rain makes you smile. An old friend’s phone call makes your day. Sale ? Deal ? hmm may be, some times. Pups and toddlers…
For us humans pull comes in myriad hues. There is the want. Want for a good bed, nice food or a life companion. There are desires, fast cars, trendy cloths, cozy home. There is ambition to rise and see the top. There is a longing to meet soul mate. Wishes for unattainable. Hope for circumstances.…
I sat in the corner of a tiny coffee café staring vacantly. Not clear what I can have here or why. The owner sitting at the billing counter waited curiously for me to make up my mind. In she walked with a steaming coffee in her hands and bouncing tresses framed by the backlit-dusk light…
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Posting old photos using various camera phones taken during my travels. filtering in black and white (obviously) and currently focusing on usa parks
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