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The Last Mile ~ Kalyani Mirajkar
The driver shares her excitement of the three-day road journey through 1,600 kms as she heads home to Gurgaon from Pune. Read More...

Assam Driving Trail ~ Subhasish Chakraborty
The 369 kms 8-hour drive from Guwahati to Sibsagar via Kaziranga National Park along National Highway 37 is one of the most enjoyable road journeys in the state of Assam. Read More...

Biking Trip: Bangalore-Kabini-Karapura-Wayanad-Bandipur ~ Suresh S.V.
A biking enthusiast, relates the story of his 2-day bike trip from Bangalore to Kabini, Karapura, Wayanad and Bandipur. Read More...

Ride Through the Land of Lamas ~ L..V. Srinidhi Raghavendra
A group of bikers connect to form an e-group and travel from Delhi to Leh via Manali and back through Srinagar. Read More...

Mumbai to Mussorie by Road ~ Romola Butalia
Setting off from Mumbai in the summer heat, we were headed towards Uttaranchal, 2000 kms away, without maps, plans or a schedule. Read More...

Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh (J & K) - Manali to Leh
Manali in Himachal Pradesh is the roadhead for the trans-Himalayan highway for the near-legendary two-day journey to Ladakh's capital, Leh. After visiting other places around Manali, we got into a bus to Leh, Ladakh at 6 a.m. Read More...

Mumbai-Delhi-Manali-Leh-Khardung La - Road to Kardung La ~ Sandeep Guhagarkar
It seemed eternity since I had been on a holiday. Work was hectic, not everything was right on the personal front either, so I desperately wanted to take a break. The last real holiday was in Mussorie nearly four years ago. Read More...

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Mountain Biking Along the Kosi ~ Harpreet Dhillon
Biking down from Nainital to Ram Nagar along the Kosi river of Kumaon to be enthralled by the magic of Sita Bani. Spirited adventure of many kinds and a tongue-in-check humour mix readily with a deep sense of reverence for the Himalayas and all that goes with it. Read More...

West Bengal - Ruins of Pandua ~ Shahana Banerji
At the best of times my father becomes a tyrant when he drives. No intake, no output is his philosphy. Read More...

Delhi to Chandigarh - Faith Safari ~ Puneet Sachdeva
I reached the bypass point of Delhi to learn that there was a bus strike and only private operators would be plying, so I could look forward to a couple of hours of waiting. With just a shoulder bag slung across, I decided to try my luck at hitching lifts across the stretch of 250 kilometres. Read More...

Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh - Honeymoon in North India ~ Girisha B.S.
I got married to Mamatha on 11th February. Our honeymoon lacked sufficient planning. In fact, we had not decided where to go till the last minute, our heads reeling with the possible options of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Read More...

Honeymoon on Road ~ Sudhakar Vishwanath
An ardent fan of the Indian Railways network, the writer's ambition, he says, "is to traverse India in all its entirety with my wife Jayashri, who shares this enthusiasm." This travelogue is about their first journey together. Read More...

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Adventure at Pangangsto ~ Capt Alok Sharma
The new owner takes his Mahindra Scorpio across Ladakh to land into more adventure than he sought...and the Scorpio triumphs. Read More...

Ride Through the Land of Lamas ~ L..V. Srinidhi Raghavendra
A group of bikers connect to form an e-group and travel from Delhi to Leh via Manali and back through Srinagar. Read More...

Tales from the Nubra ~ Abhik Dutta
Those that are approachable by road are, more often than not, one of those tourist attractions that despite their beauty are pockmarked with tourists walking all over the place during the 'season' months. Don't we really wish we had a vale all to ourselves? Read More...

Journey to Ladakh Part 1 ~ Ashley Pearson
We had escaped Srinagar and all the half truths, falsehoods and blatant lies. Rumours upon rumours of shootings, killings, villages full of skulking rebels and soldiers at every corner. Read More...

Journey to Ladakh Part 2 ~ Ashley Pearson
Shabir's lorry was at the front of the queue, but then it had been there for two entire days. The 'front of the queue' meant a strategic position near the bridge out of Sonamarg, alone and a trifle isolated because no-one could even be bothered to go this far out of town. Read More...


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