The day of reckoning had arrived, the day we had been waiting and preparing for almost half a year. The day when we start on the Snow Drive Expedition to Spiti. As a portent of events ahead I got a…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 9 / Snow Drive Begins
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Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 7,8 – At Tethys Ski Resort
The Snow Drive organized by 4×4 India and Tethys Ski Resort was to start officially on the evening of 19th so we had two days to kill and get ourselves acclimatized. We introduced ourselves to the hosts at the hotel…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 6 – Narkhanda
Finally, we were on the last leg of the first phase of our trip. We would be leaving the plains and entering the Mountains. After a long wait, we finally get to see snow and I get to drive in…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 5 – Chandigarh
We started from Bikaner at around 5AM in the morning. We had to drive just about 500 odd kilometers to reach Chandigarh through what Aadi assured me were the best highways of India – the roads of Punjab. As the…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 4 – Bikaner
For the first day in almost a week, we woke up at a civilized time. No more the need to beat the morning traffic, no more cities to bypass. We were in a leisurely place, an ancient place and no…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 3 – Jaisalmer
Yet another early start to the day to beat traffic in major cities. Day 1 was Bangalore, Day 2 was Pune-Mumbai and on this day it was Ahmedabad. When I visited Ahmedabad in 2017 I got thoroughly confused. People were…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 2 – Vadodara
When we were checking out from Pune I was immediately worried that we had overslept. As Aadi was struggling with the impossibly thick receptionists I saw a world outside flush with light akin to daylight. As the yawns faded away…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Day 1 – Pune
We had hoped to start at 3AM however managed to leave our home in Bangalore at 0335. Odometer was at 37888 kms and I had about a half a tank of diesel in the vehicle. Heading towards Hosur road I…
Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye – Prologue
It is often said that the best planned trips never occur and the trips that occur are impromptu ones. Entering the month of October 2018 we had no clue that we were about to embark on a Trip of our…
Homage to an Electric Kettle
It is always sad to bid adieu to a good friend. Even sadder to watch that friend wither away to a long drawn out but inevitable end. When that friend has been a companion for almost half your life it…