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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Like every Indian male Goa had long been a dream destination. Immortalized through movies and pop culture and more recently a haven for motorcycling enthusiasts Goa has long been an idyllic destination famed for its white sandy beaches, leisurely life…