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After almost a year after my last thread in tbhp, I am happy to write down my experience of the Nilgiri Mountain train from a perspective of an Engineer. And here she is, all set for chugging through…

The trekkers all meet at Shimla on day 1 and drive down to Kafnu in Bhaba valley. Next morning, the trek starts from Kafnu village in bhaba valley and ends at Mudd village in Spiti which is part of…

Since it was a just a short drive, there is nothing much to write about it. I was primarily interested in photographing the beautiful SUVs on that lake, and thankfully, I got plenty of opportunities…

They had many choices. I not going to choose a road bike - thin tires can easily puncture and will require you to top up pressure every once in a while. It needed to be a hybrid bike which I finally…

We made a plan to cover the Pancharama temples. The details are below. APSRTC arranges single day trip covering all the 5 temples as it is believed that to have darshan of all temples in a single…

The idea to have a group of riders was already in place. We ourselves consider a rider group after couple of rides. However, thing missing was the commonality of group. So enthusiastic group members…

It been 20 years and we have just loved our monsoon trips to celebrate our anniversary.As always Kanthi does the planning and my job is simply to be the designated driver for a major part of the journey.…

With a long weekend ahead and having not registered for any Sunday race, coinciding with Eid on 17th June, we decided to extend it to a 4-day getaway on the roads. The plan was straightforward: ride…

Srinagar was familiar ground. Apart from the Dal lake, we also went to Tosa maidan and enroute there was a bit of confusion. We were told not to proceed as there was some terrorist activity at Gulmarg…

We made an impromptu detour to Ghati Subramanya Temple on Day 1 & dropped Belum Caves & Tadipatri at fag end as we grow tired & decided to return on Day 4 itself. Both these locations can be clubbed…