Re: Maruti Gypsy: Off the beaten track in the lower Himalayas Quote:
Originally Posted by nvldvr Beautiful travelogue. Great pics and narration.
Being a mountain man myself, born and brought up in the places in your travelogue, it felt very nostalgic.
Ah that mountain air. I so miss it. Not long before I am back there for good, that's for sure.
Cheers and regards. |
I hear you buddy.
You can take a man out of Himachal but you cannot take Himachal out of a man . In my professional career so far I have lived on two different continents in 7 different cities however if I came back to India for good, I know where I would want to live. Quote:
Originally Posted by petrolhead_neel Thank you so much for this travelogue. You won't believe how happy this made me. As a long time lover of the Gypsy and as someone who is increasingly having a sense of admiration towards the Himalayas, this was a wonderful read. Great pictures as well!
I'm so glad to see you using the Gypsy the way she is supposed to be used. Honestly, I had my brief emotional moment when I heard that they were finally stopping the Gypsy production. That is the car that I wanted to own most, a new one at that. And so, that was a dream that was slowly fading away in front of my eyes. There have been quite a few number of people who have bought the Gypsy in the last few years, and I hope these wonderful people like you keep the community alive to tell the story about this legend.
Take care. I'll wait for your next travelogue.
Neel |
Thank you Petrolhead_neel for your kind words.
When I read your comments I felt as if you're reading my mind. Yes, I almost had tears in my eyes when I read about the end of the wonderful run that Gypsy has had; it felt as if a very close friend was going away forever. I have owned a few cars in my life and God-willing will get the privilege to own a few more but I have no hesitation in saying that no other vehicle will be as close to my heart as Gypsy.
What really warms my heart is that there are people like you around who feel the same way about Gypsy as I do. In fact I showed your comments to my wife as she sometimes cannot understand my obsession with it. Quote:
Originally Posted by cool_dube Aha! So finally Mr. Arya let the beckoning get the better of him and unleashed the hard-top beast into the wild Good to see the Gypsy in its elements mate! The mountains and the Gypsy - pair made in heaven
Riding the Gypsy all the way from the Deccan Plateau to the mighty Himalayas and roaming around the 4000-5000 m AMSL is on my cards as well... let's see (sigh!)...
Keep rocking! Long live the Gypsy - the one inside you as well as the one you are inside.... |
Great to hear from you Mr. Dube after all this while. This trip gave me so much joy and I still think about it, look at the pictures; close my eyes and imagine myself parked by that desolate road leading to Barot with the rays of the setting Sun bathing the landscape...
May your plan come to fruition soon rather than later.
Last edited by Vikram Arya : 26th March 2019 at 03:11.
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