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Girls on the Run!

On Sun­day, 25 Octo­ber 2009, join a bunch of us for Bangalore’s first women’s only run­ning event — brought to you by Run­ner­GirlsIn­dia (RGI)! Come and run or walk with us! This Girls on the Run event is part­nered with YLG Salon and Spa; each par­tic­i­pant will receive a YLG Gift Voucher too. We would love […]

Taming the bull – on cycle and on foot!

Our des­ti­na­tion: Nandi Hills, located about 60 km north of Ban­ga­lore and about 4800 ft above sea level. On top was Tipu Sultan’s sum­mer retreat and the remains of Tipu’s fort still remain. Tipu’s Drop, a 600 metre high cliff face, where pris­on­ers were hurled down the precipice when the king was really angry. Not […]

Yay!

900 km, 8 days, 1 ride: TFN 09 Yippee!

Under the shade of the rain tree in Fort Kochi

Eas­ily a place I could go back to : again and again. Fort Kochi. Wan­der around. Soak in the sights and sounds. Famil­iar cor­ners. Tashi cafe, the fish­ing nets and the synagogue.

Tour of the Nilgiris: Gear up for the exciting ride!

The Tour of Nil­giris mean­ders through the famed Blue Moun­tains of South India immers­ing you in the stun­ning land­scape, bio-diversity, cul­ture and her­itage of Kar­nataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

On the Spice Country trail

On July 24/25th, we headed out to Coorg and Wayanad with Mud­dy­Boots (a new adven­ture com­pany) for a spice coun­try cycling trail. Here is an account of the trip.

Blog, take fotus, drive!

A quick update: Five folks I know are in the run­ning along with their part­ners: Charu and Vamsi — Charu is a fel­low travel blog­ger and always on the way some­where or plan­ning to! Rohini and Tau­tik — An intre­pid trav­eller cou­ple who have cov­ered 18,673 km across 20 states in 114 days in their […]

Right on “Trek”!

So a year or so ago, I was pre­sented with a Her­cules bicy­cle. It’s a really reli­able cycle and stood me in good stead over quite a few long trips that I made. Of course, by the end of the trip, every mus­cle of mine would be strained, but at least I was get­ting some […]

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