A week­end spent at Linger, Balur Estates in Mudi­gere, Chik­ma­galur makes sure you come back refreshed and rejuvenated.

2011 came with­out much warn­ing. I breezed through 2010. A lot of travel and work kept me busy and off the blog! The “project” I much wanted to launch didn’t see light of day (at least for­mally). But then, that’s life, I dis­cov­ered. Most things you have on your “to do” list don’t get done […]

I still remem­ber the show we watched dur­ing a trip to Ker­ala last year. It was at Thekkady, while we were out explor­ing, when we saw a sign say­ing adver­tis­ing a Kalari per­for­mance in the evening. We decided to ven­ture in. Kalar­i­pay­attu is derived from the words Kalari — which means “place, thresh­ing floor, or […]

Over 400 kms on some of the worst roads (and no roads in some places) but the most beau­ti­ful coun­try­side. Man­ali to Leh on cycle span­ning 10 days and many many breath­less moments (both because of the alti­tude and the sight of the mighty Himalayan ranges!). The jour­ney took us through lush ever­green forests, green […]

It’s been a while since I headed North. A few years in fact. I still have some vivid mem­o­ries ski­ing down the lovely while slopes of Auli. And roam­ing around the gal­lis of Dhara­masala in search of the per­fect momo and of course vis­it­ing the Indian abode of HH The Dalai Lama. It’s time to go […]

This guy’s going to be get­ting a lot of calls for sure. Meet Sam­son, an auto dri­ver from Chen­nai, who has his own web­site, and incred­i­bly (yes, yes!) also turns on the meter! When I think Chen­nai and auto dri­ver, my mind wan­ders to a jour­ney we under­took a few years ago — my sis­ter and I. […]

Day 3: Has­san to Madik­eri A day filled with scenic routes but a lot of climbs and pretty tir­ing too in the end. It turned out to be a long day for me. The best part was early on when we had the Gorur dam stretch opened up for us to cycle on — around […]

On Day 1, we made it from Ban­ga­lore to Mysore via the National High­way. It wasn’t the most pleas­ant stretch in terms of traf­fic, but I was just glad that I could get this part over with. With trucks and other high speed vehi­cles all mov­ing at break neck speeds and honk­ing con­tin­u­ously, it’s not really con­ducive to cyclists. But after lunch on the road, we reached our des­ti­na­tion — the com­fort­able Hotel Regaalis and even got some time to take in some sight­see­ing in the evening.