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. We […]

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 3–4 […]

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.

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.

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 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.