It was the weekend which marked the big “four o” for me I am one of those people, who don’t like to make a big hoopla about birthdays. But for this milestone, I decided to make an exception and bring in the forties doing something I liked. In our years of travelling, we have been
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New Cycle – Polygon Bend R2
After dilly dallying for a while, I finally pulled the trigger and bought myself a new cycle in April – the Polygon Bend R2 It is a gravel bike, which according to me, is the only type of dropbar bike that is suited for riding in and around Mumbai (for non cycling folks, gravel is
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Cycle Ride and Hike to Tiger Hilltop in Thane
Getting up before dawn, to watch the sun rise, is a cliched activity that is usually associated with yoga-lovers or senior citizens. Most of us regular folks probably value the hour or two of extra sleep instead, before we begin our daily grind. And on the off chance, when we do manage to wake up
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Cycle Ride to Chhota Morbe Dam
* I and 7 other cyclist friends rode to Chota Morbe dam in Nov 2021 Most Mumbaikars do not realize just HOW MANY pretty dams and backwaters surround this overcrowded, buzzing metropolis of ours. While they may be aware of Tansa and Vaitarna dams, because they supply drinking water to the city of Bombay, travel
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Cycling in Mumbai
Like a lot of people, who have discovered new hobbies or rekindled old passions, I (Pradosh) discovered cycling during the covid pandemic. I had picked up a simple gearless cycle, just a week before the covid tsunami hit our shores in Feb 2020. The idea was to do errands and maybe ride around my locality.
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Mulshi Dam Getaway – Residency Lake Resort
After the second covid lockdown, travel has been very limited. Pradosh usually goes cycling with his buddies on Saturdays, and we manage the occasional weekend drive together. But with things becoming more relaxed and offices/trains etc opening up, we began to look forward to traveling again. On the Independence Day 2021 weekend, we took baby
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Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, Bolivia
Resuming our South American posts after a long gap The posts from South America are more descriptive and detail oriented, to help other travellers who are planning their own travels to the continent, get a better idea of what to expect While the beauty of the Atacama desert around San Pedro de Atacama (SPdA) mesmerized
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Sondai Fort Trek
With the monsoons underway in full force in and around Mumbai, it is sort of hard to ignore the resplendent green beauty around Mumbai and stay at home on the weekends. But Covid-19 is still very much around and it is a very difficult balance to strike. Should we be careful and stay indoors till
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Madhya Pradesh Roadtrip Itinerary
Madhya Pradesh has an embarrassment of riches in tourist attractions – 10 national parks (forests), numerous ancient temples, forts & palaces, prehistoric rock art, rivers/waterfalls and generous doses of culture. Sadly, most of these sites haven’t gotten commensurate fame – and consequently, the state doesn’t even feature in the top 10 destinations for domestic Indian
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Weekend in Bekal, Kerala
Soon after we returned to India, we had to head to Mangalore for a wedding. A chance look at a map made us realize that Mangalore is right next to the Kerala border – and very very close to the town of Bekal (65 km away). It had been 8 yrs since we had last
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North Chile : San Pedro de Atacama
The Atacama desert was our final destination in Chile, as we completed our south-to-north traverse of the country. The Atacama is famous for being one of the driest places in the world, with some locales not recording a single drop of rain since weather stations were set up! On average, the whole region receives only
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North Chile : Elqui Valley and Lauca National Park
After two months of blissful travel in South America, we hit our first obstacle in North Chile. Unprecedented rains in the driest place in the world led to flooding in parts of the Atacama – specifically near San Pedro de Atacama, which we really wanted to visit! https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/extreme-weather-hits-chile-worlds-driest-desert-floods We were able to rejig our itinerary
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