Impressions of Moorish Andalusia
Two unhurried winter weeks by rail through Moorish Andalusia – Valencia, Córdoba, Seville, Granada and Málaga – tracing its Roman, Moorish and Catholic layers.
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Enkhuizen - Apr 2025
Enkhuizen has been one of my favorite places to take guests to in the Netherlands, but never visited with B – this was the occasion to fix that. My fourth …
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Eifel National Park, Rursee Lake
An Easter long weekend at Rursee lake in Eifel NP, Germany. 3 hrs from Amsterdam. A 15-km hike that ended in getting lost, and B felled by a lung infection, coffee-smuggling priests, and a solo castle detour in a hailstorm.
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Dubrovnik - a winter break
1st - 7th Jan, 2023
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Goa in the rains - Sep 2009
"Goa in the rains" has been this concept in my mind and Ashok's for over a year. Finally made it this year, at the tail-end of the monsoon - 4 days at the end …
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Kumaon Trip, May 2009
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an early start to the saturday... i spent a long while on the phone first thing in the morning. then had a leisurely bowl of cereal. i made my way to the san …
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Italy by train (19th - 26th July 1997)
02 Apr 2026
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Ramblings on Paris - Dec 1995
These are from six pages of typed notes from Jan 1996, written about my first trip to Paris with a bunch of colleagues who were my social circle. We were all …
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Treks
Trek the Sahyadris
From a 1993 internship in Pune to a lifetime love of the Sahyadris – the Western Ghats that ring the city. Treks in all seasons, all weathers, with an inner circle of friends who had rules, standards, and strong opinions about what counted as a real trek.
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Day 1: Dehradun - Agoda (2200 m)
2 Nov 2025
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Tonglu - May 2025
We hadn't planned this trek — Sandakphu quotes made us wince, so we winged it in Darjeeling instead. Two hours, 600 metres up through moss-draped ghost trees and cloud cover, Kanchenjunga somewhere behind it all. Hot daal-chawal at the top. Rain on the way down, as predicted.
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Nepal - May 2007
Trekking in the Himalayas has always had a special allure to me. Having done a 6 day camping and trekking trip in the Himachal Himalayas opposite the Kailash …
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Moorish Andalusia
Two unhurried winter weeks by rail through Moorish Andalusia – Valencia, Córdoba, Seville, Granada and Málaga – tracing its Roman, Moorish and Catholic layers.
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Sahyadri treks
From a 1993 internship in Pune to a lifetime love of the Sahyadris – the Western Ghats that ring the city. Treks in all seasons, all weathers, with an inner circle of friends who had rules, standards, and strong opinions about what counted as a real trek.
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Italy by train (July 1997)
02 Apr 2026
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Dodi Tal Dharwa Pass
2 Nov 2025
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Our Tonglu trek guide Satya wanted to show us the Sidrapong hydro-electric project not far from Darjeeling. Its claim to fame is that it is the first one in …
Read MoreTonglu - May 2025
We hadn't planned this trek — Sandakphu quotes made us wince, so we winged it in Darjeeling instead. Two hours, 600 metres up through moss-draped ghost trees and cloud cover, Kanchenjunga somewhere behind it all. Hot daal-chawal at the top. Rain on the way down, as predicted.
Read MoreEnkhuizen - Apr 2025
Enkhuizen has been one of my favorite places to take guests to in the Netherlands, but never visited with B – this was the occasion to fix that. My fourth …
Read MoreEifel National Park, Rursee Lake
An Easter long weekend at Rursee lake in Eifel NP, Germany. 3 hrs from Amsterdam. A 15-km hike that ended in getting lost, and B felled by a lung infection, coffee-smuggling priests, and a solo castle detour in a hailstorm.
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Dubrovnik
1st - 7th Jan, 2023
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"Goa in the rains" has been this concept in my mind and Ashok's for over a year. Finally made it this year, at the tail-end of the monsoon - 4 days at the end …
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Kumaon road trip
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SeriesThekambattu
One of my most memorable holidays from my India years – first impressions of Thekambattu in pictures; the day-by-day follows in the rest of the series.
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Annapurna Partial Circuit, Nepal
Trekking in the Himalayas has always had a special allure to me. Having done a 6 day camping and trekking trip in the Himachal Himalayas opposite the Kailash …
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an early start to the saturday... i spent a long while on the phone first thing in the morning. then had a leisurely bowl of cereal. i made my way to the san …
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Ridgeway
5th May 1997
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Paris
These are from six pages of typed notes from Jan 1996, written about my first trip to Paris with a bunch of colleagues who were my social circle. We were all …
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