Travel
Travel
Impressions of Moorish Andalusia
An unhurried rail journey through layers of history 18th – 31st Dec, 2025 Moorish Andalusia had long been on my wish list, ever since I came across an itinerary in...
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...
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...
Dubrovnik – a winter break
1st – 7th Jan, 2023 Croatia | Hrvatska A week’s winter break, to a small but famous city of Croatia. To me, the name “Croatia” sounds very evocative, like it...
Goa in the rains – Sep 2009
29 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...
Kumaon Trip, May 2009
Plans for heading to the hills start in December 2008 over the extended week long New Years’ eve celebrations at MM’s place, Chennai. Meena organizes the people, itinerary and books...
Tijuana – June 1998
A trip to Tijuana – Saturday 27th June 1998 an early start to the saturday… i spent a long while on the phone first thing in the morning. then had...
Italy by train (19th – 26th July 1997)
Foreword 02 Apr 2026 These are from 31 pages of handwritten notes from July 1997, written across the trip itself – in hostel common rooms, on trains, on a station...
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...
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...
Day 1: Dehradun – Agoda (2200 m)
2 Nov 2025 Somewhere early 2025, Ak showed interest in a Himalayan trek – and we started discussing the idea with Ashok. A “potentials” whatsapp group was created, out of...
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...
Nepal – May 2007
Annapurna Partial Circuit, 5th – 18th May 2007 Trekking in the Himalayas has always had a special allure to me. Having done a 6 day camping and trekking trip in...