Amritsari Dhaba Trail

Total Distance Covered: 1193 kms

Total Duration: 4 days

Mode of Transport: Toyota Innova Crysta from Avis

Total Expenses (for 1 person): Rs. 30000 (approx.)

Places Covered: Murthal, Ambala, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Karnal

Snapshot of the Trip:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wowjbk6G5gmJmQ5E51n6fL3o4mFeZQYydGrfr2nKXQg/edit?usp=sharing

Route Map

March 2018 (Whatsapp):

Me: Confirm karo yar Vietnam kab chalna hai?

Tejas: We need a mini trip before that. How does the Delhi-Nepal roadtrip sound?

Me: How about Delhi-Lucknow-Varanasi roadtrip?

Gourab: I have been wanting to do a dhaba hopping roadtrip from Delhi to Amritsar. What say you guys?

Me: Punjab? Although I am a Punjabi who has never been there, I have no interest in visiting that place. It's not my thing. We can eat the same food in Delhi anyway.

Gourab: Chal le na yar please. I really really want to do this.

Tejas: I am in. 

Me: Ughhhh. Ok.

Tejas: I need a photo in a field full of sunflowers. Eshan, you must be knowing where we can find such fields, right?

Eshan: Of course yes. I will even let you drive the damn tractor which we have in our fields.

Holi in Sri Lanka :D

Areas covered: Colombo, Kandy, Ella, Galle

Duration: 28th Feb - 4th Mar, 2018

Snapshot of the trip:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aVos28KW1lnNS2yMeBZ5602s-gD8pPcCzlafPjOFPpQ/edit#gid=0

Total cost incurred: Rs. 50000 (approx.)

Currency of Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Rupee LKR (1 INR = 1.88 LKR; 1 USD = 145 LKR -> Please don't refer google for the exchange rate as the actual value used there is much lesser)
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Me: What scenes for Holi?

Disha: Yar, planning to go to Sri Lanka.

Me: Wow, that's cool. I have been wanting to go there for quiet some time.

I spotted a tiger in Ranthambore

Distance travelled: 850 Kms

Mode of transport: Road

Cost involved 23000 for 2 people

Places covered: Neemrana Fort and Ranthambore

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I have lived in Delhi for 17 years now and you would believe that places such as Neemrana.........

Southern Sojourn: a 6 day roadtrip

Total Distance Covered: 2572 kms

Total Duration: 6 days

Mode of Transport: Honda BRV from Myles

Total Expenses (for 3 people): Rs. 93000 

Places Covered: Gokarna, Coorg, Hampi

Snapshot of the Trip:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pB2h0WL7RWRh7t4QhkYV7n6o5tU_wSGjMC9FbcuKlBI/edit?usp=sharing

Route Map

Mid October, 2017 (whatsapp):

Motabhai: Suno na

Me: ?

Gray (after 2 hours): Bolega BC

Motabhai: Dec end mein Goa aur Coorg ka plan banate hain na...2 days in Goa 2 days in coorg something like that...Drive of around 2000kms...it will be a great vacation covering beach sun and hill station coolness

Gray: Mujhe Gokarna mein jyada interest hai

Motabhai: No issues, woh bhi kar lenge in 1 night. But I really want to go to Goa because I have never been there...........

Eshansthan: My 9 days of Rajasthan

Areas covered: Udaipur, Jodhpur, Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, Jaipur

Duration: 14th - 22nd October, 2017

Snapshot of the trip:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TJTrI3Leyhkz7rkmjIB-JzcTeMPPQgp-3PwgzIJVrU8/

Total cost incurred: This being a solo trip and the cash outflow being too frequent, it was just impossible for me to keep a tab on my expenses. But I would say that the entire trip costed me around Rs. 40,000 (inclusive of a major f*ck up that I shall talk about subsequently)

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Once a rainbow moon you receive a message on Whatsapp which 'makes your day' to such an extent that you just can't stop smiling. One fine day in late August I received a very interesting message on Siemens' Management Trainees group which excited the wanderer (yeah yeah, very much cliched but whatever) within me.........

8 Hours in Jaipur. Summed Up.

Areas Covered: Jaipur (6/10/2017)

Rajasthan isn't new to me nor am I to it. Jaipur is one of those cities that I would gladly take a trip to in North India any given day primarily for two reasons; A. I could drive down from Delhi and B. they have some of the best food to offer 

FYI: Good food and driving are the two basis of my existence.

So unlike the 5 times in the past when I visited Rajasthan which were planned to cover a number of locations, this wasn't one of those. This was actually a trip for business that left me time to explore the beautiful city again...........

A trip to the Ghat, Land of Thunder Dragon, and Icy Peaks

Areas Covered: Kolkata; Bhutan (Paro, Thimphu, Dochula); Darjeeling, Gangtok (& Nathula)

Total Duration: 16-29th April 2017 (13 days)

Snapshot of the trip:

Total cost incurred by me:  Rs. 22,000 (approx.)

Currency of Bhutan: Ngultrum (g is silent). 1 Nu = 1 Re

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Ishan: Want to go to Bhutan?

At this precise moment, my brain conjured .....................

My 1.5 days of Delhi

The trashiest Google search result that I have ever seen in my life is - 'things to see in Moradabad'. Well, I was visiting my native town Moradabad and wanted to explore the city (or other nearby places). The options I had were Haridwar, Lansdowne, Rishikesh and Delhi. However, Delhi......

Gujarat Road Trip - The Roads Less Travelled

Total Distance Covered: 2732 kms

Total Duration: 4 days (26th - 29th March, 2017)

Mode of Transport: Ford Ecosport from Revv

Total Expenses (for 3 people): Rs. 39,547

Places Covered: Lothal, Ahmedabad, Rani ki Vav, Siyot Caves, Lakhpat, Bhuj, Kalo Dungar, Dhordo, Dholavira

Route Map

Day 1 of the Trip:

We had decided to leave quite early in the morning but due to sheer excitement of the journey that we were about to undertake, we............