Why do you travel?

Many people ask me that why do you travel? Why do you go on Himalayan treks? My standard response is always- ‘to find peace’. Another friend asked, ‘won’t you find peace going to a temple or meditation centres here in Ahmedabad itself, why go all the way to the mountains?’ This time I responded, ‘I …

Adventure ride to Dharoi Dam

I am on my bird, riding in my own pace, deep in my thoughts, observing the traffic, people, animals, trees, birds, sky... That’s when Dhruv rode past me.... What!! Where was he? I don’t remember overtaking him on the road. Before I could finish my thoughts he was way ahead of me and went beyond …

Polo Forest

The road from Chiloda circle towards Sardar Patel ring road is under construction, we intended to take the exit towards Gandhinagar but somehow missed it. Due to the expansion work of the road there were no street lights and the winter made the route pitch dark at 7:30pm. But the traffic was moving decently. Few meters …

My first solo ride

“Zinda aa jaana”, my friend Tanuj said when I told him that I am visiting Surat on my duggu-duggu (my Thunderbird 350) to attempt my first solo ride. When I told him that, I will TRY to reach alive, as I don’t have riding gears except the helmet. He said, “What stupidity? You shouldn’t ride …

Test Ride

Since the day I went crazy about my thought of travelling to Ladakh, all I wanted was to do it on my own machine... When I went ‘over the top’ on my craziness, I started my research and put that thought for approval from parents! This dream of mine is so old, that I did …

The Bike…

Do you believe that dreams come true? The first time I ever saw a bike was as a 6 or 7 years old. We happened to visit my father’s friend Nair Uncle and I saw a black huge machine, with tyres bigger than our Bajaj scooter, with a steel box attached to the side. I …

Hum toh chaLEH…

Get it! Get it!! Yes you guessed it right, I am going to Leh!  ‘hum toh chaLEH’ is going to be a grand write-up series on MY forthcoming GRAND TRIP to LEH... My close friends already know how long I have been planning to visit LEH (it’s been 5years now...) This June 2018 I started …

Hampta Pass

I had scheduled to post this story as soon as I got back from Hampta Pass trek, but I was experiencing a writer’s block. Usually all my stories start with a twist or there is always a “Kaand” (major chaos or trouble) that occurs on my trips... which I enjoy narrating later. The other day …

Kolad River Rafting

Bhim, our guide commands, “Everybody fall in”. All of us instantly jumped into the inner part of the rafting boat, the turbulent water thrashed on our rafting boat and splashed, dripping us all wet... Pankaj noticing Bhim’s scared expression asked him if everything is ok. Bhim (thinner than the thinnest of us) replied, “Actually, this …