India Backpack Motorbike

 The Srinagar – Leh highway is another highway leading travelers who wish to admire the beauty of the region from window of their vehicle or the visor of their motorcycle helmet. Many people will say that the Srinagar Leh highway is not as beautiful as the one from Manali to Leh. I would strongly disagree to that. [...]

If you have been a follower on my blog, you would know that I have been on the road since the beginning of this year now. Throughout this time I have been asked a ton of questions about my travels. Most of them, more than questions have been doubts or concerns of a skeptical  nature (disguised [...]

A journey along the Manali Leh highway has to be one of the most visually stunning journeys in the world. Add to it, the bad roads, the rarefied mountain passes, the hair pin bends interspersed with the bone chillingly cold streams of water on the the broken, potholed or non existent roads and you find [...]

“The lands so barren, and mountains so high, That only the worst of our enemies or best of our friends would want to visit us” goes on old Ladakhi saying. Situated between the Himalayan and Karorkaram mountain ranges, Ladakh is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Called by many as the roof of the world [...]

Prologue Stinking and sweating like a pig, I stand under the shower. As the water hits my head and flows down my body I feel a burning sensation on my calves and knees. “Aah!” I think to myself “Must be those thorns and the bushes”. Its funny how you do not feel these minor cuts [...]

I am reading a book in small juice shop on Car Street in the quaint little town of Gokarna. A middle aged man in dark shades and faded sleeveless T shirt taps my shoulder and says “Excuse me! Can I sit here?” pointing to the bench across the old spotty table with one leg a [...]

In September 2011, I went on first solo trip of my life. I went riding to Ladakh and was alone most of the three weeks. The freedom to do whatever you want, the responsibility of your own self and belongings and meeting new people every day (that one misses out while travelling with a group [...]

Fort Lakhpat that lies on the north-west corner of Kutch is an almost dilapidated old town that speaks of a glorious past. Like Lothal, Lakhpat too was struck by nature’s fury that brought about its downfall, the only difference being that the downfall was as recent as early 1800s. Lakhpat, the literal meaning of which [...]

It had been a long standing dream of mine to ride to Kanyakumari  - the southern most tip of  Indian peninsula where the 3 seas ( Arabian sea, India Ocean and Bay of Bengal) meet. In fact  in its very basic form my current goal of covering India on a motorbike began with the  idea [...]

Malvan is a small beach town in Sindhudurg district, the southermost district of Maharashtra. At a distance of not more than 100 kms from Goa, Malvan is as good as the Goa minus the commercialization. So when I decided to head down south on my motorbike trip across India, a fried of mine said he [...]

Its been close to three weeks now that I have come back from my ride to South India. I came back disappointed. In fact I was so frustrated that at a certain point I had almost decided to come back in between. If it was not for a friend who encouraged me to make it [...]