This is a hippie trip and this is a blog written in true hippie style…on my mobile. Forgive me for not rambling this time in my blog because I get all nauseous and stuff when I continue typing while the bus goes around in circles on the hills. I will keep this one more direct at the expense of being tad boring. Guys and gals the big change this time around is that I am trying to convert my wife (who is blissfully ignorant of my travelling ways) So we land up at the Trichy station at 5 in the morning [View Full Entry]

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For the un-initiated..I do annual trips..all on my own..call them"Hippie trips". These are unplanned,impulsive trips with the sole aim of discovering places and probably discovering myself ( ok..i will try and stick to the facts and not be too mundane). This one was not like the earlier two..in this case I had a fair idea that we (me and my bike ) would be going to Munnar and then to Kodaikanal although to be fair even this program was made just a few hours before I pressed the ignition of my bike. Anyways..starting with the stats..Cochin(where I am based as of [View Full Entry]

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This is the second in the series of the annual "hippie trip" that I have. This year the origin poinnt was different. While last year around I started from Pune, this time I am relocated to kochi . The modus operandi remained the same...1.Reach the railway station 2. Check for the trains leaving the state. 3.Take the bgeneral/b ticket to any point preferably the termination point of the train. At the onset let me reiterate that I am not masochist by nature, the objective of travelling in general bogie of Indian railways at peak season is only to check every year [View Full Entry]

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I went to Kanyakumari alone. I am not a loner or something. Its just that I read about an article about backpackers somewhere and another article about travelling alone and I thought what the heck let me give both of them a try at one go. It started like this..I started from Pune on impulse. I was working late night once and I just logged off from my computer, picked 2 jeans and a coupla t-shirts and took the first train to Bangalore ( 2.40 am ). I had a friend in Bangalore and after much convincing he got ready to [View Full Entry]

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