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I was excited about going to Venice.. But the weather gods dint share my enthusiasm. So on a foggy chilly Friday evening I took the train from the Milan.(click on the pic to enlarge it) It was a short 2.5 hour journey to Venezia Mestre station. From there I had to take another 10 minutes train to Venezia St. Lucia station which is situated in the city. Throughout the way I regularly kept on

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this post is about a trip which started as a leisurely drive to Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, intended to end with a new year celebration in the shadow of Kinner Kailash at Kalpa. but which finally turned into a journey for survival. which showed me that in the remotest corner of india where there is no food, water or electricity, there is still humanity. which proved that you might be cut off from

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This post is about the city in which I live.. two words to describe this city would definitely be: absolutely crazy.. where driving on the road is like playing road rash.. where its always too hot or too cold or too humid or too dry or too rainy.. where night life is about sitting at home, watching tv serials.. but more importantly this is about a city which will make you fall in love with it.. a

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i just love the sunsets.. in fact i think every photographer fond of landscape photography loves sunsets.. he is always on lookout for that perfect shot of the sun setting which captures the beautiful play of colors in the sky and some lovely silhouettes.. and this requires some effort also.. you gotta be at the right place with the right view at the right time.. but in my trip to Finland i got

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I got down from the plane in Geneva at 10am on Saturday and quickly started walking towards the baggage claim area. the corridors in the airport seemed never ending. in-fact the airport was so huge that they had walkalators in the corridors. i was impatient as i was waiting for the baggage to come. The plan for the weekend: Switzerland on a bike and i was wasting precious riding time here. But

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2 weeks forced shutdown in office resulted in a 2 weeks tour through west india.. the following link will give you a preview of what you can expect from the triplog..http://sparsharun.blogspot.com/2010/01/rajasthan-diu-teaser.htmlI will keep on adding the links to the individual pages as i keep on uploading them..Day 1: Jaiselmer-Khuri Sand Dunes: Desert fun..Day 2: Jaiselmer: Palace and haveli..

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5 o’clock in the morning the Turkish Airlines flight took off(an hour late).. I sat in it excited on the beginning of my second visit to Europe. In my last trip, I had been a perfect tourist and had done a lot of sightseeing but in the food department, had stuck essentially to Indian food or sandwiches. In this trip the first point in the agenda was experiencing the local food. So enjoy the food

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I have had my trysts with snow earlier but they weren't enough to quench my thirst.. So a week off in office in march and we were riding with just one target in mind: SNOW.. We had encountered snow in april 2 years ago enroute Gangotri and so now in march were damn sure there would be more snow than last year. So on a cold wednesday morning Manik and I set out on NH58. The first destination was

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A dark chilly christmas morning, when at 6am we assembled at the Dhasna toll.The riders.. Antarpreet, Sunil, Shiva and Me..Right in front of us was a road leading to nothingness.. Zero visibility fog.. Even the toll booth flood light wasnt visible..It was like riding in a sea of white emptiness.. Just you and the sound of your bike.. Then all of a sudden you realize that there is a car is right

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Was going through the docs in my computer and found this triplog. I had written this after coming back from my first trip to the hills.. Njoy (and don’t mind the melodramatic narration.. first ride trough the hills is hair-raising)The week before was one filled with excitement, a little apprehension, a bit of fear.. Excitement because i was going for a hill ride.. apprehension because of lack of

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my sincere thanks to salil and manik for being busy on sunday.. or i would have been just appreciating the pics instead of posting them.. also a heartfelt thanks to Bhuwan paaji for making all the arrangements...on friday i get a call from yogesh that there was a plan to go to Sariska on sunday. any ride, im in.. so sunday morning i left home at 4am to meet others at Gurgaon Toll Gate. It was a

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Part 1: The beginning• The realization of the trip• The innitial strugglePart 2: Sikkim – Water, water everywhere but little oxygen to breathSikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. It is the second smallest state in India. It is the least populous state in India, and the second-smallest. The thumb-shaped state borders Nepal in the west, Tibet to the north and east, and

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In the second week of june 2008, a group of riders set out to do the Lahual & Spiti circuit. Lahual & Spiti are 2 a remote Himalayan valleys in the north of Himachal Pradesh near the China border. They have very less population and hence is untouched by the "modernization". I was preparing myself for a peaceful getaway in the lap of nature away from the hussle-bustle of the big cities. This

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This place is as unreal as it gets.. Clouds seem like wads of cotton sticking in sky.. Lakes look as if some drunkard has splilled blue curcao in them.. Mountains look as if a group of small children with poster paints has been painting them with each child using his own colour, indifferent to what the person next to him is using.. Heights so high that just looking at the numbers gives you a

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Binsar, a quiet, peaceful wildlife sanctuary surrounded by the Kumaon hills which adorn a thick green forest cover.. A must do road trip for any tourer with those lovely smooth roads till Almora and the forest trials there onwards.. I had been wanting to go there for a long time and finally the chance came when people from my office wanted to go for a bike trip to the hills..So the trip began on

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The world down south of India is totally different from the one up north. A 10 day family holiday gave me the chance to explore this side of the country. (Click on the name for more details and pics)BangaloreThe first stop in the trip was the capital of Karnataka. As we got down from the airport, heavy traffic jams greeted us. Such jams that even the 2-wheelers couldnt pass through. This ticked

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I got a new bike!! Well almost.. After pampering my bike with new chain-set, clutch plates, cone-set, brake shoes and battery, I thought it was time it got some work out. As usual I could not afford holidays from office so it had to be a short trip. So one particularly chilly morning I left from home at 5am. Destination was Chakrata. Route: Delhi-Meerut-Roorkee-Chhutmalpur(you bloody pervert..)-

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The arts and crafts fair held annually at Surajkund offers a preview of the vast cultural diversity of India. The fair showcases the creative side of each state of India with artisans and craftsmen putting up their stalls. Then there are the folk dances from various regions of India happening here and there. So here is a pictorial log of a fair adorned with the colors of India (click to enlarge

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New year.. Time for celebration.. Plans for Kausani had been made 2 months ago.. KMVN guest house had been booked well in advanced.. The route and the party plans had been decided upon.. But then WHAM!! first cancellation.. and then BANG!! another one.. and here I was on the 28th of December with a cancelled new year program due to people backing out at the last minute, with no hopes of avoiding

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Petrol: 1.44 euro/liter.. Sandwich and Coke: 6.5 euro... Toll for the total journey: 28 euro.... Single room in a decent hotel: 40 euro..... Rent for a bike for the weekend: 200 euro...... Pleasure of riding at the speed of 150: priceless.......What do you do when there is a bus and train

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