This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Yesterday morning, we visited the famous Ramanathar temple at Rameswaram. It is said that Sri Rama, came to this spot after killing Ravana and rescuing Sita, and Sage Agasthya suggested that he worship Lord Siva so that no sin accrues to him due to killing Ravana. Sri Rama asks Hanuman to get him a Siva … Read more
When we travel, we like to find interesting local food, snacks and quaint eating places. While we knew some of the things we must eat during this trip of ours, we found a few more interesting places as well. First, in Madurai, we knew we had to have the “Jigarthanda” and eat at Murugan Idli … Read more
I thought since HPTDC was so good, TTDC would outdo them… After all TamilNadu is the most urbanised state in India !! Krishnan was a little apprehensive but I still went ahead. Booked the TTDC hotel in Cutrallam, for two nights. We reached late in the afternoon on the 15th and the roads were so … Read more
Date of journey – June 4, 2015 For the first time we managed to leave the hotel at 4.32 am as planned :). We had stayed overnight at Hotel Deepali, Sagar. The route we took to Hyderabad was Sagar-Narsinghpur-Chindwara-Saoner-Nagpur-Adilabad-Medchal-Hyderabad. This was the first time we were trying this route and we were just bowled over … Read more
We started from Chennai only at 7.20 am and stopped for nearly 20 minutes to update a bank password. Our original plan was to leave by 6 am because the distance is nearly 460 kms from Chennai to Madurai. While we had been told and we read on online forums, that the roads are fantastic, … Read more
The modern life cannot be lived without a cellphone connection – preferably 3G and 4G because you need to tweet your position, Whatsapp your lunch, update your mood on Facebook and speak on endless conference calls for work. Imagine if you couldn’t access email or a cellphone loses connectivity … You cannot work !! Here … Read more
We had to take in our cycles to the Probikers store on OMR road, Chennai because I couldn’t fit the left pedal correctly. We knew about them as we had rented a Trek bike for four days a couple of years back when I had visited Chennai for work. When we walked in with our … Read more
Anuj Srivastava, am bringing back the discussion that you started on Facebook almost a couple of months back. Yesterday, we got the Yeti serviced by Gurudev Motors in Chennai at their Arumbakkam service centre. First, the service coordinator never called us back to confirm when we should collect the car. Then, Krishnan called him when … Read more
The temperature at Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh right now is 11 deg C… and the place we are at, the temperature is 38 dec C. We drove into Chennai on Saturday and didn’t realise how hot it was till yesterday. It was pleasant on Saturday evening and infact we told Krishnan’s mom that it was so … Read more
Dear ModiJi, Yesterday while driving from Sagar to Hyderabad, we thanked your government profusely, because the terrible stretches of “no road” between Nagpur and Adilabad have all been relaid and now a MIG can land there too … Just that the pilot has to be more experienced as the roads are winding :). It’s proof … Read more