2010-08-10 / Comments (10)

5. Naggar (HP) and road back home via Chandigarh-Rothak-Ajmer-Ahmedabad-Mumbai

Had it not been for the book, Outlook Traveller Gateways (on HP), Naggar would not have happened. Books are still much much superior as compared to host of blogs and websites. Online forums, at best, are good for an “occasional tip” and that too happens cause people speak about the content which is quite recent. Books need to re-published. The Outlook Traveller Gateways (on HP) which I referred to was published in 2008 and two years down the line nothing much had changed….

Car Trip Mumbai-Manali-Mumbai, Part 4, Shimla-Manali-Rothang Pass

Then we ate the worlds best “maggie noodles”. Nowhere, repeat nowhere can there be a better display of Indian ingenuity… nowhere…

Part 3 Delhi-Ambala-Amritsar-Ambala-Shimla

The Planning for this phase underwent many refinements. Golden Temple was a must and a absolute central to this part of the trip. However, with experience, I knew that post-Agra I would need a good break from driving itself. Earlier the plan was to stop at Delhi and do a Delhi-Amritsar-Delhi by train and then [...]

Car trip, Mumbai – Manali – Mumbai, 4550 kms in 15 days – Part 2 Udaipur-Agra-Delhi

Car trip, Mumbai – Manali – Mumbai, 4550 kms in 15 days