Usually people transport their bikes in cardboard boxes, but i felt that having a dedicated bike bag would be better as it is more compact, has more room for accessories and most of all because of the reason that the bag can be stowed away easily at a left luggage counter or in a hotel and can be used for the return trip as well. That last item was the major selling point for me as i didn't want to run around looking for cardboard boxes especially on the return leg of my journeys. The Btwi...
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The question: How to pack everything above (laptop + tent + sleeping bag + sleeping pad + stove + utensils + tripod + camera + 3 ...
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Usually on short ~2 week trips, i never feel the need to take my laptop along. A pen, a pad and a couple of decent sized memory cards shou...
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Growing up, I had never given eclipses much thought. I remember a few happen around Chennai when i was growing up. The Surya Grahanam was not an auspi...
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The Pushkar Mela was the reason i decided to go on the Rajasthan trip
during my 'extended' Diwali holidays. Once i knew that the camel fair
will happe...
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Tigers always fascinated me and its been a long dream of mine to see
them in the wild. However i never ever dreamed that i could get close
to one an...
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Who doesn't love spotting the occasional shooting star streaking across a starry skies. Over the years I've been lucky enough to spot quite a few. Tha...
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So, it was my last weekend in Beijing before my short trip to India. I was having drinks with a friend and i remarked to her about how i had always wa...
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Growing up, i had a strong connection to Russia. I remember all the book fairs in my school where most of the books would be from Russia. Stories abou...
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My general policy with people is to trust until that trust is broken. But as i was sitting in the van, i started wondering what his game could be. "no...
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Ever since i joined the "Travel China Beijing" group on facebook, i've always wanted to go on one of the 'wild' great wall treks organized by Davis. U...
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There has been a lot written in the media about the grandprix in China
and most of it negative. The sport has very little following among the
local ...
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It usually happens with me.. especially with my car. When i drive it
after someone else has driven it, i can always feel the difference. The
engine ...
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I usually like to claim that i do not plan any of my trips, but infact
usually the opposite is true. When i came to China this time, i had
decided t...
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Two days of being shrouded by the Huangshan mist was enough to dampen my sprits. The lure of hot run...
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For the Chinese New year holidays i decided to go to HuangShan. I was
looking forward for a change ...
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I was gonna name this post "getting over my writers block", but then i realized that im not much of ...
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The Jaisalmer experience started the moment i got on the train in Jodhpur. The insides of the sleepe...
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If i could do it all over again, i would spend more time in Jodhpur. Two days was just not enough to...
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The early part of my flight back from Leh, was spent staring out of the window, mesmerized by the sn...
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Kanchanaburi was to be my first stop on my first trip to Thailand. And there was only one place i ha...
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[Krabi Province, Thailand. 4'th - 9'th Mar 2006]Railay was going to be my first taste of beach life ...
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[Krabi Province, Thailand. 9'th - 11'th Mar 2006]After Railay, Ko Phi Phi was next on my island hopp...
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My Agra trip happened as an afterthought, i didn't even consider it initially. Then someone asked me...
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On the days leading up to the Chinese new year, the whole of China shuts down. I was caught unawares...
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After having cancelled the trip already in September, we were all eager to go to the great wall befo...
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