We're all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable ride.
2015 was a year well traveled. From the good old places to new ones. From bag packing trips to road trips. 24 hour trip to week long trips. Land air water. Grand success, flops, forced and spontaneous.
Travel revealed those hidden and locked thoughts. I would do anything to go through this again in a blink of an eye.
I felt like a small kid giving his parents a school tour.
A glimpse of IIT, Maddoo mess, feeling at home at HN, Photoshoot in front of sub-way and lunch at Chilies, Powai lake and a glimpse of my hostel. Then drive to JUHU. I was literally transported in time. And in good company. Mumbai is never complete without Marine drive.
All this and a lot lot more in just a day :) a lot lot more!
From Police station to sunsets, Golgappas to Queens necklace. To Mumbai and back in 20 hours. 20 hours showering hope and aspirations, giving courage to dream on in 2015 :)
I am going to meet my brother :) I was just not ready to say god bye last year and I knew we would meet again. But when we met, I was holding my brothers new born daughter.
Orchard road, my new address for the better part of the year. MRT, Lau-Pa-Sat, Marina Bay Sands, One Raffles Link, Haugang. This was going to be my routine!
Christmas and Valentines are perhaps the best time to visit streets of Singapore. When it coincides with Chinese new year, it is the place to be. The entire country was celebrating the third week of Feb. So was I. I was living a dream. 14th to 21st was perhaps the best week. Finding home away from home. Going click click click :) Shortlisting watches, live music, museums, malls and food courts.
Every song on the radio was about me. Jazz music played by the bay and my fav songs. He even played my request!
I kinda found home away from home with my travel buds
Travel Buds: Swapnil, Akanksha, Tiya :)
MONTH-ENDS!!! Shit, its time face the reality. I have an agenda, a target, a goal, however crappy it felt in the end on the year, it was all I had to keep myself busy.
I literally spent more time on MRT and doing window shopping. And exloring my food dream :) I am at the melting pot of flavors and oh the title is so apt!
Catching the mad mad rains and getting on the swim routine. So it was life as usual. Behaving like a tourist on weekends, eating new stuff. Season of world cup. Second time during world cup I am in Singapore. Watching it with Aussies, Black caps, Pakistanis, at Clark Quay, Random pubs, Indian restaurants, were the things I did last time. I am finally over cricket :)
Through all this, there was one week where my two best friends and well wishers are getting together after a long long gap. Sandeep joins Swapnil and me :)
Night outs were taken a notch higher - by the pool under the sky on the top floor. Sunrise not at Pashan bridge but on orchard road. Such spontaneous plans never have photos :(
Travel buds: Swappu and Pudi!
I so missed a break in Feb and March which drained me. Its a pity I lost the pics from Phuket, atleast I have these to share..
My very own trip to a dreamland :) To open the windows of my heart and peep outside, to welcome the rains and shadow, to open the umbrella from the sun and hope to ride a wave of hope. Look to at the sun and ask for rainbow. Such much for beautifying my trip in words :p
This place was a beauty! No wonder I did not sleep one bit. Bangla road all night, early morning breakfast on the Patong beach, renting that swanky scooty and covering six lovely beaches. Each beach was so unique and a trip in itself. Guess what? After Chinese New Year, it was Thailand New Year's eve! The bikers showing off their bikes, food show from across the multiple islands around.
I must admit, chose the hottest week of the year for my trip! A solo trip was best timed and a big big break.
'Nuf said. Yet another weekend road trip, fantastic. Car fixed and washed in an hour, route not identified, hotel not booked, phone battery dead even before the trip, but we are off to GOA, hell yeah! The full gang out to have a blast. Lessons from the trip, when Sandy drives, you sleep or get petrified. When Jitin drives, he puts you to sleep, Swapnil can find topics to talk at will and I have many stories to tell. Love you guys and loved he trip.
2015 was a year well traveled. From the good old places to new ones. From bag packing trips to road trips. 24 hour trip to week long trips. Land air water. Grand success, flops, forced and spontaneous.
Travel revealed those hidden and locked thoughts. I would do anything to go through this again in a blink of an eye.
January - A month of perpetual hope, aspiration and many dreams to construct.
The city has been calling me for a while now, but have just not been able to make it. Was it my love, urge to reconcile or just forgive this unforgiving city, whatever it was, a sudden plan is all it took and we are here. MUMBAI!!!!I felt like a small kid giving his parents a school tour.
A glimpse of IIT, Maddoo mess, feeling at home at HN, Photoshoot in front of sub-way and lunch at Chilies, Powai lake and a glimpse of my hostel. Then drive to JUHU. I was literally transported in time. And in good company. Mumbai is never complete without Marine drive.
All this and a lot lot more in just a day :) a lot lot more!
From Police station to sunsets, Golgappas to Queens necklace. To Mumbai and back in 20 hours. 20 hours showering hope and aspirations, giving courage to dream on in 2015 :)
Travel buds: Megha, Surbhi
February - Everything is a song and dance and ever song is about me :)
I am going to meet my brother :) I was just not ready to say god bye last year and I knew we would meet again. But when we met, I was holding my brothers new born daughter.
Orchard road, my new address for the better part of the year. MRT, Lau-Pa-Sat, Marina Bay Sands, One Raffles Link, Haugang. This was going to be my routine!
Christmas and Valentines are perhaps the best time to visit streets of Singapore. When it coincides with Chinese new year, it is the place to be. The entire country was celebrating the third week of Feb. So was I. I was living a dream. 14th to 21st was perhaps the best week. Finding home away from home. Going click click click :) Shortlisting watches, live music, museums, malls and food courts.
Every song on the radio was about me. Jazz music played by the bay and my fav songs. He even played my request!
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
But they're really saying I love you.
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I kinda found home away from home with my travel buds
Travel Buds: Swapnil, Akanksha, Tiya :)
March - Back to reality.
MONTH-ENDS!!! Shit, its time face the reality. I have an agenda, a target, a goal, however crappy it felt in the end on the year, it was all I had to keep myself busy.
I literally spent more time on MRT and doing window shopping. And exloring my food dream :) I am at the melting pot of flavors and oh the title is so apt!
Catching the mad mad rains and getting on the swim routine. So it was life as usual. Behaving like a tourist on weekends, eating new stuff. Season of world cup. Second time during world cup I am in Singapore. Watching it with Aussies, Black caps, Pakistanis, at Clark Quay, Random pubs, Indian restaurants, were the things I did last time. I am finally over cricket :)
Through all this, there was one week where my two best friends and well wishers are getting together after a long long gap. Sandeep joins Swapnil and me :)
Night outs were taken a notch higher - by the pool under the sky on the top floor. Sunrise not at Pashan bridge but on orchard road. Such spontaneous plans never have photos :(
Travel buds: Swappu and Pudi!
April - I want to break free... Like really. Hence Phuket.
I so missed a break in Feb and March which drained me. Its a pity I lost the pics from Phuket, atleast I have these to share..
My very own trip to a dreamland :) To open the windows of my heart and peep outside, to welcome the rains and shadow, to open the umbrella from the sun and hope to ride a wave of hope. Look to at the sun and ask for rainbow. Such much for beautifying my trip in words :p
This place was a beauty! No wonder I did not sleep one bit. Bangla road all night, early morning breakfast on the Patong beach, renting that swanky scooty and covering six lovely beaches. Each beach was so unique and a trip in itself. Guess what? After Chinese New Year, it was Thailand New Year's eve! The bikers showing off their bikes, food show from across the multiple islands around.
I must admit, chose the hottest week of the year for my trip! A solo trip was best timed and a big big break.
May - Tourist in Singapore with my team :)
Apart from the weekends we spent time in office, we actually covered ECP, cycling, Kayaking and multiple visits to Casino. Money does buy you happiness :) :) :) But all of us itching to get back home.
Less of travel buds but more of work buds!!
Perhaps the best of the times were spent at lunches and dinners, at Arab street, Mutthu's curry, Murugan Idly and the insane Universal studio! Getting even the scared bunch on roller coaster rides will as devilish as it was fun :)
Less of travel buds but more of work buds!!
Perhaps the best of the times were spent at lunches and dinners, at Arab street, Mutthu's curry, Murugan Idly and the insane Universal studio! Getting even the scared bunch on roller coaster rides will as devilish as it was fun :)
June - For now, farewell my dear friend, time to go back home
Sad to bid farewell again for Swapu and family :( atleast I knew this time it was for a few months only!
NH4 - I am back on the road and feel in control of life. Well, in control of road atleast :)
Bangalore to Pune drive. Looking back, it looks like a stupid thing to give a hitch hiker a ride. At least I had a relaxing drive
The first thing I did was have team meetings, the unofficial style :) Calendars were booked, meeting places were decided, menu selected and most intricate details to planning was given. just so that I learn to walk out of work and live a life. A desperate attempt to add life in life, in an otherwise a depressing period. How often I asked myself, what an incredible turn around from Jan to June. :|
Team dinner lunch and breakfast buddies : Rahul, Anitha, Neha and Tanu.
July- Aaarrgghhhh. Shift+Del
August - Traveled and ended no where. Hyderabad cancelled, Bangalore cancelled, Mumbai cancelled. wish I had planned to stay in Pune, would have got cancelled too!
NH4 - I am back on the road and feel in control of life. Well, in control of road atleast :)
Bangalore to Pune drive. Looking back, it looks like a stupid thing to give a hitch hiker a ride. At least I had a relaxing drive
The first thing I did was have team meetings, the unofficial style :) Calendars were booked, meeting places were decided, menu selected and most intricate details to planning was given. just so that I learn to walk out of work and live a life. A desperate attempt to add life in life, in an otherwise a depressing period. How often I asked myself, what an incredible turn around from Jan to June. :|
Team dinner lunch and breakfast buddies : Rahul, Anitha, Neha and Tanu.
July- Aaarrgghhhh. Shift+Del
August - Traveled and ended no where. Hyderabad cancelled, Bangalore cancelled, Mumbai cancelled. wish I had planned to stay in Pune, would have got cancelled too!
'Nuf said. Yet another weekend road trip, fantastic. Car fixed and washed in an hour, route not identified, hotel not booked, phone battery dead even before the trip, but we are off to GOA, hell yeah! The full gang out to have a blast. Lessons from the trip, when Sandy drives, you sleep or get petrified. When Jitin drives, he puts you to sleep, Swapnil can find topics to talk at will and I have many stories to tell. Love you guys and loved he trip.
November - Feels like a limbo :)
Now this will take time :) 6500 kms :) now that is one massive trip. filling new life in me! :
Oh the love of travel is back. I travelled so far to find myself. Not all those who wander are lost. I just rediscovered my life.
Day 1: RJ-14 Jaipur. Jitin picks me up at airport, we go home and we get lost ;) This bugger has no clue where places are in his place! These are forts here are the real ones. not the jokes and ruins I had seen so far. Massive and beautiful. To think there might have been some of my ancestors here in some palace here, made me wonder what sort of struggles I am going through to pay my bills :P
Never did I imagine, at mid night in Jaipur, atop a fort will I killing it with Jitin.
Day 2: breakfast at the most fancy Tapri :) After a looong time, Megha and Surbhi get together happens! So we pick up from right where we left. The ladies are showing their town around. A little bit of belated birthday celebrations, a little bit of bad accident escape, a little bit of serene lake side trip, a little bit of RJ 14 driving, a little bit of Sizzling sizzlers for lunch, a little bit of photo shoot by the road and a little bit of sizzling brownie to wrap it all. Is it really that is it??
Day 3: Deeksha ki Shaadi -Off to Dehradun. My buddy who shared the best and the worst days of my life at NITIE has welcomed me to D'dun. My notebook must have had more lessons and abuses and complains and jokes and heavy brainstorming ideas that the wonderful professors had to share. All thanks to this wonderful person. So there was no way I was going to miss this wedding :)
And the nautanki can never be separated from her!
Now that I was here, took the chance to visit a few places.
Oh the love of travel is back. I travelled so far to find myself. Not all those who wander are lost. I just rediscovered my life.
Day 1: RJ-14 Jaipur. Jitin picks me up at airport, we go home and we get lost ;) This bugger has no clue where places are in his place! These are forts here are the real ones. not the jokes and ruins I had seen so far. Massive and beautiful. To think there might have been some of my ancestors here in some palace here, made me wonder what sort of struggles I am going through to pay my bills :P
Never did I imagine, at mid night in Jaipur, atop a fort will I killing it with Jitin.
Day 2: breakfast at the most fancy Tapri :) After a looong time, Megha and Surbhi get together happens! So we pick up from right where we left. The ladies are showing their town around. A little bit of belated birthday celebrations, a little bit of bad accident escape, a little bit of serene lake side trip, a little bit of RJ 14 driving, a little bit of Sizzling sizzlers for lunch, a little bit of photo shoot by the road and a little bit of sizzling brownie to wrap it all. Is it really that is it??
Day 3: Deeksha ki Shaadi -Off to Dehradun. My buddy who shared the best and the worst days of my life at NITIE has welcomed me to D'dun. My notebook must have had more lessons and abuses and complains and jokes and heavy brainstorming ideas that the wonderful professors had to share. All thanks to this wonderful person. So there was no way I was going to miss this wedding :)
And the nautanki can never be separated from her!
Now that I was here, took the chance to visit a few places.
