Miles and Experiences

On one bright, sunny, early April afternoon, began the road drive from Delhi to Shimla. In a car, whose driver was supposed to be our guide also. The weather was pleasant and it was our first trip together as a couple and expectedly, excitement and emotions were bit on a higher side. The National Highway NH 44 soon opened up into the   towns. One after other….smaller towns with their distinct names.   First came Panipat and then we passed through Kurukshetra…. names almost synonymous with ruthless battles of Indian history and mythology.   Peace is indeed a privilege!!! Into the journey, I didn’t know when I had dozed off. So had EM. By the time I was back to my senses, I noticed a very familiar name on the small white milestones located near the edge of the fast moving highway. ..PANCHKULA… By then NH44 had given way to NH5. A few years back, while I was working in the South Korean city of Ulsan, I had a colleague, whose name was KB… a friendly person with lots o

That's the difficult part - introducing !!! And I am not good at it. So let the process of introduction evolve with the posts in this blog. Nevertheless, a few lines - I aspire to pen down my travel experiences in this blog. Experiences beyond just locations per se and possibly deeper into the ethos of a location...Every time I traveled to a new location, I felt as if I left a part of myself in that location. And, as if I carried a tiny drop of that location into myself. That's the essence of travel to me and I aspire to picture this through this blog. I love carrying back memories and experiences of locations in the form of snapshots and pictures. And, through this blog, I will try to post those experiences.  For some unknown reason, I don't like too much orderliness. A bit of randomness is soothing to me and my thoughts. So posts will be random. Without any chronological element or particular significance...across countries and oceans...and from v