Thanks to the lockdown, a bunch of us, childhood friends have been getting frequent chances to go out and explore the surroundings. While most of our trips in the past weeks and months have essentially been aimless wanderings, once in a while, we also have some destination in mind. At least vaguely. Just like we …
Category: Assam
Drive to the Chandubi Lake
A Fun-filled Weekend Trip
I had just come back from a two-week trip to Nagaland, Manipur, Majuli & Kaziranga National Park as part of work but it had been a while since we, me and Ruchi, went out anywhere for a trip. So, a trip, even if small, was long overdue. But due to the usual year-end issues, leaves were an …
Being a kid again at the Gandhi Mela
Finally, after I don’t know how many years, I managed to visit Gandhi Mela this time. As kids, the Gandhi mela was THE biggest thing after the Durga Puja, that we looked forward to. As the calendar changed to February, everybody knew it was mela time. It used to be no less than a festival of sorts. …
Year-end Drive To Manas National Park
It had been a while since we last went out on a trip. Work had kept both of us busy and we were really looking forward to changing that. I had been thinking to visit the Manas National Park since a while now but somehow it had not materialized, until now. A few quick phone calls to …
Through Lush Green North East – Story of An Unplanned Drive
Like most of the weekends in the past few months, the coming Saturday too, looked unexciting and monotonous when I went to bed last night. Lately, either I had been busy or the missus had been working on the past few Saturdays. Hence, to road-trips even though we live in the North East [read heaven …