Destination write-ups from a lifetime of slow, solo road travel — where I went, where I stayed, what was worth doing, and what was not. Each entry says whether it was written after visiting or before going, so you know which kind of advice you are reading.
North Kerala · August 26, 2026
Two visits to the Malabar coast — Bekal alone on a loop, then Kannur and Wayanad on Christmas Eve with Cookie and Choco — and why the radius was wrong.
Coorg (Kodagu) · August 25, 2026
Four visits in four years to the closest hills to Bengaluru, and what a place becomes once you stop treating every trip to it as an event.
Nepal · Nov–Dec 2023
Five days in the Kathmandu valley — Nepal's most-skipped destination — the open cremations at Pashupatinath, and what they do to your sense of time.
Chikkamagaluru & the Malnad · August 25, 2026
Three visits in three years to the Malnad: Karnataka’s highest peak alone, a company hike in the ghats, a day in Sringeri — and why the drive is the point.
Bhutan · Nov–Dec 2023
A week of cold mornings in a country that prices itself differently for an Indian passport — and what the Sustainable Development Fee actually buys you.
The Nilgiris · Oct 2022
Three days at the end of a two-week South India loop, and the first place I seriously thought about not going home. What I would do differently.
Meghalaya · Jun–Jul 2024
Ten days in the wettest place on earth, the viewpoint I rate above every other, and why Meghalaya makes you choose between the falls and the river.
Arunachal Pradesh · Jun–Jul 2024
Permits, the Sela tunnel that changed the drive to Tawang, and two days with a family in West Kameng that outlasted everything else on the trip.
