Passion for Travelling...

                 Sometimes, certain things that you’ve been longing for, happen all of a sudden. For me, one of them was a long road trip in a Royal Enfield. On that lazy evening lying in the couch, I was scrolling down the contacts in my Watsapp and stuck at the name of a good old friend from school. On the conversation we had, he mentioned about a road trip he along with his wife is planning to do three weeks later in their RE Thunderbird. Trips are just a routine for them, as they go for bike trips at least twice a month. That too, hundreds of kilometres. I wished I could’ve joined them had I had a RE. Unexpectedly, he asked me whether I’d be interested to join them. Knowing that I don’t own a bike, he told me the option of hiring one for rent from Bangalore. With no second thoughts, I said yes and from there on the preparations began at high pace. Tickets were booked immediately, backpack, luggage tying ropes etc. were ordered, assemb...

                          The excitement was paramount that evening, when Jithin came to us and broke the news about his marriage. It was not only because he FINALLY found his soul mate after what seemed like an aeon, but also the opportunity presented in front of us to explore at least a few parts of Kannur – his native.  As usual, the planning process was started immediately, about hiring car, spots to be visited, number of days etc etc... Even places like Coorg, Mysore etc., were on the list. But things weren’t smooth this time, as few of us had to withdraw from the trip citing various reasons, non-availability of leaves and so on. And finally, it was just three of us, and we starting off from Trivandrum on that busy Friday night. Day 1                           After attending the simple but elegant wedding function next morning, we came ba...

                It was way back in 2012 we’ve gone for a trip as a family for the last time. Since then we couldn't do another since all of us were located in different places, with me alone coming home at every weekends and staying with Dad. That Friday I planned not to go home that night, instead postponed that to the next morning. That’s when my sister, who is back home after completing her graduation, called me and asked to go home that night itself and said, ‘Let’s go somewhere tomorrow.’ ‘Alright’, I said and started thinking of the destination for the next day. I was not interested in those distant regular family destinations then, since I wanted to save those bigger trips for some time later when mom is also back at home. So I searched for some nearby getaway spot. Chittar was the place suddenly came to my mind. I’ve heard about this place a lot, but never been there. While checking in Google maps, to my pleasant surprise, I found the pl...