❯ cd ~

$ cat ./travel-log --map

Places I've been. So far.

Every pin is a story — Himalayan expeditions on the motorcycle, tea-country weekends down south, and a home base where the code gets written.

been there home the heart city

❯ ls ./trips

51 pins · 12 states & UTs

Bengaluru — Karnataka

home

current house — where the code gets written

Chikkamagaluru — Karnataka

south

coffee estates in the Baba Budan hills

Coorg — Karnataka

south

coffee country weekend rides

Mangalore — Karnataka

south

coastal Karnataka — sea breeze and seafood

Chikkaballapur — Karnataka

south

quick dawn escape from the city

Nandi Hills — Karnataka

south

sunrise above the clouds

Wayanad — Kerala

south

green ghats of northern Kerala

Puducherry — Puducherry

south

French quarter by the Bay of Bengal

Ooty — Tamil Nadu

south

queen of hill stations — misty mountains and tea gardens

Rishikesh — Uttarakhand

himalayas

the Ganga at the gates of the Himalayas

Haridwar — Uttarakhand

himalayas

Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri

Tungnath — Uttarakhand

himalayas

highest Shiva temple in the world

Mana — Uttarakhand

himalayas

the last Indian village before Tibet

Badrinath — Uttarakhand

himalayas

between the Nar and Narayan peaks

Kedarnath — Uttarakhand

himalayas

the trek to the lord of Kedar

Shimla — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

colonial hill capital

Manali — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

gateway to the high Himalayas

Jibhi — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

quiet cedar valley in Banjar

Chitkul — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

last village on the Indo-Tibet road

Sarahan — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

Bhimakali temple, Shrikhand views

Hatu Peak — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

ridge-top temple above Narkanda

Narkanda — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

apple country on the Hindustan–Tibet road

Kasauli — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

pine-scented cantonment calm

Barog — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

toy-train tunnels and misty mornings

Atal Tunnel — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

9 km under the Rohtang pass

Kaza — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

headquarters of the middle land — Spiti

Komic — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

one of the highest villages on earth

Langza — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

fossil village under the giant Buddha

Hikkim — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

world's highest post office

Tabo — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

thousand-year-old monastery — the Ajanta of the Himalayas

Nako — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

lake village on the Kinnaur–Spiti border

Keylong — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

Lahaul headquarters — gateway to Ladakh

Jispa — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

quiet camp in the Bhaga valley

Darcha — Himachal Pradesh

himalayas

trailhead for the Zanskar trek

Leh — Ladakh

himalayas

the crossroads of the Silk Road — land of high passes

Zanskar Valley — Ladakh

himalayas

Padum and Gonbo Rangjon — the remote heart of Zanskar

Nubra Valley — Ladakh

himalayas

Hunder sand dunes and double-humped camels

Pangong Tso — Ladakh

himalayas

endless blue lake across the border

Tso Moriri — Ladakh

himalayas

sacred high-altitude lake in Changthang

Shyok Valley — Ladakh

himalayas

the river of death — wild canyon road to Nubra

Hanle — Ladakh

himalayas

dark-sky observatory at the edge of the world

Khardung La — Ladakh

himalayas

mighty pass on the road to Nubra — 17,582 ft

Umling La — Ladakh

himalayas

highest motorable road on earth — 19,024 ft

Nyoma — Ladakh

himalayas

remote military outpost on the Changthang plateau

Bareilly — Uttar Pradesh

home

hometown — parents' house, where it all started

Vrindavan — Uttar Pradesh

north

Krishna's town on the Yamuna

Delhi — Delhi

north

the capital sprawl

Chandigarh — Chandigarh

♥ heart

the city of my heart ♥ — gateway to Himachal

Raipur — Chhattisgarh

central

the Chhattisgarh capital run

Mumbai — Maharashtra

west

the city that never sleeps

Mahabaleshwar — Maharashtra

west

strawberry hills of the Western Ghats

❯ next stop: the Himalayan 450 & Ladakh — someday soon.