Trip leader Yash’s takebacks from the Coonoor trip
Already miss Coonoor’s fresh air and slow paced life and can’t wait to go back- Here are few of my take backs from Coonoor! – Life goes on in its own pace, it has a way of getting things done. Trust life. On all those…
OHOT’s Egypt Group Trip: Snorkelling in Ras Mohammed
Ras Mohammed Marine national park in Egypt is one of the best spots in the world for marine life, snorkelling and diving. Having done 10-12 dives in India, Thailand, Bali , Spain, Zanzibar, before, I wondered what the fuss would be. Oh man. As soon…
Breaking News: OHOT is now doing trips for your Kids and Parents too!
For years, I had been thinking of expanding OHOT’s audience size. So many friends and trippers keep telling me that they want their moms and dads to travel with us. Having seen how much my parents enjoy travelling with me, I always felt an emotional…
A Young Teenager’s Journey with On His Own Trip
In 2018 a little child called Imairah came with her family to Kashmir with me. 6 months later, in my Meghalaya trip, much to her parents’ chargin, the two of us took every opportunity to sit on top of tempo travellers, and run up slippery…
Neeraj Narayanan gets the ‘Inspiring Indian’ award
Guess who got an award titled ‘Inspiring Indian’? 😉 I’d be highly delusional if I actually thought I deserve any such title. I know I don’t 🙂 What I/we have tried to do over the years is try to bring to the Indian travel market,…
OHOT’s Kashmir Skiing Trip: The Amazing Trippers
As opposed to most trips I have lead, the skiing trip was different. It’s the only trip I have lead where I’d not be with the group for half a day. Since it was a learning course, from 10 am – 4 pm, all trippers…
OHOT Bhutan Group trip: Our local guide Tiger
Let me introduce you to Tandin, our local guide for the Bhutan trip. He likes to be called Tiger. His job was to tell us about the history and culture of the places we were visiting in Bhutan. But what was special was the way…
Captain Nero in Africa
I always loved maps. My phone doesn’t have apps like Swiggy, Zomato or even Ola. But I do have world maps, map quiz, and I keep competing on it furiously, finding Rwanda, Palau, Cape Verde as the game keeps throwing name after name at me….
Neeraj’s story about Botswana, Africa
What comes to your mind when you think of travelling to Africa? Some think jungles, lions, cheetahs. Some think lawlessness,violence. Some think ethnic communities clashing and warring. Why are we mostly scared of the unknown. Why do we ponder about taking certain decisions. Why do…
The Joy of Being a Trip Leader and ‘Staying Alive’
Trip leading takes the ‘routine’ away from my life. It keeps surprising me. It shows me new places, beautiful places. It lets me see people’s happier versions for the seven days that they come. It lets me see the baggage they have come with, and…
OHOT Turkey Group Trip: Avik Ghosh’s Courage during Canyoneering
Avik is an expressive, passionate Bengali boy. He loves food. You shall know it in your very 1st meeting with him as he will polish off anything on his plate, and yours too if you let him. To many of his friends, he would not…
How we Overcame a Potential crisis on our Rishikesh Group Trip
This was my fourth trip to Rishikesh- a place known for adventures. The itinerary and arrangements were sorted, I had back-up options for everything – What if some people don’t get spots for bungee jumping, possibility of itinerary deviations and other spots which the group…