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,…
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….
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…
OHOT Lakshadweep group Trip: A girl named Batul
Every bit of Batul Zohar’s character can be encapsulated in one moment. We were at Kalpatti island in Lakshadweep. It was sunset, and we were happily walking back to the boat. Seeing the shallow sea, I decided to cut through the sand and walk in…
On His Own Trip’s New Trip Leader’s Series: Abhay Tyagi
Trip leader Abhay Tyagi ke baare mein hum kya hi bataye. Locally, nationally, and globally known as “Guddu Bhaiya” for his resemblance to the Mirzapur character, Tyagi boy is a “achha aadmi”. The good-est boy of the OHOT tribe, the whole of OHOT (and anybody…
Why One Should Travel with Someone They Love
If you want to know a person, travel with him. See how his eyes light up when he sees something beautiful. See if he takes small hiccups in his stride. See how he talks to the people there, and if there is warmth in his…
On His Own Trip: Nero’s testimonial for tripper Sakshi
Sakshi first came with me on my Munnar Vagamon trip. She had been following the page for a few years and through intermittent conversations, I had a good feeling about her. On the first day she was quiet. I asked her why she was so…
Love between OHOT and our Trippers
Often I hear people saying , “I have trust issues”, or “Oh I have learned not to trust people anymore”. Its the exact opposite of what I believe in, have experienced in all these years. Three days back, someone emailed my team asking for our…
Nafran Valley, we shall miss you!
July 1: Its been five days. Of walking in the mountains. Today the sixth, as we head back to Pahalgam, I don’t want to leave. I feel a subtle stabbing pain in the middle of my chest. The others are walking ahead, trooping along the…