A Memorable Adventure in Meghalaya
A whirlwind week in Meghalaya came to an end yesterday. Meghalaya always has been my favourite group trip. It’s given me some of my closest people in life. It’s a standing joke that, “If you are to really know Neeraj or be close to him,…
Captain Nero’s Hotel Reviews: Saimika Resort, Cherrapunjee
Cherrapunjee has a handful of hotels and resorts, and out of these Saimika resort is my favourite. There is of course the luxurious Polo Orchid Resort, but Saimika always has sung more to my soul. Saimika resort is spread out over 69 acres. The best…
OHOT’S First Kyrgyzstan Group Trip: A huge Success.
As the immigration officer stamped my passport and waved me to pass, he smilingly remarked “Why would anyone go to Kyrgyzstan”. It was our 1st group trip to Kyrgyzstan. In the 160 trips I have lead, this was the first batch with more boys than…
This Guy’s On His Own Trip Book Completes Three Years
I started reading books by the time I was 2 years old. Books always filled our house. Dad would tell us stories about Mahabharata, World War, European history. Mum would tell us stories about Gerald , James Herriot, two men who loved animals. We…
9 Years of OHOT: By Neeraj Narayanan
Nine years of OHOT. How do you sum nine years in a post. How do you sum all the emotions in a few lines. How. Nine years back when I put up my first trip, I didn’t even know what being a trip leader was….
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 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….
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…