You and Me: Bond for a Lifetime!
Trip leader Neeraj Narayanan a.k.a Captain Nero says: There are some people’s love for you that you just can’t comprehend. Once upon a November 2018 night, a girl texted me saying she would want to join my Kerala weekend trip. It was past midnight, but…
The Best Takeaways from Trips: Friendships
So statistics claim I have spent more time in 2019 with Rishabh Somani than with any other person. Wondering if that’s something I should cry about I met Rishabh, when he joined me for my Munnar March trip. We didn’t really interact much those 2…
A Token Of Gratitude
Sitting on a Monday afternoon working on my laptop, and suddenly a college senior from MICA pings me. We haven’t spoken in years so I’m surprised to see the notification. I open Messenger to see a couple of attached photographs. It’s of a customized pen…
How strangers became brothers!
One day before I left to lead my new year Kashmir Trip last year, I got a call from an unknown number. He said he had booked the Kashmir trip with us, but had just got a mail that he wasn’t in my batch but…
A magical birthday in Ladakh
Shwetal Mehta’s Birthday Birthdays are special days, and it always excites me if some traveller’s birthday falls while we are on a trip. A couple of weeks before our Ladakh May 2015 trip, Shwetal Mehta signed up for the trip and happened to mention she…
This Guy’s On His Own Trip: A story of old trippers, loyalty and affection
Sudeep (Su) & Sunny first travelled with me for a weekend to Rishikesh (March). Both came as solo travellers and returned last week for Nagaland for a week, each accompanied by a friend who’d heard our stories. We again met with a “Hi, gangleader (their…
A short story on love and brotherhood
I was leading a trip in Bhutan last week. One of the days, Krishna, Abhay and I were sharing a room. Krishna, just 20 years old, had earlier come with me to Meghalaya in April. But just like many trippers in the past who return…
Abha’s Journey with This Guy’s On His Own Trip
Once upon a time, in the year 2013, I quit my job and went off to Spain. Like Farhan and Hrithik and Abhay, I ran with the bulls. But I also went to Croatia and Italy. When I came back to India, I was asked…
Pangong: A young boy shows us how to be the change
Pangong and us. I have so much to say after my trip to Ladakh, but this post is for Rachan, a 20 year old who came on this group trip. We woke up in our tents to a spectacular view of Pangong lake. We had…
Trippers of This Guy: And Why You Need To Come Right Now!
A couple of days back, I got a message from a person wanting to come on a trip. He said that he had been following the page for almost two years, and had asked for a lot of trip itineraries. And now finally was going…
Chasing Your Dreams
There are a lot of reasons why this weekend’s Kerala trip was very very memorable, and will be very dear to me. One of the reasons is this (little?) young girl coming all the way from Bilaspur for a two day weekend trip. When I…