Our Travelogue

I've been a traveler all my life, I have driven thousands of kilometers in India and thousands of miles in US during all the road trips that I/We have done. There are lots of trips that we had done together after marriage and individually before but I have mentioned few of them below. Please check some of our travelogues at http://neelesharti.blogspot.com/. 1. Alwar->Jaipur->Ajmer->Bhilwara: This is the trip that I did to meet my wife for first time. We met at relatives place for what can be termed as typical Indian style arranged marriage meeting. We talked to each other and then went back to our respective places. I guess we both liked something in each other and hence decided to meet again at my place after a week. This time my wife and her family traveled all the way from Mandsaur (M.P) to Alwar (Rajasthan). After this second meeting, we liked each other enough to say yes and rest as they is history. 2. Bangalore->Ooty->Wellington->Coonor: This was a trip done to welcome New Year with our friend who at that time was doing a course at 'The Defense Services Staff College', Wellington. We drove from Bangalore to Wellington and stayed at The Defense Services Staff College. We then traveled to Ooty and Coonor from there for the sightseeing. 3. Bangalore->Jaipur->Sikar->Salasar->Sujangarh->Morkhana->Nagaur->Jodhpur->Balotra: This was the trip we did to get our son’s head tonsured for first time at our family deity’s temple in Morkhana (near Bikaner). From there we traveled to one of the famous Jain pilgrimage ‘Nakodaji’ near Jodhpur. 4. Bangalore->Mysore->Kushal Nagar->Madikeri: This was a weekend trip done to see places around Madikeri like Kushal Nagar, Dubare Elephant Camp, Nisargdhama, Talacauvery etc. We stayed at a home stay which was right in the middle of a coffee state. 5. Alwar->Jaipur->Ajmer->Bhilwara->Chittorgarh->Mandsaur: This was trip we did to visit my wife’s home town. This was the 1st time I was visiting her place and decided to make it a driving trip. We did stop in between to see places like Ajmer and Chittorgarh. 6. Bangalore-Mysore->Nagarhole National Park for white water rafting: This was a trip we did to satisfy our needs for some adventure. Although Arti couldn’t do the rafting as she was carrying Aarav at that time. I guess we’re trying to get Aarav used to traveling/adventure. 7. Bangalore->Goa: We did this trip as we wanted to just relax on the Goa beaches. One of the best trips where we just lazed and chilled around the beaches of Goa. We also tried things like banana boat ride, hiking and parasailing. 6. Alwar->Delhi->Chandigarh->Kasauli->Chail->Kufri->Shimla: This was our honeymoon trip to various places in Himachal Pradesh. The idea was to visit small but beautiful places like Kufri and stay away from crowded places like Shimla. 7. Bangalore->Hyderabad: This was a trip we did to attend the wedding of a friend. Since my wife was traveling to Hyderabad first time, we visited all the places of tourist interests there. 8. Bangalore->Sri Rangapatna->Mysore (more than 5 times for sure): These are the trips we have done to take our relatives/friends from out station for Mysore/Srirangapatna sightseeing. 9. Bangalore->Salem->Coimbatore->Udumalpet: This was one of the impromptu trips we did with our friends to visit their home towns in Coimbatore and Udumalpet. 10. Bangalore->Hyderabad->Nagpur->Bhandara: This was a trip we did to attend another friend’s wedding in Bhandara. The other reason was to show my engineering college in Nagpur to wife. Some of the journeys that I had done alone in India and US are. 1. Various trekking trips to places in Utttranchal like Gangotri, Yamnotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Dodital lake, Joshimath etc.: 2. Nagpur->Kolkata->Guwahati->Shillong->Cherapunji 3. Nagpur->Pune->Goa 4. Whole state of Rajasthan 5. Places in UP like Mathura, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rishikesh, Haridwar 6. Places in Gujarat like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat 7. Places in Maharashtra like Aurangabad, Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar 8. Places in TN like Chennai, Mahabalipuram Unites States of America I have driven for thousands of miles in US to do road trips like Des Moines->Peoria->Chicago, Des Moines->Detroit->Niagra Falls, Des Moines->Colorado Springs->Denver, Des Moines->Minneapolis, La Crosse->Madison->Peoria etc.