Posted in Maharshtra weekends on April 11, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Memories from a rainy morning drive up to Sinhagad fort from Pune…
Stopping at this curve on the road when the clouds looked threatening and the roads dangerously slippery…
Near the top, stopping for chai and garam pakoras, and to take in the fog rolling all the way towards Pune many kilometers away…
Climbing the steps to get [...]
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing"
- Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
- Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours
- J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort
- Aldous Huxley
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