BRO (Border Road Organizations) yesterday announced that they will be closing the Manali-Leh highway on the first of November.
Even though the weather has been pretty bad this year and at times people were speculating that the highway wouldn’t even remain open in the beginning of October, BRO as usual has managed to ensure that tourists [...]

I am planning to go to the Pushkar Camel Fair next month; this would be my second trip to Pushkar, first being in November 2006 with over a dozen BCMTouring members (Pushkar Travelogue).
While I spent majority of my first trip in chit chatting, eating and lazing around with a bit of sighting, this time around [...]

Around a year or so back, we started planning for a trip to Sikkim and Bhutan on BCMTouring. However due to a few constraints, I had to opt out of the trip at the beginning of this year.
But the good thing is; Jithu, Amit, Sparsh, Anup and Gopi decided to go ahead with the proposed [...]

Finally after a delay of almost a year, I have managed to edit and upload the video that documents Team BCMTouring conquering the Gata Loops.
This particular video was shot during BCMTouring’s Ladakh 2007 expedition, which comprised of 11 riders and a pillion from across India, all riding together to the highest roads in the world. [...]

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending illustrated talk on photography and Kashmir by Matt Brandon and David duChemin at the India Habitat Center. While I attended Friday’s lecture on Tibet and China, alone, this time I had Varun for company.
The session began with Matt walking us through the treks he had done in Kashmir [...]