Why I Still Leave Before Sunrise
There are practical reasons to start a road trip at 5 AM. None of them are the reason I keep doing it. The quiet world before the trucks wake up and chai stalls unhook their iron shutters along the highway.
Stories from
the road.
Route notes, photo essays, field observations, mistakes and things worth remembering. Written between departures and arrivals across Gujarat.
Monsoon Driving Through the Dangs Forest
Navigating the rain-slicked hairpins of southern Gujarat when low clouds swallow the climb through protected teak reserves.
Where the Highway Ends: Little Rann of Kutch
Twenty-eight photographs from cracked mud plains, salt worker settlements, and absolute horizon lines where digital navigation ceases to have meaning.
Chasing the Arabian Sea: The Western Marine Highway
Two days of ocean breeze, salt spray, and solitary asphalt hugging the cliff edges between Porbandar and the holy peninsula of Dwarka.
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Dispatches from the Gujarat asphalt.
Occasional route journals, photography notes, and map coordinates delivered when a journey concludes. No marketing spam.