I wear Decathlon a lot even when I am not out trekking, traveling or cycling. Sometimes, the only thing I wear not Decathlon is the underwear.
The day I set out, I was filled with fear, anxiety and doubt.
6 days, 550 km loosely following TfN 2008 route.
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Schwinn Sporterra 2011 – a hybrid aka urban bike. Shot with Canon S90. Found this while looking for the Ooty church photo. I couldn’t decide which of this two photos to post. So I post both 🙂
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The year was 1998. I was a young and ambitious – read Fighter pilot in the Air Force. Inspired by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Department brochure I found in my guardian’s house, I told my friends my wish to speed travel through all the hill stations of Tamil Nadu. My friend and classmate Ranjit Ranjith disapprovingly replied with a smile – “For that you will need a Maruti Esteem”.
Canon 1000D, f/3.5, 1/500s
It was March. Hot and dry. Me and two friends were on a mission to walk to all the four towers of Kempe Gowda – the founder of Bangalore. We had been to three towers and were on our way to the last one – Kempambudhi lake near Chamarajpet. In the alley we ran into this little dirty dude.
He was speechless, motionless. Perhaps too stunned to see me very eager to photograph him. I don’t know his story. Perhaps he lives in the slum with his family. But he’s got what I really wanted but didn’t have when I was his age – a bmx bike! Even after a lot of asking, begging.
MizoramPX 