The monsoon seemed to have arrived here. Or are they just pre-monsoon showers?
In any case, I am yearning to go on a trip where I could chase them down. It doesn’t matter if I lose my way in doing so.

Somewhere chasing the black clouds….
We drove on these ‘roads’ for around 12 KMs with no life in sight, only

The Year That Was 2011
Another year. Another set of to-dos. And a time to look back and take stock …
Yes, I know I am late to do this post but by only a few days and since I am travelling, I can be excused.
Sometimes we travel to too many places and at times we don’t have enough.
The year 2011 started in the Philippines. We celebrated our Christmas & new year in that country. Besides the capital Manila, we could explore some part of it but Batad was a …

I had read somewhere about a place which has more than 2,000 peacocks in the entire vicinity. So, one fine morning this monsoon we found ourselves driving down to a small village called Morachi Chincholi in Maharashtra.
Throughout the journey I was visualizing myself surrounded by & dancing with those beautiful birds. The child in me wanted to do some more mischief, just like I used to, when I was actually a child.

Dancing in full glory.
‘Morachi Chincholi‘, means ‘village of dancing peacocks’, and true to its name, it indeed has abundant …