DSD Season 2 Day 5: Enjoying the open road!
Fun tasks, long journeys and the open road are part of the daily routine at DSD Season 2. This morning, Teams Gaadi and Bhai Giri “recover” from the parties they organised last evening, even as Team Gaadi gears up for Rajasthan. Meanwhile Team Backup Backpackers are exploring small-town India, which they would perhaps have not [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Curtains fall on a grand tour
Whooooooosh…the Ford Figo caravan zoomed into the final destination of the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. It was October 19and the Maharashtra-Orissa segment of the Yatra was culminating. A welcome tent had been set up to receive the Figo team and celebrate a triumphant 84 days on the road. This cross-country took the team [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Journey through deserts, mountains and valleys
All good times have to end, and the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra is no exception. Through this week different segments of the Yatra are wrapping up after having travelled 100-odd days each across different parts of the country. Yesterday, as three segments—Punjab, Kerala and Orissa—culminated, the teams received a rousing welcome from members of the [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Cuttack’s love for food, fun and the Figo
Sugary, sticky and utterly tasty. Figo team members couldn’t resist the temptations that surrounded them in Cuttack’s Choudhury Bazaar late Tuesday morning. The team indulged in Cuttack’s famous tennis-ball size rasgullas, while mingling with Katakis at the Figo tent in the bustling marketplace. Morning brought the team to Cuttack, originally named Kataka that means the [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Sambalpur, the gateway to Orissa
Nestled among the hillocks of western Orissa is a city with a culture distinctive from the rest of the state. Sambalpur had even fascinated Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy and French explorer Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, both of whom wrote about the city. It was the perfect place to start the Orissa segment of the Ford Figo Bharat [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Kerala calling
It’s said that Kerala is “God’s Own Country” and it’s easy to understand what that means when you arrive there. More than just an exquisitely picturesque part of the country, its people, culture and places of religious importance for different faiths make this state a big draw for tourists. The Figo team would be another [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Rajasthan weekend getaway
The Ford Figo Bharat Yatra team drove through the rocky Aravalli range this weekend. The dusty, yet majestic protrusions mixed with lines of green hills made the road trip from Balotra to Barmer wonderfully pleasing to the eye. On a couple occasions, they passed rows of Rajasthani women in their colorful gypsy skirts, singing folk [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: heart-warming stories of hot jalebis and cold badam milk
Madhya Pradesh is the ‘heart of Incredible India’ in more ways than one—its location, of course, and in what it embodies. Its forts echo the glorious past of India, palaces still shimmer with grandeur and forests span with wildlife in natural display. The Figo Yatra team also discovered the warmth and hospitality of the people [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Assam of green fields and blue hills
Apart from the earthy-flavored teas and colorful mekhala chador that the women of Assam wear, this eastern state of India is famous for its vast national parks. Its rural expanse sets the backdrop for a memorable road journey. It’s a motorist’s delight to drive by the national highway that passes vast paddy fields, national parks, [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Booked in Botad!
The colorful saris worn in distinctive Gujarati style by the ladies of Botad only adds to the beauty of this western state. We had the chance to meet some of the local women folk on Monday in this town of the Bavnagar district. They had come with their husbands to check out our Ford Figo. [...]
