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Adventure Trails

Munnar to Hampi

The Royal Enfield’s engine echoed between massive granite boulders as I approached the final curve, and suddenly there it was-the sprawling ruins of Hampi emerging from the otherworldly landscape like fragments of a dream that once ruled half of India. Standing among stones that witnessed the rise and fall of the mighty Vijayanagara Empire, I finally understood why they call this place the “last great Hindu kingdom.”

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Mumbai to Munnar

The Royal Enfield\’s engine echoed against the canyon walls as I rounded the 15th hairpin bend, and suddenly there it was—the endless carpet of emerald tea plantations emerging from the morning mist like a secret the mountains had been keeping for centuries. At 6,000 feet above sea level, I finally understood why they call Munnar the Kashmir of Kerala.

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