The idea to start sharing my experiences came to my mind a few months after I moved to Gurgaon - sometime back in October 2017. I was in Gurgaon way back in 2004 and when I moved out of the city in 2006, I had made a promise to myself - never to come back here for another job, no matter how lucrative it would be. But then you can't change what destiny has in store for you and here I was back in the city one hot summer day in May 2017. The first 6 months went by, settling in the new city, getting comfortable with my new job, looking for a school for Kashvi, finding a gym in the neighborhood and getting back to the life I was used to. Thanks to Gurgaon, its infrastructure and my flexible work schedule, I had some time to think what I wanted out of life. From there on it was a trial and error process engaging with multiple people and activities and at the end narrowed down on - a) heritage walks, b) cycling and c) yoga and fitness. These 3 (along with my family) have become an i
After clocking 36km on our First Ride we were ready to take a bigger challenge this time. So the logical next step was to research cycling trails in Delhi NCR region. One destination than repeatedly came up was Mangar hills and lake in Faridabad. We had no idea about Mangar and checked the location on Google which showed a 24km one way ride. So it was just perfect as we were targeting 45km and above for our second ride. We started at 6am on a Sunday which is our designated cycling day and started following google maps which took us through Sunset Blvd crossing Shiv Nadar School till we reached the Gurgaon - Faridabad road which is one of the best cycling tracks in Delhi NCR except for the painful elevation at certain stretches which are likely to test your cycling skills and endurance levels. Being a Sunday, this route was buzzing with joggers, cyclists and super bikers - never a dull moment on this route. After a continuous ride 15km on right hand side there is a board