In September 2019, I moved to a rental apartment in Coimbatore. As I was still exploring the city and living-on-my-own lifestyle, COVID hit us and we were all rooted in one place whether we liked it or not.

I spent two lockdowns in this Coimbatore house. And I setup a home-base for me in Ahmedabad.

Naturally, considering the weather, Coimbatore is now my Summer home while Ahmedabad is the Winter one. I love both these houses from a “base” perspective. A base for me explore further and deepen my sadhana. They both, in their own way, help me deepen the kind of lifestyle I want to live – full of solitude and satvic stuff.

It’s interesting because after a lot of travelling (for context, in 2018, I was travelling for 7 months in the whole year), I was anyway looking for a natural reset and a suitable ‘home base’. And as I found one, in Coimbatore, COVID also brought the world to a reset.

Now, 2 years after COVID, I find myself picking up the threads of the earlier life.

Considering various travel plans, and at the same time appreciating both my home bases.

I am trying to figure out how to balance ‘proper’ travel and spend time in both these homes. It’s a good problem to have. Especially because, I can only consider this because COVID seems to have mellowed down (for good, hopefully).

Due to these two home-bases, I did travel during the COVID years, if only from Ahmedabad to Coimbatore (& Isha Ashram) and back. And a couple of trips to family homes in Surat and Bangalore.

Only one actual solo travel – 3 Weeks in Uttarkashi in November 2021 (attempted vlogging :D)

And another family trip – 10 days in Palitana, Jain pilgrimage center.

Lols, seems like I have been traveling after all. :p

However, no long adventures spanning a few months.

I am planning another cycle tour in 2023. But not sure how long it can be, cause I am happily employed in a remote project currently. But hopefully, by then international travel would get easier as before.

If you want to follow quicker updates, as usual – my Instagram is the place to look. 🙂

Will post more soon. Maybe it is this new look and feel of the blog that has prompted this post (second post of 2022!) and maybe it will continue. 🙂