15(fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. In most cultures 15 is when adulthood officially begins, from this age onwards (till 18 due to legal rights, or as a general marker into ones mid to late twenties, and sometimes early 30s.) they are called young adults. Fifteen (song) is a song on Taylor Swift’s 2008 album Fearless The number corresponding to The Devil in tarot cards....

May 5th, 2010. Mark your Calenders as this is the day that We set off for our Hitchhiking trip.

One of the important things on the to-do list of our trip is to update travel lovers and adventure lovers alike with ground zero updates of what, where, hows of the trip. We intend to post some good pictures and travelogues of the various destinations we are traveling. We already have this blog for that purpose. Apart from it, we also have a Facebook page to give regular updates on Facebook....

Now that the initial excitement of the deciding to go on a trip is over, I sat down with a list of Challenges that are waiting for us in the North East. Here they are in no particular order: Very little information is available regarding hitchhiking in India and practically none regarding North East India. I (Inder) am recently back from Europe and hence very low on immunity to Indian conditions....

We have our second endorsement - from Hyderabad Runners! Thanks guys for supporting us! As i’ve mentioned in my intro earlier, I have been a runner since some time now. I started running short distances and doubt if I would have gotten into long distance and endurance running if it had not been for this group. They are very welcoming, motivating, regular, fun and disciplined. Its members come from all walks of life and all ages (well, mostly above 25yrs) - from seniors like Mr....

A lot of our friends are asking us for our exact itinerary and when we are leaving. Do have a little patience, we’ll be out with the details soon. Not in real deep detail, but we plan to have only a high level guide/schedule, we’ll be winging it mostly. Our tentative date of departure from Hyderabad is 5th of May. We plan to take a train to Kolkota and then a bus or train to Siliguri....

All of us, who live in or have lived in cities know how hard it is to be a pedestrian. It is almost a rarity to find a footpath (sidewalk or pavement) along a road. And, if there is one, a pedestrian has to compete with streetside vendors, garbage strewn around and stinking walls (because of people using them as public toilets). It is common to see vehicles driving on the “foot"path during rush hour too (at least in Hyderabad)....

So what are we planning to do while we travel? We are flashpacking a bit with our gadgets to make blogging, tweeting, photography and podcasting possible. These are the activities which we plan to do while we travel: Record folk and tribal music Put our amateur photography skills to test and try to capture the beauty of the North East in our camera lens Live blog the journey experiences on this blog Tweet our journey all the way Mark our entire journey by the GPS coordinates and put the routes up on TripNaksha Release podcasts regularly which deal with the travel experiences and destination details Last but not the least, immerse ourselves in the culture that the north east has to offer....

Inder: A normal IT Employee who recently quit the corporate job, to pursue his dreams. Apart from losing a regular fat paycheque he also lost his entire data on his laptop and the blog which he was writing from last 4 years, yet he proclaims that he has started a new life and feels good about it. He loves anything remotely related to Adventure and feels that he will discover a whole new life with this trip....

Why travel? Many people say that they travel because they want to broaden their horizons or because they want to experience a culture. I do too, but I also have a couple of reasons which are more important than these - I love meeting people, and I love meeting people who are different from me. I think places are just places, they would be the same as any other - if not for the people....