Ninja Rocks

I often used to wonder how do burglars break the glass of cars quietly and run off with the GPS. A police officer recently presented in my housing community and there he mentioned the word “Ninja Rocks” as the technique used. The word “Rocks” above is used as a noun …

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Mauritius with Australia

Our current project of Alaska with Canadian Rockies is about to start on July 3 with 37 people participating from globally, is about to begin Check out our next project involves Mauritius, Austarlia New zealand….Please join us in November for 25 days from Mumbai or US Check out our current …

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Monsoon!!

Wow!! I had almost forgotten in 9 years how “Mumbai Baarish” looked. It started raining in Mumbai on 5th and till today the rain has not taken rest. It gets so dark in the middle of the day. It has been only a week since rain has started and already …

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Campfire Activities

This time lets have some small planned activity (around 30 mins) for campfire. With such a huge group, we have found that certain activities dont work as well. The campfire duration also has come down due to folks wrapping up dinner, kids, etc. If we can manage 30-45 mins of …

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Tuitions!!

When we moved here in December, Bhumi started going in 1st std. here in a CBSE board school and she was going to have exams a week after Xmas break. So I kept a tuition teacher who would teach her all the subjects. (We were mainly worried for Hindi) It …

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Camping Food 2008

Time to start discussion on Camping Snacks and Food. Searching for options for Sat night dinner and Sun Lunch. (Previous years we have had one of Pav Bhaji, Usal Pav, Tacos for dinner and Thepalas, Sandwich for Lunch). Do we have any different suggestions this year ? If any suggestions …

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Soft Baati Recipe (for Dal Baati)

Soft Baati recipe – Knead wheat flour, 1/3 measure rava, salt, baking soda, turmeric, til, ajwain, hot oil and warm water into dough. Make big round pieces from the dough. Boil water. Once the water is boiling, put 1 spoon oil and immerse the round pieces into the water. Cook …

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