Travelling is one of my favourite pastimes. 2017 has been one of my busiest years-professionally, ergo if I'm not working out of my room at my house then sometimes I've been working out of a hotel room or coffee shops somewhere.
There have been a lot of long hours at work without too many breaks to relax. Even on my Eurotrip I spent a lot of time on the desk so I feel like taking a break sometimes.
Weather isn't very pleasant in most parts of India that you could sit all day out in the sun, sipping on a hot cuppa and hammer away on your laptop. Although you can do that now in North-India where the winter months are cold but you might freeze your hands.
These winter months presents a great opportunity especially in the south of my country where the weather remains hot and humid throughout the year. It's still very warm in the day but the evenings are quite cool-it doesn't last long though.
Previously, I was quite habituated to travelling around on my motorcycle around this time of the year but as I'm on a break from that currently, so I've decided to take a short roadtrip with Saphira.
Saphira is my Aquarius Blue 2009 Ford Fiesta 1.6S. It's a sporty lil' driver's car and as an motoring enthusiast I thoroughly enjoying driving her around my country. I've travelled about Indian 15 states in the past 2.5 years and just completed about 60,000 kms on the odo. There's a lot more to be done in the years to come and I'm quite excited about a few mods I want to get done to the car in 2018.
What Are Your Plans for NYE?
This is a question that gets asked a lot on NY eve. Here in India it's 31st already and I felt I should ask you guys what you plan on doing tonight?
I'm 4 hours from leaving on my drive where I hope to visit a couple of new places and revisit some old driving routes over the next few days. I'm driving out of my city and into a nearby resort and relax a little before waking up early tomorrow to drive to Coorg.
On 1st Jan 2017, I visited an orphanage that takes care of young girls who are HIV positive and abandoned by their families. I support a few community projects and I will get to these when I come back home.
In the meantime, I'm also visiting 'Coorg' which is often referred to as the Scotland of India. Hopefully, I will stop during the drive to click a few pictures so I can come back to you with a few new stories. It's been a while since I wrote a travel post but I will get to that soon.
So, What are you guys doing on New Year's eve?
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I'm currently at our family's winter cabin in Norway where I will stay with them until Jan 1. :)
Had you asked me 4 years ago, I would have said that sounded pretty lame, but since moving to Paris, getting quality time like this with my family when I am home is all I really want.
Wish you all a happy new year! And looking forward to see what we can do together in 2018 :)
I think that's great. I used to live quite far away myself but then 2 years ago I moved back home. Now i get enough family time as it is and hence I'm travelling for NYE :D
Sometimes i sit and wonder how good it nust be to travel far away like out of your country , but i know the experience is coming soon for me ... Gona meet even fire power somedays
Spending time with the family! Happy New Year!
Same here man
Family comes first then comes the rest
Yep couldn't agree more. Hope your 2018 is off to a good start!
Thank you wish you the same
Thank you much!
Very nice post! I like the way your go. Do good things and allways think about to do things for others. Same like steemit.chat
Happy new year! Best regards
sorry bro commenting here but i just want to say
happy new year
I plan on spending time with my family and celebrating another year of health . Pray that next year God gives us much more
I'm going to get myself an haircut, new year fresh look hehe. I'm going to take out sometime to reflect on the 2017 and make plans for 2018.
Working and after worktime i go to my mom. She is alone because my father past away, so my sister and i spend NYE at here house. Have a great 2018
Museum with the kids in the morning, lazy afternoon, having friends over in the evening until the new year starts. Happy new year to everyone!
Late to the party here. So my 31st night was spent at my little hotel in North India - Manali. I had taken a very big decision to let go of it and shift back to Delhi. My responsibility was till 31st dec as the new person was taking charge from the 1st. So I was away from my family but doing my duty and with my guests. The night went off well and in the morning of 1st, by 10am, I was on the road, back to Delhi :)
Belated HNY wishes everyone
working, studying and supporting steemit! thats my plan!
Don't have any plans. I'm grounded for life and School starts on 1st of JAN
i am planning to put more effort on my steemit
So, your car is a girl, mmm.
"I support a few community projects and I will get to these when I come back home." I am looking forward to hearing more about these.
Be safe in your travels my friend. Still waiting to hear when you're coming to see me?
From fundraisers to road safety awareness programs. I work with our local motorcycling fraternity to do some good around where we live from time to time.
Btw, I should be there next summer. Looking forward to renewing my Visa and heading to the US in June-July 2017. Will ping you soon on Steemit.Chat. Maybe you can help me plan it. :)
And when you come here to the US and visiting around NY,NJ or PA, please give us an opportunity to host you :-)
Will do! I didn't know you've moved to States! Lot's to catch up on!
Yeah, it has been couple of years now. May stay here for few more before returning back to the Himalayas once and for all 😊😊... But, it will be wonderful to catch up here as well. So, do let me know whenever you arrive here, I have learned to cook some cuisines here may be you get to taste them 😂
Don't have any huge plans, really. Our adult son (29) is staying with us till January 10th, so we're probably going to head out and grab some Chinese food for dinner (seems to have become a tradition with us) and then visit a friend's bar where he's got music planned.
I'll be out with my fiance at a friends house party. Nothing crazy, I think about twelve of us or so. Should be a good time nonetheless full of tasty food and bubbly. Looking forward to kicking off the new year with people I love.
My plans are to make more money and get married!
I haven't really thought much about making any resolutions (or, at least not any I'll pick up until later in January, since I seem to set myself up to fail by starting on the first), but I'd like to quit smoking and lose a couple of pounds during 2018.
Party hard with family and make new year ending amazing. 😊😊
I'll be spending time with family. We'll order in some pizza and play monopoly and then when the clock strikes 12, we'll head to the balcony and watch the fireworks from there... Family comes first!
Happy new year 2018, my plan,,, I will spend the night at home alone
i go to get hammered
Sounds like your year has been very busy! Hope you have a fun and relaxing holiday :) On NYE I'm going to be shooting fireworks on the street with my friends! Very excited!
nothing :/ go out
coorg is very beautiful place in karnataka ... happy new year bro..! enjoy
NYE will be a lighter one for my family, we’re going for family planning. My two sons are great blessings to us, for four years, I and my wife has been so busy raising them, our last son will be admitted to daycare service which will give his mom some relief.
Thanks for sharing @firepower.
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Having a quiet one this time around. Just spending it at home with family. Food, drinks and games is what our night will be looking like. Enjoy your trip! :)
On my NYE I will be in church to dedicate my NY then watch the happy people who burn candlesticks and strike firecrackers.
To me NYE is special and I don't intend spending it alone in my house. Lots of places I might also be on the 1st.
Saphira is beautiful too. I wish you a happy NY. See you in 2k18.
New Years is best spent with my wife and our animals. Having moved to Holland the amount of fire works are crazy. I'll make a post about it this year but I really enjoy the basic time in this beautiful country with my wife.
I spent so many years playing big gigs in Australia and Canada, it's nice to just enjoy the night with a loved one. Hope you enjoyed your New Years. India is a beautiful country. I traveled through the north for about a month and loved it. Varanasi will always hold a special place in my heart.
Happy New Years!
Pretty cool car!
This year for on the New Year's Eve i will just stay home with my family and enjoy together. I am working on a cruise ship so most of the time i am away from home so spending time with my family for me is priceless.
This year we have my grandmother with us and she will be cooking and honest to be i am so happy about this...
Happy New Year and have an amazing and fabulous 2018!!!
I will just stay at home, listen to some music and watch fireworks through my window :)
muy buenas sus fotografías amigo, suerte con su post
es un obsequio amigo feliz navidad
excellent post dear friend @firepower, I love your car looks very good, the place where you have captured the image the background is extraordinary, congratulations for all your achievements and the humanitarian aid you provide, you always get double what you provide .
I am finishing a good year, something different from what is happening in my country, Argentina is immersed in crisis, I must be the only people with a positive mind here.
For 2018 I want the everyday things, the little things where happiness is, health for my loved ones, the growth of steemit because it is the one that feeds me and the prosperity for our family. When the need is great, when you receive little is much.
I wish you to spend a happy 2018 full of beautiful emotions, happiness and prosperity for you and all your loved ones.
staying home with the family, my daughter is 6, and I have lots of fireworks to light at midnight, have a great new year, respect from the Englishman in Poland :-)
Wonderful, we have also listened a lot about, please do share lots of pics, coorg is in my own list too.
Amazing :)
I'm going out with a couple of my friends. But, there is a problem. We don't know where to go... I guess we'll go where our insticts tell us to go. So we will probably end up in the middle of nowhere. I should just stay on Steemit for the night... Happy new year everyone!
I simply telling you very cool place.
Very interesting post @firepower. I follow you. Happy New Year!!!
In Nigeria we are still 30minutes away from the last day of the year.How are you doing @firepower ?.One of this days I want to travel round like you said you did.
NYE I'm going to be hanging out with my family to watch the Big Ball drop in New York. Then I'm going to hop in my JEEP and drive UBER to get people home safely from their parties.
I am playing a show in Bengaluru with my band Alif. Spend NYE playing music is my kinda NYE. If only my family was with me.
Well, had a month long vacation back home in India and then came right back here in production bugs and system not working, finally found peace yesterday and today woke up with lovely snowfall outside the house. With just two weeks into Steemit and enjoying, couldn't ask more from 2017 ending. Now, coming to NYE, going to pack all the luggage we have brought back from home and enjoy some good wine over some egg curry or pasta. You are invited ;) :P
In the end, Wishing you and your family a very very Happy New Year too
Going to be a quiet New Years for us. We are older and quite happy sitting at home and watching all the freezing crazies at NYC Time Square. LOL! Happy New Year's everyone and I think 2018 is going to be a FANTASTIC year!
@firepower That's a cool picture! What kinda of camera did you use to take it?
Also, I've been sick since the day after Christmas, so I'll be continuing to rest and recover. Woohoo! Might get crazy with the cough drops. heh
Waww Blue car..
Happ new year :)))
Quiet night in. Play video games and watch the ball drop with my husband. We're not drinkers or partiers, so it's just nice to have some extra time to spend together!
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA visiting friends and going to a concert! Who knew Tulsa was cool?! Haha Happy New Year! :)