Independent journeys. Honest stories.A personal journal by Dayesh

    Rajasthan.

    The cover story / 01

    Three weeks.
    Just me, and a place
    I won’t forget.

    Dayesh on a camel during his solo Rajasthan journey
    Rajasthan, IndiaFrom the personal archives
    Solo travel · 5 min read

    Solo Travel in Rajasthan: My Honest 3-Week Experience

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    Short-lived moments. Long-lasting stories.
    The journal / Selected entries

    Beyond the itinerary.

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    Kudremukh Again!!From the hills
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    Kudremukh Again!!

    I swear!! I didn’t go to Samse for some big mountain trip. I just wanted a simple ride because it had been a long time since I moved from my native. But the moment I entered the route, I knew I messed up. The roads after the rains were horrible. Every few minutes I was thinking “why the fluff” did I even come here. And on top of that, I was scared about my tyres. I already had three punctures on my brand new Apollo tyres. THREE. On new tyres. So the whole ride I kept thinking please not another puncture. Last time they fixed it with a mushroom patch and I didn’t want to deal with that again.

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    Journey map

    Places I’ve visited

    Illustrative map with approximate locations and outline. Connections link separate journal entries, not a single itinerary or navigational route.Outline adapted from DataMeet India community · CC BY 4.0

    A diary in three chapters

    It’s never just the place.

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    From the journal: Kudremukh Again!!Kudremukh
    The return

    Back to the hills.

    The greenery is good. The hills look nice. But honestly, when you are dodging holes every few seconds, you stop caring about all that.
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    From the journal: Mangalore to Chennai – One Ride, Multiple Breakdown, One BeliefMangalore → Chennai
    The long ride

    Not the ride I planned.

    Thanks for riding with me — not on a bike, but through my experience. I didn’t write this to impress anyone. I wrote this to remember. And to tell myself — I didn’t quit.
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    From the journal: Solo Travel in Rajasthan: My Honest 3-Week ExperienceRajasthan
    The solo chapter

    A little further. On my own.

    Now that I’m back, people say “Welcome home,” but I feel like a different person than the one who left.
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    Dayesh, ready for another motorcycle adventure
    Dayesh / The person behind these pages
    The person behind the pages

    Hi, I’m Dayesh.
    Always a little
    curious.

    Welcome to Short-Lived Diaries — a space where I share pieces of life as they come, unfiltered and honest. Whether it’s a passing thought, a quiet moment, or a scene that caught my eye, this is where it all lands.

    I created this site to slow things down a bit, to write, reflect, and remember. No big themes, no fixed direction. Just life, one post at a time.

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