The Roadtrip

Three friends plan a roadtrip to an offbeat location to explore happiness

It is that time of the year when you are craving to head out on a long journey away from the bustling city life. Yup, the monsoon has just arrived with its first shower making it a perfect occasion to plan a road trip. However, instead of driving to a cliched destination, we decided to take on an offbeat location.

For this episode of The Finer Life, we drove down from Mumbai to Tala, a relaxed town located in the Raigad district to explore new routes, sun kissed beaches and dense green forests. And making this trip special were our friends Gagan Anand and Amrita Acharya, the two known names in the Indian film and TV industry.

Destination..check, route...check, good company...check. What else then? The most important part of any roadtrip - the vehicle. Gagan and Amrita wanted a comfortable and a spacious car while I, on the other hand, preferred performance and features over other aspects. Since we chose to take the old highway, that is more scenic than the Mumbai-Pune express route, it has long stretches of bad roads. We three unanimously voted to take an SUV. And what better than the newly launched Hyundai Creta, that received close to 15,000 bookings just in few days of it reaching dealerships speaking volumes of its popularity in India.