OT Best holiday
Rakeysh Mehra All of them have been good in their own way &mdash Scotland for its scenic beauty and ease of travel, Ladakh for its great landscape and trekking opportunities, Australia&rsquos Gold Coast for its deep sea diving.
OT Worst holiday
Rakeysh Mehra How can there be a bad holiday To get time for yourself is always beautiful.
OT Best hotel you&rsquove stayed in
Rakeysh Mehra The Hayman Island Resort, set in Australia&rsquos Great Barrier Reef. The resort, on a private island, is built around the natural landscape. So all the restaurants are walks. From my room I could jump into the hotel pool.
OT One thing you always pack
Rakeysh Mehra My sneakers. I love to walk.
OT Dream holiday
Rakeysh Mehra Only nature, no people.
OT Scheduled to go next
Rakeysh Mehra I&rsquom off to Sikkim for a trek.
OT Travel advice
Rakeysh Mehra Always go to a new place.
OT Travel disasters
Rakeysh Mehra I have been caught in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh. I have fallen into the rapids above Rishikesh. When 9/11 happened, I was flying back home from Australia. It wasn&rsquot a restful flight.
OT Did the filming of Rang de Basanti take you places
Rakeysh Mehra We started in Punjab, shifted to Delhi, then on to Jaipur, Mumbai and Nashik. In Punjab we were shooting in a small village in Taran Taaran, when I had a relapse of jaundice. I requested a friend to send me home-cooked food. He sent food for 25 people. By the third day of the shoot, he had started sending food for a 100 people. This is the warmth and large-heartedness of the people of Punjab. In Jaipur, we shot at Nahargarh Fort near Amer. This used to be my haunt during my college days. In Nashik, we shot for a couple of days in a sugarcane field. As we took our last shot and I said cut, miraculously, the monsoon broke We didn&rsquot have any spare time for sightseeing during the shooting.
