A Day out in Jaladhama
I had been wanting to write this from a long time. Better late than never :-) This is away from the conventional travel posts…
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Jog Falls and more..
This is my second post on Jog Falls. The earlier post (“Sharavati Beckons”)was an account of my visit during mid 2004 and this is…
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Kodachadri – A Rocking experience
Nestled in the western ghats of the south indian state, Karnataka, is Kodachadri , a mountain peak (altitude – 1343 m above sea level). The first thought that crosses anyone’s mind on mention of Kodachadri is trekking as it is known to be a trekker’s paradise.
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Hogenekkal – a different perspective
The first memories of Hogenekkal goes back in time , about 25 years back , when we use to stay in Salem. Needless to say,…
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Kanva Reservoir – Far away from the honking crowd.
This is one of those “never-planned-for-this” exploration. Sometimes these unplanned explorations turns out to be the best ones. Kanva Reservoir is located approx. 60…
Read MoreChennaiyil Margazhi
Wondering what the title means ? Well, it’s a Tamil term meaning “Margazhi in Chennai”. Margazhi (pronounced Maar-ga-zhi . the last part (zhi) is…
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Tea time @ Munnar
The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), Idukki provides boating facilities in the Mattupetty Dam. Speed launch, slow speedboat and motorboats are available on hire. Other nearby places of interest includes the picturesque Kundala tea plantations and the Kundala Lake.
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Sharavati Beckons
This has been a long pending stuff from my side. Never got around to write about it. This is about a weekend trip to…
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Hampi – Kingdom destroyed
Having free time with nothing to do prompted me to surf through the list of posts and I was surprised to see that I…
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Bangalore – Munnar.. Road review
Finally, after planning for almost 4 years, we made it to Munnar. One thing that I searched for before this trip was a description about the route (fast and best). Though I found the information in bits and pieces, it was not a holistic one. This is one of the major contributing factor for me to write about it.
Best option to get to Munnar would be to take a train till Coimbatore and hit the road from there on. There are 2 trains from Bangalore to Coimbatore. Planning in advance will be required to secure a confirmed berth in the train.
Wayanad – As green as it can get
A dream come true. The planning of “Wayanad visit” started way back in 2006 and had been in “planning” stage until recently when the…
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A day at Innovative Film City
An impromptu decision on the eve of a weekend brought us to this place. At the first mention , one would definitely think that…
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