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Memories ... a travelogue: 2008-09-28
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Monday, September 29, 2008. Ramanagaram - 28th sep 2008. An idea cropped up in our minds, going through a lazy Saturday afternoon. To ride upto 'dodda aaLada mara', the Big Banyan Tree, about 16 kms from our home, and then upto the dam 10 kms further. More thoughts poured in, and finally, our ride got extended upto Ramanagaram. Not sure if many of you know this: this was the place where the film 'Sholay' was shot :-). Links to this post. More of a travelogue, ta...
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Memories ... a travelogue: Gopalaswamy betta - 04 Oct 2008
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Tuesday, October 07, 2008. Gopalaswamy betta - 04 Oct 2008. This time it was Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, 200 kms from Bangalore. As usual, with drop-outs and hop-ins, we were 5 of us, with a full 7-seater Qualis at our dispense. Started at around 3 on Sat morning. The name 'Himavad', indicates 'Snow' and 'Mist'. Much apt to the naming, this place was dense with mist and fog even as we entered as late as 8 in the morning. The fog was there till around 9:30 or so&#...
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2007-09-16
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Vinayaka Chaviti @ Bangalore. Vinayaka Chaviti / Ganesh Chaturthi @ our home in Bangalore. Our high-tech purohit. Not finding the Vinayaka-Puja-Vidhanam print-out taken last year from one website, we got the cassette and the player from our neighbours. Dishes prepared by me and Prasad ;-) (with online help ofcourse from home). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bangalore, Karnataka, India. View my complete profile.
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2008-10-05
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Tuesday, October 07, 2008. Gopalaswamy betta - 04 Oct 2008. This time it was Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, 200 kms from Bangalore. As usual, with drop-outs and hop-ins, we were 5 of us, with a full 7-seater Qualis at our dispense. Started at around 3 on Sat morning. The name 'Himavad', indicates 'Snow' and 'Mist'. Much apt to the naming, this place was dense with mist and fog even as we entered as late as 8 in the morning. The fog was there till around 9:30 or so&#...
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2008-05-18
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Sangam-Mekedatu 17 May 2008. 17 May 2008 - Vehicle: Tavera - Place: Kaveri-Arkavati Sangam and Mekedatu. Another hastily planned trip, last Saturday. I guess we can owe it to Mrunal, who forwarded an .xls, containing a list. Of nearby places to Bangalore. Although not the right season to hangout at a river side or falls, but. We were, for a day long trip. Also, felt like taking a. Eeded break from our routine. Yaake ri allige hogthira?
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2010-07-04
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Sunday, July 04, 2010. Trip to Princeton University. Finally back to write something in my travel book on the web! It's the morning of July 4th and I just woke up from a sound, 8-hr sleep. It has been almost a month on my second trip to the US. Yeah! July 4th weekend is a long here in the US. July 4th being the Independence. Day for them and a holiday the following day as well. So, we had a long. I am sure most of you must have heard of this University. We had s...
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2008-06-22
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Belur - HaLebeedu sculptures revealed. Let me describe little about each of the sculptures I had a glimpse @ my Belur Trip. Last week with my mother. I thought of writing about each of the architectural pieces I had seen there, I am sure you would like them. First thin. G about this place, any historical place for that matter, HIRE a guide. You can spend a life time, yet. Trained by KSTDC, there quite a few guys like him, knowing a lot.
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2007-08-19
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Tuesday, August 21, 2007. 18 Aug 2007 Sivasamudram and Talakadu Bike trip. I was planning for this kind of a trip since long. Amidst time and work constraints,. This plan could materialize only last Saturday. Five of us started on Sat morning:. Myself, Harsha, Girish, Krishna Murthy and Jayachandra. For those who don't know. We happened to be together during our Grads. We started at around 07:00 from here. I had heard that. You get good traditional breakfast.
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Memories ... a travelogue: 2008-06-15
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Belur - HaLebeedu - Sravanabelogula. Just one line about this trip: O. I owe this tour to my mom, who was on a trip to Bangalore,. On the last leg of her yearly visit to South India this summer. Had guessed she would be tired enough. And would be left with little enthusiasm! Much against my expectations, my ever energetic mom. Forced me into this trip. As per rules. We also had. And also seemed interested in Indian epics! Hin half-n-hou...
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Memories ... a travelogue: an early morning trek to tadiyandamol
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Memories . a travelogue. Places I go . . . Sunday, April 12, 2009. An early morning trek to tadiyandamol. I had been to this peak an year back. The second highest peak in Karnataka, in Coorg district. But this time, we chose the night time to trek. Our plan was to be there in time to watch the sun rise from the top. I was sure excited after figuring out that the night would. 160;be close to a full moon night. 160;lights. We did not miss some of the wonderful sights of the night as this snai...For those u...