This was my first trip at Bangalore, started quite early in the morning, early 5:00 AM. All were ready by 6:00 AM and waiting for that driver which seems to be too over confident and smart which paid to us somewhere later in our trip. At last we started at around 7: 00 AM.  

Our first destination was “Sivasamudram”, there are two beautiful waterfalls, which we reached at 11:00 AM. We lost about one hour in our way to “Sivasamudram”, because of a small mishap with a truck in front and an Auto at rear of our “Toyota Qualis”, a small accident but this is a type of situation in which we often fall in India, a small thing made big by some people. At last we continued our journey to the beautiful water falls at “Sivasamudram”.

Both of the waterfalls were just beautiful and amazing (Bharachukki and Gaganachukki)

“The Bharachukki and Ganganachukki falls are created as the River Cauvery roars down a 75-meter gorge. The river divides around the 700-acre picturesque Shivanasamudra Island. On the one side, it forms the Gaganachukki falls and on the other side are the Bharachukki falls. It is said that the Gaganachukki falls are shaped like a large horsetail and Bharachukki is a jagged crashing cascade.”  

We spent some time there, enjoyed a pleasant time. Clicked some snaps, and then continued our way to Mysore, the national highway 209, is under construction and the driver & the road gave us a bumpy ride.

We reached Mysore at around 2:00 PM had a heavy lunch near the “Mysore Palace”. After having the lunch, we spent about an hour at the palace. The palace reminds us of the grandeur of a bygone era and is today an invaluable national treasure. Some of my friends did some shopping there, and then we left for “The beautiful Brindavan Gardens”.

“Brindavan Gardens” These beautiful gardens are laid out below the Krishnaraja Sagar dam built across the river Cauvery, the Dam which was engineered by Sir M. Vishveswariah. The Dam is 3:00 Kms in length.

The garden spans in an area of 150 acres and I found it to be one of the best Gardens in India. Some beautiful fountains and off course the never forgettable “The music fountain”. I just loved that place, we spent some good time there, enjoyed the gardens and the engineering marvel.  

Then around 8:00 PM we left for Bangalore.  

So the trip was really successful, I made some new friends, and had a blasting time with all of them. 

I am planning for some more trips in the near future in and around Bangalore or in the Southern part of India and hoping for some more good time here.