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8月7日 Cicada Resorts KabiniOn 1st and 2nd of August this year I was at Cicada Resorts Kabini..It is 220 km from Bangalore and a nice place for a weekend trip
You can find some of the snaps here 6月16日 Bangalore to KodaikanalAfter a lot of planning and delays my trip to Kodaikanal was finally scheduled. It was mid May and the temperature in Bangalore was in late 20’s so I thought this is a good time to go to a hill station, and which other then Kodaikanal in southern part of India. Kodaikanal is 2,195 m (7,202 ft) high on Palani Hills in the Western Ghats. I booked my bus tickets to and from Kodaikanal through a KPN agent in Bangalore. It was raining in Bangalore in the night when we left to Bommanahalli, from where we have to catch the bus to Kodaikanal. The bus started at around 10:30 pm from Bangalore. Kodaikanal is around 500 km from Bangalore. In the morning at around 7:00 AM the bus reached Palani. Kodaikanal is around 65 km from Palani. Just after palani there is 65 km of ghat section. These ghat sections are one of the best which I have seen. The journey from Palani to Kodaikanal took around two hours and it was really beautiful. We reached Kodaikanal at 9:30 in the morning. After 12 hours of tiring journey, we checked in a hotel and had some rest. We had lunch and then went out for some sightseeing.
DAY 1
In the afternoon during our lunch it started raining heavily. But soon it stopped and the weather was cool again. We first went to the kodai lake which was very near to our hotel and also near to the KPN Bus stand.
Kodai Lake is quite big and has boating facilities. There were lots of shops all around the lake.
After spending some time near Kodai lake, we went to see Bryant Park. It is a small and beautiful park near the lake. We spent around an hour there relaxing and having some snacks.
After that we went to see Coaker’s walk near to Bryant part. Coaker’s walk offers some of the very beautiful sceneries which you see from Kodai. We spent most of the evening there, had a long walk upto the end of it. We took some pictures there. When we were at the end of the Coaker’s walk it become foggy and cold. We had some coffee there.
All these locations were quite close to each other and you can see all these places by having a good evening walk. No need to hire city taxi. DAY 2 I booked Kodaikanal sightseeing through my hotel travel agent. A 15 seat mini bus came at 9:30 in the morning for Kodai Sightseeing. The mini bus is one of the good options for sightseeing as the guide is also with you and it is a cheap option. Various places which were covered were. Coaker’s Walk, Green valley view, Piller Rock View, Devil’s Kitchen, Kurunji andavar Temple, Bryant Park.
The bus dropped us at Kodai lake at around 4:00 in the evening. After that we planned to have cycle ride around the lake. It was fun to ride.
After about 1 hour of cycling we decided to have some snacks, We went to a Tibetan restaurant. We had some momo and some other Tibetan dishes. It was good refreshment. After having that evening snacks we did some shopping and then went to the hotel for rest.
DAY 3
We checked out of the hotel in the morning, after that we had two options either for a trip to a village or for a tracking trip. We choose tracking and went for that.
The tracking started with some waterfalls and a difficult journey for us. The water falls were quite good but not so big.
After that we went to see Dolphin’s Nose view. We had to walk at least 1 hour to reach there but the scenes from the Dolphin nose were just amazing. In our way back it started raining and thundering, at least we had an umbrella with us
At last we reached to the top where our bus was waiting for us. We then went to a 100 year old church.
The bus dropped us at 4:00 clock in the evening near the kodai lake. We spent some time there. At 6:30 we took the bus to Bangalore 7月13日 Bangalore To MysoreThis 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. 6月30日 Bangalore-The so called Air Conditioned,Garden City and Silicon Valley of IndiaI am presently in Bangalore for a short term, sort of interesting work; yes the work is in BizTalk and .NET 3.0. I will be meeting here some of the good minds in industry and that also not in BizTalk or .NET. It will be a good experience for me and I am also looking forward to this. Here I am with one of my friends, and will soon be making some plans to have a rocking time here. Look forward for more entries on my present assignment and my stay at Bangalore.
Yes I have come here from Mumbai, here the weather is good as compared to that of Mumbai, but I will be missing “The Rains” of Mumbai…. 2月5日 Lohgarh TripIt was a nice trip with the team members to Lohgarh Fort. I was slightly disappointed may be because of the weather or something else….
Some of the snaps are here 10月11日 Matheran TripStill wondering in the greenery of Matheran, quite a good trip after a long time J. Every one needed a break, got at last. (After lots of planning and pleasing everyone). Enjoyed a lot. Even the day before our trip to Matheran, we went to some party, did some bowling, Chinese food (not enjoyed L) etc. so was late to bed, still was confident of waking up early in the morning. The day started early 4 in the morning, then we met at Dadar (still missed the first trainL). We hired a taxi from Neral to Matheran. The journey from Neral to Matheran was a good one took only about 30 or so minutes, but was really exciting, those u turns.
Then we went to the first point “Panorama Point”, was a good one, took some snaps there. We also had a screaming competition, guess who won J. Some one from us was missing N??????. After getting down we had some snacks off course with Monkeys. After a good refreshment we headed to our second destination “Garbet Point “. In our way we met some school going children, we did spent some time with them, took some snaps. One of us even raced against them. He won but he has to give his 150% to overcome those 10-15 year childrenJ. We also had a stone throwing competition. Guess who wonJ. One of us went in her childhood with those children. She really enjoyed with them. She really needed a good break after those long hours working for Projects. One of us A??? was really excited, using flowers to impress somebody. Guess? J At last we reached Garbet point, no words for that, simply superb, Nature at its best. We spent some time there, took some snaps. But our photographers really lacked experience. Then we decided to have a heavy lunch, as every one was getting really hungry (after about 15 km of walk). But to have our lunch we have to walk again about 10 km to Matheran station. We walked along the toy train’s rail. Some one from us ( A??? not me) was supposed to take us to some very good hotel, at last he realized that there does not exists any hotel of that kind there. Really must have dreamt about that a day before. We all had a good lunch, except our beloved S?????. She was in real trouble after that play with children. She took some medicines, did not took any food. Because of our Madam, we all decided to drop our future plans to see other points and decided to take some rest there at the garden. But the real moment of our whole trip was just about to come. “THE MONKEY BUSINESS”. Just joking J. After our rest at garden, both the females then took a horse each up to Matheran taxi stand. Then started the boring moments, “discussion on marriage” really bored me. Bored me so much that at last I told them to stop that discussion, But all in vain. L Over all a good trip. Some missed some good opportunities to express there heart out. J Planning for our next trip with V???? and A???, others are also invitedJ.
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