Karnataka Travel Stories – One State, Many Worlds
The hill town, Melukote famous for delicious ‘pulioyagre’ was in front of us, far ahead in the horizon. We were approaching the hill town from a different route – not the usual route from Mandya, but from the south. After…
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‘Aaney, aaney, aaney!’, my niece started jumping up and down the moment she spotted a few elephants in the distance at Sakrebailu Elephant Camp. As our long walk started from the parking area to the river bank, we could spot…
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Monsoon was around the corner and clouds were gathering to cool down the summer heat. I set out on a drive towards the western ghats with the hope of catching some rain. There was a wedding to attend and then…
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It was still dark when I woke up early in the morning. It took me a while to realize it wasn’t the alarm that woke me up, but the constant pitter-patter of the rain outside. I got up, finished the…
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Around this time last year, I went on a weekend ride from Bhagamandala to Bekal fort along the green route of Western ghats. With rainy season around, we were in for a treat all along the ride. Here are a…
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As it happens with every trek, the initial excited talks and chit-chat had slowly died down. We had been trekking for more than an hour and the Sun was raising steadily. The long canopy provided us the much-needed shade along…
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