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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Somebody Moved My Mountain
While travelling be it a planned trip or an unplanned wandering, we are bound to encounter few moments, incidents, conversations which catches us off-guard. It can be a conversation (funny or otherwise) or a planning completely gone wrong (which mocks...
Escape to the Mountains – Day 2
An old post (drafted in Jun 2006) long lost in drafts. Read here the first day’s story. When we woke on day two, we were already behind 2 hours as per our plan. Breakfast was at Kotagiri and also we...
I Was Here: Chembra Peak
Lean period continues for me. Not much options other than armchair travelling, pondering over my good old travel days and browsing through my photo archive. Photo: En route Chembra peak, Wayanad captured during my visit in Dec 2006.
Best part of the trek
Just back from Sharavathi valley after a two day adventerous exploratory trek, from Kanoor to Nagavalli. Though Kanoor – Doctor mane (Doctor’s house) – Kanoor Kote (Kanoor Fort) is a known explored trek path, we kept Kanoor as starting point...
Virupapura: A tale from Ramayana
Virupapura hillock & the stone mantapaVirupapura, one of the few places that I have visited countless number of times, is a tiny village which has a story linked to Ramayana. Situated around 75 KMs from Bangalore and a stone’s throw...