A travel blog about my experiences in travel and treks
December 2014 Trip to Andaman was in my mind for several years. Since my daughter has school holidays only during April-May, October and Christmas I had to plan something during that time. The preference was Christmas time as weather would not be great … Continued
25 October 2014 It is one of those Sundays where I had nothing to do. I remembered an article in a forum about a reservoir near Bengaluru. I had forgotten the name as I had seen the article long back, … Continued
22 November 2014 When we planned Gandikota trip, we were asked to visit Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Kadiri. The Temple turned out to be a religious one with little architectural value. Without wasting much time we came out of the Temple. But … Continued
22 November 2014 Prologue I had been hearing about this place for past couple of years. Seeing the photos, it was hard to believe that they were taken so near to Bengaluru!! But our neighbor Andhra Pradesh was on constant boil for last … Continued
14 August 2014 The weather which was good so far in our travel went bad. It was cloudy and ready to rain at any time. Rains in Himalayas are bad these days and we did not like it. Chandratal Lake … Continued
13th August 2013 Sopona Lake was not in our list of “things to do” in Spiti. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of its name till then!! I happen to see a water body of significant size in google maps and was … Continued
12th August 2014 At Tabo, two Israeli girls joined us. They were heading to Dhankar and somehow they came to know that our destination and they decided to hitchhike. Road towards Dhankar A detour from Kaza-Tabo road takes to Dhankar village. … Continued
5th July 2014 Marle is a small nondescript village but for the Hoysala Temples. Situated few km away from Chikmagalur, this village has two beautiful Hoysala Temples. Located in the same compound, the Keshava and Siddeshwara Temples have their traced to the period … Continued
5th July 2014 An uphill road that goes from Muthodi in Bhadra wildlife sanctuary leads to Shigekhan which provides panoramic views of the wildlife sanctuary. This 2.5 km stretch was fit for only 4WD vehicles. A forest department guest house … Continued
May 2013 This trip was done over a year ago. I am now putting some photos together to stitch a story. Like any of my other European trips, I covered Stockholm by using only public transport and foot!! It was almost … Continued