Huliyurdurga trek
It was a short climb but was the toughest of all the treks I had done around Bengaluru. It tested the flexibility of our body and gave a complete workout!! But we came back completely satisfied. It is not every … Continued
Trek to Handi Gundi betta
It was a long time since Subbu, Krishna and me had gone together on a trek. The last time was in December when we trekked to Shingani Gudda and Udaya Parvatha. We managed to get a Sunday for ourselves. When … Continued
Trek to Madakasira fort
Wido, our previous Vice President had interest in exploring the fort hills around Bengaluru. I had similar interest, it was not difficult to connect with each other in the age of social media. This time when he was in Bengaluru, … Continued
Climbing Kavaledurga
I always like to visit western ghats during monsoon. While waterfalls is my favourite place during monsoon, this time I also climbed Kavaledurga. The views on the top may not be great due to mist in monsoon, but the rain … Continued
Trek to Double decker root bridge at Cherrapunji
1st January 2016 One of the primary reasons of our visit to Cherrapunji was to see the root bridges, especially the double decker root bridge. Double Decker root bridge What is a root bridge? According to wikipedia “Living root … Continued
A beautiful hill called Makalidurga
7 June 2015 It was 1PM which was an odd time to start any trek. In front of us was Makalidurga, the hill that we had planned to climb. While coming towards Makalidurga we decided to climb Nijagal Betta which caused delay … Continued
Everest base camp, day 1: To Kathmandu
October 2014 Before I start let me tell you that this travelogue will not give full account of the trek to Everest Base Camp. The simple reason is that I could not complete it. It was my second attempt to … Continued