Queen’s Bath, Mahanavami Dibba, and Stepped Tank
Queen’s Bath After visiting Badavi Linga idol, we headed towards Royal Enclosure. On the Royal Enclosure side of Hampi, the first attraction you will get to see is Queen’s bath. [Click here to see...
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Someshwara Temple and Kolaramma Temple of Kolar
The second Sunday of 2018 and we have our brand new Tata Nexon at home. Why not go for a long drive, we thought and opted to go to Kolar and visit two temples...
Shivagange – Perfect day trip from Bangalore
Finally, the day has come to visit Shivagange hill, one of the popular weekend getaways from Bangalore and one of the noted trekking destinations in Karnataka. For most of the folks from Bangalore, a...
Kurudumale and Kotilingeshwara – Must visits in Kolar
On a fine cool weekend morning, we along with eight of Thilak’s friends got ready for a bike ride to Kurudumale and Kotilingeshwara of Kolar from Bengaluru. We started early in the morning at...
Male Mahadeshwara Hills (M M Hills)
Date: 1-Oct-16 Thilak’s friends had planned for a bike ride to Male Mahadeshwara Betta on 1st Oct. Since I have also become part of their group now, I was also invited for this trip. Male...
Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta
Date: 17-Sep-16 A sudden thought of going for a long ride made us decide on going offroad ride to Bilikal Rangaswamy Betta, commonly known as Bilikal Hills. This hill is just 70 km from...
Avalabetta and Gudibande Fort
Date: 1-May-16 On a lazy day, when I was searching for a hill station near Bangalore, I came across a beautiful place called Avalabetta. Many bloggers have described Avalabetta as “Nandi hills with less...
Janapada Loka, Srirangapatna, and Melukote – Part 3
Date: 2-Apr-16 After visiting Janpada Loka and Srirangapatna, we proceeded towards our last destination of the day, Melukote. We were very happy to see our plan executing so smoothly. Having covered all the places in...
Janapada Loka, Srirangapatna, and Melukote – Part 2
Date: 2-Apr-16 After having a great time at Janapada Loka, we proceeded towards our next destination, Srirangapatna (Mandya ditrict, Karnataka) which was around 76 km from Janapada Loka. At around 12 o’clock we reached...
Janapada Loka, Srirangapatna, and Melukote – Part 1
Date: 2-Apr-16 We had planned a family trip to Srirangapatna and Melukote and Janapada Loka at Ramanagara with my parents and my brother’s family. Since we were 6 of us, we had to book...
Bettamugilalam
Date: 27-Feb-16 Our new travel partner “Avenger Street 220” had arrived in the first week of Feb and it was more than a month since we had our last road trip. Both the facts...
Coorg and Slice of Waynad
Date: 25-Dec-15 to 27-Dec-15 What a spectacular year 2015 was!! The year had given us numerous unforgettable memories and wonderful moments to cherish. We wanted to end this spectacular year with one more amazing...
Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram
Date: 25-Oct-15 and 26-Oct-15 We had to attend one of Thilak’s cousins’ wedding at Chennai on 26th October. I had stayed in Chennai for 1.5 years during the year 2009-2010. After 5 years, this...
Hogenakkal Falls
Date: 12-Sep-15 Hogenakkal Falls at Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu is often referred to as Niagara of India. At Hogenakkal, the river Kaveri creates numerous waterfalls which are treated to watch. I visited this...
Chitradurga
Date: 18-July-15 Both of us had a great time with my in-laws this entire week and wanted to end their stay in our house by visiting the popular Chitradurga fort. My father-in-law is very much...
Shravanabelagola
Date: 14-June-15 This is my second visit to Shravanabelagola in 4 years and Thilak’s first visit. The Accuweather told us that it would be cloudy throughout the day at Shravanabelagola. It made us all...
KRS Backwaters
Date: 17-May-15 Rajath was there with us in Mysore this time. My SIL’s family had planned to take us all to KRS Backwaters. Thilak told me that there is an ancient Venu Gopala Swamy temple...
Mulabagilu Virupaksha Temple and Avani
Date: 1-May-15 There was no electricity, no internet connection, no TV cable connection because of heavy rainfall yesterday. Therefore, we decided to go for a day trip instead of simply sitting at a time....