Little away from Munnar town besides the road there is a particular section where our car driver Raju shown us Beehives. This point comes on the way to Mattupetty dam and Munnar – Madurai/Kodaikanal route. He told just after the monsoon there will be abundance of beehives. Even then there were a lot of Beehives…
14th October, 2012 was an amazing evening. The climate Bangalore was known for a few years back. I called up one of my friend and we decided to go to a new place called Woodstock Resto cafe. I used to see this place for sometime while going to office. It looked like a nice cosy…
Shankaracharya was a great Hindu philosopher and a great revivalist of Hindu religion. He used to profess the Advaita Vedanta linage of Hinduism. Shankaracharya was born in 788 at Kalady in the then Chera empire. Kalady is around 48 km from Cochin in the Ernakulam district of present day Kerala. Here in his memory Adi…
Muchwala Mahaveer temple is a important Jain pilgrimage in Rajasthan. It is located near Ghanerao village of Pali district, Rajasthan. It is around 37 km from Ranakpur. So how the name Muchwala Mahaveer was coined? Legend has it that once the king of Mewar during one of his tour was tired and rested at the…
The drive from Kumbhalgarh to Ranakpur was a revelation which I never expected. I was told by my driver that this section of Rajasthan is a hilly region featured by the Aravalli hill range. As we traveled I was surprised to see the dry ghat section almost resembling the eastern or western ghats of India….
Colva beach is one of the most flattest beach I have ever seen. It is around 24 km long. It located around 8 km from Margao. In village, one has to walk little bit off the circle to reach the beach. I did not see any shack or resting place on the beach. Though there…
Anjuna beach is located near to Mapusa town. One can just board a bus for less than Rs 10 to reach Anjuna. We reached Anjuna during afternoon and it was very hot. We soothed our self little bit by having lime soda (Rs 20 per glass) from one of the vendors there. Ask for Masala…
On the second Saturday of August 2012, I went to Confident Amoon resort as part of a team outing. It is located on NH4 after Hoskote on the way to Kolar. Route: Bangalore – KR Puram – Hoskote – Thorahalli – NH4 – Confident Amoon (Left hand side of the road). As a landmark one…
When comes to adventure bathing, we think of bathing in the river, waterfalls, sea and the like. Have you ever thought of bathing with a jumbo! Yes, I am going to tell about my experience of bathing around these gentle giants. This was at Dubare elephant camp on the banks of river Cauvery in karnataka. Early…
