Skandagiri used to be a much sought after trekking destination due to its mist covered hills in the morning and an amazing sunrise. But that changed after a few mishaps and incidents of crime. Here the cops came in and to stops the mishaps slapped a ban on trekking here along with the forest department….
Location: In the northern part of Tumkur district of Karnataka. Distance: 145 km from Bangalore, 23 km from Madhugiri and 20 km from Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh Time taken: 2.5 – 3 hrs Route: Bangalore – Tumkur road – Neelamangala – Dobbespet (take right turn under flyover) – Koratagere – Madhugiri – Puravara – Maidenahalli –…
Bangalore Namma metro had completed Phase I and launched the service in the last days of April, 2016. As a curious resident of Bangalore, we went for test ride on Bangalore Namma metro. We boarded at Indiranagar station and traveled the complete route to Mysore road. If you buy ticket over the counter it will…
The day we went to taste mutton curry at Highway hotel, we went to do a recce of Anand Dum Biryani which is also at Hoskote off the highway. We found it is open for business for only three days in a week and that too for limited hours. The speciality is mutton Biryani. So…
Today Bangalore Mirror ran a report that, survey work to upgrade Bangalore – Mysore road to a six lane will start next week. First, this is a very welcomed news. The 141 km is a dreaded stretch for motorists particularly on weekends. I remember sometime back on our return journey from Coorg, we got stuck…
The lockdown has been lifted few days back in Bangalore. I had taken a cab ride to Malleshwaram for some work. After the first lockdown it took some time for the traffic to come back on road. After the second lockdown the traffic are back just after the lockdown was lifted. There were traffic at…
