ROADIES........

Beautiful Markonahalli Dam

2011-11-23T14:58:00.001+05:30

Can there be a dam with the gates always open and still the dam holds water to its capacity? "YES" says Sir M. Vishveshwaraiah and Ganesh Iyer!!! Welcome to Markonahalli Dam !! Situated around 100kms from bangalore, Markonahalli Dam is relatively unknown dam to bangalorians considering the speciality it possesses. Markonahalli Dam is a dam built across the river Shimsha and hemavati in

Nagarahole and Ranganatittu Trip

2011-09-30T16:38:00.001+05:30

Nagarahole(snake stream in english)...!! Name itself is enough to get thrilled by the one who loves forests and nature.. Dense forest in southern part of Karnataka. We were 8 colleagues and some ex-colleagues :P (Me, Shrimanth, Deepak, Lohith, Kiran, Sampath, Somanna and Naveen ) finally ready

First wicket Down..!!

2011-04-27T09:40:00.007+05:30

This happens to be my first off travel blog..!! And is dedicated to my dear friend Anand Vardhan!! Fondly called as Vardhan, Dana etc. Call whatever he responds!! It has been an overwhelming journey so far since we first met in 2002. Thanks to Brahma Chaitanya Hostel or world famous as BC hostel....!! Unforgettable 4 years in BC Hostel and 4 more adventurous years so far. I want to thank all

Kuduremukha Trekking!!!

2011-04-15T12:51:00.010+05:30

I was planning for Brahmagiri trek in Madikeri but as new year was on the cards, many trekkers like us had already taken permission from the authorities. When I called the forest office all the slots were already booked. So changed the plan to trek Kudremukha. Since it was not a bike trip I had expected many to join us. But still few managed to escape..! Our core team member Vardhan was busy

Bike Ride to Veerappan's Territory and Hogenakal

2011-03-28T10:00:00.011+05:30

It was August. Long time since we had been to any bike trip. One fine day Vardhan called and asked me to plan a bike trip. Since the rainy season was not over yet , we bought all the necessary things to protect us from rain while riding. Asked Ravi to come for the trip but when he heard the destination name "Male Mahadeshwara Betta" he refused to come coz he thought we were going to

Dream ride to Munnar and Valparai..

2011-03-21T20:01:00.002+05:30

After asking almost everybody, we were regular 3 people ready for the long bike ride..ie.Me, AnandaVardhan and Ravi. Everybody were ready to take 4 wheeler for the trip but I was not ready to backtrack from our initial plan. It was our very old dream to conquer Munnar on bike. So planned for a 4 day tour which included a hill station Valparai, less known compared to munnar also in our

Wonderful Wayanad

2010-09-01T23:45:00.000+05:30

Wayanad is a district in Gods Own Country Kerala. It is situated in the north part of Kerala. There are several places to visit in Wayanad which includes few water falls, Caves, Dam, Viewpoints, reserved forests and many more. . We left bangalore at 7am. We had planned to visit Edakallu Caves and Meenmutty Falls on the first day. Reached Gundlupete via Mysore at 1.30pm. We had fresh and sweet

Moonlight Trek to Skandagiri

2010-04-29T10:41:00.003+05:30

Skandagiri or Kalavarahalli betta is 75km from Bangalore. We were 8 members Shrimanth, Kiran, Somanna, Lohit, Prabhakar, Raghavendra, Naveen and myself on 4 bikes. On a Friday we all met at Sigma Mall just after the Hebbal Flyover at 9pm.Had Dinner at one hotel on the way. Started our journey at around 10.30 and reached Papagni Mutt(Base of Skandagiri) at 12.15 midnight. Parked our bikes at the

Dandeli Adventure

2009-12-23T23:29:00.061+05:30

Dandeli was one place that was on all our colleagues mouth for long time. Finally the date with Dandeli was fixed, It was 11th, 12th and 13th of Dec.Everybody was gearing up for Dandeli and its cold. We all (around 25 people still few missed out) started journey from Majestic on 10th night. Reached Dandeli one and half hour late (11am). Our holidays were booked in Jungle Lodges (Kali Adventure

Mullayanagiri Revisited........

2009-12-20T23:02:00.036+05:30

Not even a year since I visited Mullayanagiri, I was eager to visit the place once again. But this time it was with our colleagues. After inviting everybody in the office we were left with 9 enthusiastic guys ready for the tour. Shrimanth, Somanna, Lohith, Prabhakar, Kiran, Kubendr, Vijay, Vaijyanath and Me.Day 1Picked up everybody at around 11pm in Tempo Travellor on a Friday and left to

Kodachadri Trek

2009-12-03T23:08:00.038+05:30

This Deepavali was very special for 4 of us as we had planned something different from the routine stuff... That is Trekking...!!!!!! Me and my cousin's Alok, Umashankar and Prashant decided to trek Kodachadri and Hidlumane falls during Deepavali festival and spend a Diwali night on top of Kodachadri.Prashant and Satyanarayan (He was there only till Hidlumane Falls) were our guides.There are 3

Mindblowing DudhSagar Falls

2009-10-06T11:45:00.045+05:30

Our journey to DudhSagar Falls is one of the Best journey we have ever had. There was heavy rainfall around Northern Parts of Karnataka from the previous couple of days. Everybody discouraged us from visiting the falls as there was heavy rain and flood all over northern parts of Karnataka and even in the interior parts, but we had made up our mind to visit the falls.We were in Hubli to attend

Hogenakal Falls Trip

2009-09-23T11:38:00.022+05:30

Hogenakkal falls is called Nayagara Falls of India. It is situated on the border of Karnataka and Tamilnadu. There are two routes to reach the place. One is via Hosur and Krishnagiri and the other one is taking shortest path at Hosur, but the roads are not good.Me, VMH, Ravi, Adiga, Manju Bhat and Seena, 6 of us started from Bangalore on rainy morning on 3 bikes at 7.45am. We reached Krishnagiri

We conquered Tadiandamol...!!!

2009-09-09T12:10:00.005+05:30

First things first. Tadiandamol is a place near Virajpet in Madikeri District. Tadiandamol means "Highest Peak". It is less known place to many and therefore its neat and clean .We were 11 of us this time. Me,Vinayak Bhat(DVD), Vinayak Hegde(VMH), Rajeev, Ravi, Alok, Pradyumna, Sreekumar, Shreenivas, Manju Bhat and Shreesha Adiga.We had planned to conquer Tadiandamol peak on August 15th i.e

Chikkamagalur Bike Ride

2009-08-31T12:32:00.052+05:30

Date of Tour: 25,26,27 and 28th of December 2008 This one is supposed to be the longest tour on bike for all of us till date. We were 6 of us, Me, Anand Vardhan, Shreenivas, Shreesha Adiga, Ravi Hegde, Sreekumar. Ravi and Sreekumar started from Hospet and all others from Bangalore.We started from Bangalore at 6am and the reached ShravanaBelagola at 9am. After visiting Bahubali statue we left

BR Hills, Ooty, GopalaSwamy Betta Bike Ride

2009-08-29T20:52:00.053+05:30

Well this one was certainly one of the most challenging and most thrilling tour we had. We were 4 of us Me, Anand Vardhan, Ravi and Arun Dixit.The places we had decided to visit included BR Hills, Ooty, and Gopalaswamy Betta. We saw many other places on the way.Day 1 were Shivanasamudra, Talakadu, Somanathapur Temple and reach Biligiri Rangana Betta (i.e. BR Hills).Day1:Left Bangalore at 6am and

Bike Ride to Scotland of South India (Madikeri)

2008-09-17T08:55:00.102+05:30

We had decided to tour Madikeri one month before the actual date. Because many of us had to take leave on 16th of August. Earlier we were 8 members and the day when we left we were only 4..!! Other 4 had to miss the trip due to unavoidable reasons.On August 14th we had to re think our scheduled tour to Madikeri. This is because of the rain that had been pouring for almost 10 days in a row in

Bike Ride to Nandi Hills

2008-07-17T09:22:00.018+05:30

On very fine Sunday morning we started our Bike ride to Nandi hills. We had to say good bye to our sleep as early as 4.30 AM on Sunday morning in order to meet our scheduled plan of reaching Nandi Hill by 6am. We were 6 of us planned to go for ride to Nandi Hills. 2 bikes started from Bengaluru, One from Hindupur (AP) and the other one from KGF.Vinayak Hegde(VMH) and his colleague Murthy started

Exciting Kumara Parvata....

2008-05-22T20:09:00.002+05:30

One fine day I was travelling from my native Sirsi to Bangalore. In Haveri I got my train to Bangalore and I met some funny group of college students who were enjoying like I used to do when I was in my hostel during my college days. I started to recall those “HAPPY DAYS” of my life. Suddenly I remembered that it was almost a year since all my friends met together. So I was thinking of a reason