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Sakleshpur Railway Trek , Karnataka

The Green Route "Trek on the Railway Track", is a stretch of track from Sakleshpur to the Subramanya railroad station.This track, that traverses some distance of the Western Ghats, had been abandoned, but now the track has been converted to broad-gauge. It forms a part of 56.80 km stretch from Sakleshpur to Kukke Subrahmanya, dotted by 58 tunnels, 109 bridges and about 25 waterfalls.

Dubare Elephant Camp, Coorg

Situated on the banks of River Cauvery and around 30kms from Coorg,Dubare Elephant camp gives an opportunity to the visitors to give elephant a bath.

Hoysala Architecture at Somanthapura

Somanathapura is famous for the Chennakesava Temple and has one of the best Hoysala architecture.It is around 130kms from Bangalore and is one of the best day trips.
Read more : Somanathapura Blog


Sunrise at Nanjungud
There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free.
Don’t miss so many of them. 
- Jo Walton

Sunset at Kaziranga National Park,Assam

Kaziranga National Park is famous for the Greater one horned Rhinocerous/The Indian One Horned Rhinoceros
Check my blog Kaziranga National Park Blog

Step Cultivation(terrace agriculture)  at Khonoma Village,Nagaland

Take me anywhere

Kodaikanal

The Jama Masjid,Hyderabad

The Jama Masjid is the oldest and the most famous mosque in Hyderabad which is just a few meters away from Charminar, in Hyderabad.The ruins of an old Turkish bath lies within the premises of the Masjid.

A Flower Seller at the temple entrance

Kurinji Adavar Temple | Murugan temple at Kodaikanal


An early morning at pondy beach

Tibetan Monstery, Bylakuppe, Coorg

Bylakuppe is home for Tibetan Settlements in India which was established in 1961.An estimated 20,000 Tibetans live in the settlements, these were established on land leased by the state government to accommodate some of the Tibetan expatriates who came to resettle in India after 1959.

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.
-Paulo Coelho

Every cloud has a silver lining

Check out my earlier blog about Badami Trip



Sacred Trees

Check out my post about hampi Trip

The Goal of travel is to explore yourself

'Travel is about the GORGEOUS feeling of teetering in the unknown'

Life is a boat

Explore,Dream,Discover 
-Mark Twain

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

I want to make memories all over the world

"All JOURNEYS HAVE SECRET DESTINATIONS OF WHICH THE TRAVELLER IS UNKNOWN." -MARTIN BUBER

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore

Chennakeshava temple complex at belur,Karanataka

Some people feel the rain,others just get wet

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― G.K. Chesterton

There's a whole world out there

Indian President Mr.Pranab Mukherjee during the opening ceremony of Horn bill Festival,2013,Nagaland

"To travel is to live"

To travel is to live

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself - Buddha

Be where you want to be

Be where you want to be

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” 
― Rumi

Coonoor - The Romantic Blue Mountains

The call of the Red-Whiskered Bulbul echoing at every corner of The De Rock Jungle Resort,The Magpie Robin flying all around the sprawling tea estate,the mist all around ,a hot cup of tea and just one song
Hum Aur Tum Aur Yeh Samaa Kya Nasha Nasha Sa Hai
Boliye Na Boliye Sab Suna Suna Sa Hai
Hum Aur Tum Aur Yeh Samaa Kya Nasha Nasha Sa Hai............from the movie Dil Deke Dekho.

It was an early friday morning when we started to Coonoor through the Bangalore - Mysore Highway.A quick breakfast stop at the kamat , we took the Bypass road to reach the Nanjangud -Bandipur road.

After the brief checking done by the forest department near the Karnataka - TamilNadu border we enter the Mudumalai National Park.We took the Gudalur to reach ooty. One can also take the Masinagudi route just near the Mudumalai National Park, which will be shorter distance to reach Ooty, but will have to drive up the 36 Hairpin bends.I avoided this route primarily to drive through Gudalur ghat and stop at the Pine forest view though this route is 30kms more then than Masinagudi route.This route also has some bad patches along the way.

Tamilnadu state transport bus on the Gudulur Ghat Road

Around 12 in the noon we reached Coonoor which is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiris.
Some of the attractions of this place are Dolphin's Nose Viewpoint,Lamb's Rock,Sim's Park,Lady Canning's Seat.

Coonoor Toy train which runs between Coonoor,Mettupalayam and Ooty

Tucked away in the middle of tea estates ,De Rock Jungle Resort is around 11kms from the Coonoor railway. The drive through the Tea plantations on one side and the valley on the other is just wonderful.Weather was cool and pleasant when we reached the resort.

De Rock Resort offers three types of Cottages,Plains View ,Rain Forest View  and the Cliff View Cottage.The food is excellent here and they serve both vegetarian and non vegetarian and cooked by a british person.Oh yeah, an excellent cook who settled down in coonoor.

If you want to be left alone,do nothing,and enjoy the silence then probably you can just be at this place and take long walk around the tea estates.We went for a drive from Coonoor to Kodanad view point Via Kothagiri which is around 35 kms from Coonoor. More than the destination the drive is pretty good.

Kodanad View Point

Travelling back to Bangalore we took the Ooty Hairpin bends route to reach Bandipur .One should drive carefully through this route.

Check De Rock Resort website.