Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Chitra
Oct 2nd long weekend - we had nothing on the cards. But a long weekend, and not go on a road trip? So, well, we got to pouring on the maps. My eyes kept hovering over Sagar in Shimoga - the famous Jog falls are in Sagar. And luckily for us, I thought then, we […]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Chitra
Wayanad, a picturesque Ghat district in Kerala; inviting mountain landscape, almost always very green. It has always been a place that I have wanted to visit. I introduced its landscape in my previous post. This post will cover our stay there.
At Wayanad, we stayed at the Vythiri resorts. It is located a good 4 kms […]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by Chitra
We were at Wayanad for a few days last week. Wayanad is a little district in Kerala. Almost all of it lies in the beautiful green Western Ghats. The Western Ghats is a mountain range that abuts India’s narrow west coastal plain. The range is really long, about 1600 km, and runs through the states […]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by Chitra
Continuing from the previous post …. After lunch on arrival, we decided to go check out the tunneled railway track nearby. This is the railway track that connects Hassan to Mangalore and passes through the Western Ghats past Sakleshpur. Since the track runs through the Western Ghats, that entire stretch has many tunnels. The entire […]
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Posted on September 21st, 2009 by Chitra
Sakleshpur is a small town, nestled in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. In its mountain terrains are the vast spreads of coffee estates. During all my earlier trips to Mangalore from Bangalore, I have passed by Sakleshpur without ever stopping over. I have always seen the beautiful landscapes whiz by, sometimes fog filled and almost […]
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