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posted by Arun at 9:25 PM
HIMALAYAS * Sikkim - Gochela trek * Sikkim - Gurudongmar and Yumthang valley * Auli, Skiing gallery * Skiing at Auli * Tawang * Manali and around * Shimla and around * Lahaul and Spiti * Kinnaur * Kalpa Village
MONSOON/SAHYADRI * Hills of South India * Mullayyanagiri and Charmadi, Chickmagalur, in the monsoon * Hiking in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary * Driving to Coorg * Trekking on the railway tracks to Yedakumari between Sakaleshapura and Subrahmanya * Driving in rain: Jog falls, Karwar, Kali and Goa * Wayanad
HERITAGE/CULTURE/HISTORY * Rishikesh - 2005 * Rishikesh - 2006 * Rishikesh Photo Gallery * Hampi * Hampi Photo Gallery * Badami * Pattadakal * Aihole * Mahakoota * Images - Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal * Melukote * Belur and Halebeedu * Varanasi * Varanasi Photo Gallery * Ganga Aarti at Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar * Guruvayur
LEISURE/SITESEEING * Riverside picnic - Places around Bangalore * Muthyala Madu * Kerala Backwaters * Fort Kochi * Shillong * Cherrapunjee * Guwahati
WILDLIFE * Bandipur National Park * Bhadra wilderless: Muthodi * A birding trip to Wayanad, Kerala * Dandeli: Wilderness and adventure * Corbett National Park * Corbett National Park Photo Gallery * Rajaji National park * Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady * Eaglenest National Park * Nameri National Park * Kaziranga National Park
BEACH SIDE * Driving from Bangalore to Goa via Jog and Murdeshwara * Gokarna * Cherai Beach, Kochi * Kappad Beach, Calicut * Fort Kochi
ADVENTURE * Tubing in Kaveri * Hiking in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary * Skiing at Auli - 2005 * Skiing/Trekking at Auli - 2006 * Auli Photo Gallery- 2005 * Auli Photo Gallery- 2006 * Trekking on the railway tracks to Yedakumari between Sakaleshapura and Subrahmanya
DRIVING * Driving from Bangalore to Goa via Jog and Murdeshwara * Riverside picnic - Places around Bangalore * Hampi * Hills of South India * Driving in rain: Jog falls, Karwar, Kali and Goa * A week in Kerala
BOOK REVIEWS * Into the High Ranges * The Itinerant Indian * Sacred Waters(Stephen Alter) * Elephas Maximus(Stephen Alter) * Chasing the Monsoon (Alexander Frater) * Tales from the Torrid Zone (Alexander Frater) * Waterlines * Slowly down the Ganges(Eric Newby) * Roar of the Ganges(Mark Barian) * The Nanda Devi Affair(Bill Aitken) * A Search in Secret India(Paul Brunton) * A Hermit in the Himalayas(Paul Brunton) * City of Joy(Dominique Lapierre) * Ladakh - Crossroads of High Asia(Janet Rizvi)
OTHER * In search of Snow * Impact of Tea Estates * FAQ on monsoons * Getting Lost * Cricketing Nation * Touts at Shimla * Touts at Agra * The Ganga Dream * Qutub Minar * Tourism Explosion * Walking Tours in India
14 Comments:
Fantastic explainations Arun. Keep adding further more. I am following these for my trips. :)
-Desai
Expecting further more anxiously ..
I went to shivannasamudra and talakkad last weekend. The route is one of the worst roads I have seen in my life. The roads are somewhat Ok from Blore to Kanakapura. After that, the rest 70 Kms is totally worst. People travelling on their own vehicles to these picnic spots, pls reconsider your decision. It took around 4 hrs to cross 70 kms from kanakapura to shivannasamudra.
Take Mysore road till Maddur and take the left from the Junction. From here its around 30km to shivanasamudram. This road is awesome with lakes and green stretch of paddy fields
-huez
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I had been to Shivanasamudra and Talakkadu last week (August 2006). Gaganachukki & Barachukki are Awesome, Fantastic and more
But Roads after Maddur to Shivanasumudram and road to Talakkadu were worst, Please don't take your own vehicle.
On my way to talakkadu, A person in a santro car stoped to check distance to Shivanasumudra, His face had a big Question Mark ?. I did not realise at that time (just started towords talakkadu), After treaking(litrally on my car)to Talakkadu, I did realise his Question Mark face after me reaching talakkadu.
Every weekend morning the first thng i do is to search for places to go around, and for the first time this has given me the full list ,with info abt the place,the drive and lots....
I did go there 6 months back , the road from Maddur all the way to Talakadu in horrible condition , the road at malavalli can contest for a guinness record for bad road.
There was some news of road getting repaired for the "once 12 year festival" at talakadu.
Not sure what progress has been done.
Deepak..
Been to shivanasamudram on Jul-22-2007. Both the falls are simply superb. Dont miss the view of the gaganchukki from Darga. You can go very close to falls from Darga and it is quite safe too.
Agree about the road, road from Kanakapura to Malvalli around 65-70 Kms is horrible. But from Malvalli to Shivanasamudarm around 20Kms is brand new and is pleasure to drive.
The experience of falls is worth the price paid for a bad drive.
Enjoy it make sure you go there only after reading the newspapers when they announce water is released from upstream dams during peak monsoons.
Hi Arun,
Now that I've moved base to bangalore ,I know where to look for Weekend Getaways . Taking a print out of this post and Iam going to cover all these places . I went to Ramakrishna temple last weekend and am already in love with this city
Thanks for sharing
VJ
Been to all of them...rank Talakadu as a unique experience
hey, i am anu. i came across your blog while surfing. a bunch of us are planning to go for one day trip. can you suggest some places? we are looking out for either a trek or somehwre we can all have fun and just relax. our optipns were shivana samudra and tallakad or hoggenikal falls.. and while going thru the blogs i also read that the roads are real bad. so do you suggest that place to us, or is there any other place we could visit? thanks a ton for your help :)
Download this cool compilation of all the places to visit around bangalore showing detailed info in an excel file!
I've given link to a RAR file containing the ile in xls, xlsx, pdf and html formats for everyone's convenience.
sorry, here's the link:
rkarthea.googlepages.com/placestovisitaroundbangalore
we are a small group going around bangalore now ... here are some places that we convered :
1. Savanadurga
2. Shivagange
3. Devarayanadurga
4. Siddarabetta
5. kabbalamma fort
planning to go rangaswamy betta this weekend .... interested please mail to bharatkumarm@yahoo.com
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