Exploring India

Team : Einstein, Deekshith Route : Bangalore --> Birur--> Chikkamagalur(~271km)               Chikkamagalur --> Hassan-->  Bangalore (~242km) Transport : Train, Bike, Bus Date of journey : 28 Oct 2017 Distance doesn't matter when it comes to exploring something new. This time we decided to explore coffee land of Karnataka, Chikkamagalur. Yasvantpur railway station The journey : We started our journey early at 4:45am from Kadubeesanalli. As the distance of the journey was more than 200km, I chose to travel by train, While my friend decided to travel by bike. As planned earlier, we decided to meet up at Birur railway station. The train almost took 4.5hr, and by the time I reached Birur railway station, Einstein was waiting for me at the station. On the way to Kemmana gundi After having tea in a nearby canteen, we headed to visit the first place of the day, Kemmana gundi. With my friend Einstein, Re...

Team : Deekshith, Manoj, Shashi Route : Bangalore --> Mysore --> Virajpet --> Kakkabe (nearest bus station) --> Tadiyandamol (~273km) Transport : KSRTC bus, Bike ride Trek distance : 5+kms (One way) Trek timing : ~2.5hrs to reach peak, with couple of short breaks in between Trek difficulty level : Moderate Date of journey :  17 jun 2017 It was start of the rainy season and the wait is finally over for the monsoon trekking. This time we decided to explore a hill - Tadiyandamol. About the Place:  Tadiandamol is the highest mountain of Kodagu district. Situated at a height of 1,750 meters above the sea level, it is the fourth highest peak in Karnataka after Mullayanagiri, Baba Budangiri and Kudremukha peaks. The journey : Two of my friends decided to travel by Bike, while I chose to travel by Bus. We started our journey at around 1:30pm from Bangalore. It almost took 6 hours for me to reach the last bus station called Kakkabe. From her...

Team : Basavaraju, Deekshith, Shashi Route : Bangalore --> Yeshwanthpur -> Dabaspete --> Shivagange (~64km) Transport : Bike Trek distance : 2+kms  Trek timing : ~2hrs to reach peak Trek difficulty level : Moderate  There is a saying, "Unplanned trips are the best, because planned trips never happens". This is one of the trip in my bag, which strongly upholds the above quotes. It was on Saturday night, I messaged my friend Shashi asking that "I am getting bored, shall we go out for trekking?". As I expected, his response was very quick "Sure, we can plan something...". This is how the trip to Shivagange was initiated and we decided to go on the very next day. We started our journey early in the morning at 4:40 AM from Domlur, Bangalore. With couple of tea breaks on the way, we reached our destination at 6:20AM. On the way to Shivagange  Shivagange hill Shivagange is a hillock and Hindu pilgrimage center loc...