Commented on mist_dew82's review
May 20, 2008 09:46 AM
(Updated May 20, 2008 09:47 AM)
We, a family of four will be visiting Corbett National Park, perhaps on 27th May. We will be traveling by car from Hyderabad. We will be visiting Dehradoon, Masoori and Nainital on the way. I shall write my impressions about the journey soon after returning on 5th June.
Reviewed Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
May 14, 2008 06:37 PM
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(Updated May 20, 2008 10:17 AM)
We started by car on 11thMarch 2008 at around 6 in the morning from Hyderabad for Dharwad. The route was Hyderabad-Homnabad (160 Km on NH-9), from Homnabad we took NH-208 passing through Gulbarga- Jevergi- Devar Hippargi- Bijapur- Kalhur- Bagalkot- Nargund and from there to Dharwad. The road was...Read more
Commented on Traveller's review
May 14, 2008 06:12 PM
We started by car on 11thMarch 2008 at around 6 in the morning from Hyderabad for Dharwad. The route was Hyderabad-Homnabad (160 Km on NH-9), from Homnabad we took NH-208 passing through Gulbarga- Jevergi- Devar Hippargi- Bijapur- Kalhur- Bagalkot- Nargund and from there to Dharwad. The road was i...n a very bad shape from Nargund to Dharwad, full of potholes otherwise from Hyderabad to Nargund the newly laid NH-208 is excellent. We visited the Gol Gumbaz, at Bijapur, which is the second largest dome in the world; the kings of Adil Sahi Dynasty that ruled the place for over two centuries constructed this monument.
This monument should have been called ‘Gol Gumbad’ instead of ‘Gol Gumbaz’ as there is no such word as ‘Gumbaz’ in Urdu, Persian, or Arabic languages and to the best of my knowledge, Persian was the court language of that period. Sadly, this memorial is being vandalized unscrupulous elements. Graffiti is all over the place, and the plaster coming off the walls. This mausoleum needs to be preserved or else an invaluable historical heritage will soon loose its beauty.
After completing the job in Dharwad, on the 12th, we decided to visit Dandeli wild life sanctuary, so after lunch at about 2 pm we started for Dandeli, which is about 60 Km from Dharwad, and the wild life sanctuary is another 10 km from Dandeli town. Unfortunately by the time we reached Dandeli it was past 5 in the evening and was getting dark therefore we had to drop the idea of going to the Sanctuary, instead we stayed in the Kali Wilderness Camp in the town overlooking Kali River. The first thing, which struck us, is the terrible condition of the road from Dharwad to Dandeli. It is uniformly bad with huge potholes. The authorities should make the tourist spots accessible and then only suggest the tourists to visit them. To drive on such roads one needs a 4x4 SUV. Ours being a Chevrolet Optra Sedan, which I suppose has a low ground clearance similar to other cars in this class, scrapRead More
Commented on Traveller's review
May 14, 2008 06:11 PM
We started by car on 11thMarch 2008 at around 6 in the morning from Hyderabad for Dharwad. The route was Hyderabad-Homnabad (160 Km on NH-9), from Homnabad we took NH-208 passing through Gulbarga- Jevergi- Devar Hippargi- Bijapur- Kalhur- Bagalkot- Nargund and from there to Dharwad. The road was i...n a very bad shape from Nargund to Dharwad, full of potholes otherwise from Hyderabad to Nargund the newly laid NH-208 is excellent. We visited the Gol Gumbaz, at Bijapur, which is the second largest dome in the world; the kings of Adil Sahi Dynasty that ruled the place for over two centuries constructed this monument.
This monument should have been called ‘Gol Gumbad’ instead of ‘Gol Gumbaz’ as there is no such word as ‘Gumbaz’ in Urdu, Persian, or Arabic languages and to the best of my knowledge, Persian was the court language of that period. Sadly, this memorial is being vandalized unscrupulous elements. Graffiti is all over the place, and the plaster coming off the walls. This mausoleum needs to be preserved or else an invaluable historical heritage will soon loose its beauty.
After completing the job in Dharwad, on the 12th, we decided to visit Dandeli wild life sanctuary, so after lunch at about 2 pm we started for Dandeli, which is about 60 Km from Dharwad, and the wild life sanctuary is another 10 km from Dandeli town. Unfortunately by the time we reached Dandeli it was past 5 in the evening and was getting dark therefore we had to drop the idea of going to the Sanctuary, instead we stayed in the Kali Wilderness Camp in the town overlooking Kali River. The first thing, which struck us, is the terrible condition of the road from Dharwad to Dandeli. It is uniformly bad with huge potholes. The authorities should make the tourist spots accessible and then only suggest the tourists to visit them. To drive on such roads one needs a 4x4 SUV. Ours being a Chevrolet Optra Sedan, which I suppose has a low ground clearance similar to other cars in this class, scrapRead More
