Recharge your batteries !

The first thing that I did on reaching home the Friday night was to do a net search for a hill station near Chennai. Yelagiri was the first name to pop out. So ...read more

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Misty waterfalls - Hogenekkal

A smooth black stretch of toll paid road lay ahead of me …. I was driving down to Hogennekkal with my family last Saturday [ 26th Sept’09].Take the Poonammalle ...read more

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Nataraja by the sea

I have been thinking of visiting Chidambaram - the Nataraja temple for some time. With three consequetive days of leave - I drove down along with my family to C...read more

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Pelicans within 50kms from Chennai !

The Saturday edition of Times of India [ Chennai] mentioned VEDANTHANGAL as a place full of migratory birds… to be enjoyed as a family trip some 50 kms from Che...read more

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Golden Lizard

I drove down to Kanch - 75 kms from Chennai on a Sunday afternoon. I would suggest that you go via the Poonamalle High Road and then touch the Bangalore Toll pa...read more

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Crocodile Bank - 30 kms from Chennai

It has been years when I had first come accross an article about crocodiles being breed and nurtured in a place near Chennai. Being a favourite tourist destinat...read more

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Deers also eat popcorns !

I become a dotting father on the weekends - you see I am a devoted executive in an MNC during the weekdays! So I decided to take the kids to a nearby park - and...read more

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Land of Kakatiyas - waranagal

Some thousand years ago, Kakatiya dynasty held sway over a vast region in South India – the region that we now know as Warangal. Warangal is one of the ma...read more

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Srisailam - pilgrimage from Hyderabad

Srisailam is a comfortable four hours ride from Hyderabad. It is one of the most important pilgrimages for Shiva’s disciples. Once you are out from Hydera...read more

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Cyclone, Dinosaurs and Monkeys!!

I cannot say that I was not forewarned! My friends told me there was a cyclone that’s going to touch Vizag in 24 hours .. but off I went. Packed my family...read more

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Places to see near Bangaore -Muthathi and Palakka

I had a potent mixture of a nature and historical monument for my Sunday drive around Bangalore last Sunday ( 23/1/2005). Muthathi ( around 100 kms from Bangalo...read more

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Of fog,elephants and bends!

You must be wondering what is the meaning of the cryptic title. Read on and you will understand! Taking the bypass off Mysore I crossed Bandipur and touched bas...read more

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Trio - Belur , Halebid and Shravanabelegola

People usually cover the trio - Belur , Halebid and Sharavanabelagola in a day. But I felt that going all the way and again driving back would be tedious and de...read more

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Poorman's OOTY - Yercaud

Yercaud - popularly called as poor man's Ooty is a short drive from Bangalore ( apprx 240 kms ). Start early - five is ideal. Drive down straight through Hosur ...read more

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