Digitally Exploring the world

It had been a month or so before I had taken the car out of the city and was itching to go out.   Things started falling into place, with a transfer accepted to a new team within the company and a cousin visiting Bangalore for interviews.   Decided to take a week off before the new beginning and head out. I have been wanting to visit the temples at Aihole since my previous road trips to Badami and Hampi , but that hadn’t left me enough time to visit those ancient temples from 4 th - 8 th Century AD. So an early Sunday morning, took out my sturdy VW POLO 1.6 and hit the tarmac.. Bangalore – Badami is about 550kms and with a couple of food breaks, was there by 4pm. Tried locating KSTDC Mayura and soon found it on Ramdurga road across the chaos from the traffic junction and main thorough fare. Once I reached the large peaceful surroundings and having been lucky enough to get a clean room, I just put my feet up and rested a bit. Incidentally it was the same hotel,...

Traveled to Coonoor last few months several times and took separate routes 1>Bangalore-Masanagudi-Oooty-Coonoor 2>Bangalore-Coimbatore-Satyamangalam-Mettupalyam-Aravenu-Kotagiri-Coonoor 3>Bangalore-Nice Road to Kanakpura-Malavalli-Chamrajnagar-Satyamangalam-Bhavani-Bannari-Arvanenu-Coonoor Route #1 and #3 were the most scenic (lovely green forest stretches, and lots of green farmland and ghat sections) but #3 was the best .. Trying to earn a living and planning a getway and a place to retire in Coonoor. Some more pics here