5am to 5am – 823kms

5am to 5am, 823kms. Synopsis of the trip: Started from BLR at 5am on 2nd Aug 09. Returned to BLR at around 5am on 3rd Aug 09. Total distance covered on the Odo: 823kms Main places visited: Huchangidurga, Santhebennur, Shantisagara, Hallimallapura, Davanagere, Kulahalli & Bagali. With Sangeetha off to Chennai for a couple of days, [...]

Kukke Subramanya & Kumara Parvatha; a drive and trek…

Kukke Subramanya & Kumara Parvatha; a drive and trek… We came back today (26th Jan 09) after an unforgettable trip spread over 3 days, drove 690kms from Bangalore to Kukke Subramanya and back… and trekked for a total distance of 26kms to the top of Kumara Parvatha. Kumara Parvatha (KP) is the second highest peak [...]

Andaman Nicobar & Tamilnadu trip

‘Xing’ing around ! – Andaman & Nicobar and Tamilnadu. " The secret in this case is that this place is not worth the visit… It was a little past 1.00pm and all the walking around had made us quite hungry. "Let us find a restaurant to have lunch and then we can go to the [...]

Trek to Mukurthi Peak near Ooty

‘Xing’ing around ! – A weekend trek to Mukurthi Peak near Ooty… Ooty seems to be the flavor of the season and this was a trek through the Mukurthi national park which is very close to Ooty. This was done over the weekend of 28th & 29th Nov 09. Mukurthi National Park is sandwiched between [...]

5 years of ‘Xing’ing around

‘Xing’ing around – 5 years & 1,00,000 Kms ! The ‘Xing’ will turn 5 years and 1,00,000 kms old this week (10th July 2010)… 5 really pleasurable years! I don’t think a very detailed ownership report is required since there are 100s of reports out there for the Xing. So just a small note on [...]