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Bandipur Mudhumalai Trip

After a very long gap, we had a chance to hit the road again. This time it is a road trip to Coimbatore via Mysore, Bandipur, Mudhumalai and Ooty.

Total Distance: 400 kms
Time taken: 13 hrs (inclusive of breaks)


Banglaore Mysore road is excellent and saved us much time.

Roads are good till Mudhumalai. Road from Mudhumalai to Ooty via Cuddalore is pathetic and this 67 km stretch ghat road took us about 2.5 hrs.

Weather was good and fortunately Rain God had the mercy on us.


Fog capped hillock enroute to mysore


Kamat hotel - breakfast (kadubu with sambar and chutney)


Fully blossomed tree in Mysore

From Mysore, we headed towards Bandipur via Nanjangid, Gundalpet.


Water pipe bridge on way to Nanjangud


Temple under construction near nanjangud


Sun flower field enroute to gundalpet


Dew drops on the fields



Sun flower macros


Road to bandipur is quiet scenic.


Sun flower fields


Bandipur reserve forest safari route


Caution board in bandipur


Mangoose






Deers grazing along the road sides




Peacocks adding vivid colors to greenish surrondings


Exit from bandipur, entry to mudhumalai forests


Mudhumalai reserve forest route


Wild boar


River flowing through forests




Passing Clouds along the ranges of Cuddalore


Thick vegetation in Cuddalore




Tea estates in cuddalore


Fuzzy shot that I took while driving

When we entered Pykara there was heavy fog and the roads were barely visible.












Dense fog near Pykara


Ooty train

Finally, we ended our trip near GCT (new entrance to hostel), recollecting the memoir of our bygone college era!



GCT hostel gate

Mangalore Trip (8 and 9 Oct 2005)

In the wake of Santhosh's marraige in Udupi on 8 & 9th Oct 2005, we (Kirit, Pankaj, Gautam and Myself) had a nice drive to Udupi through Mangalore. The ghat road is quiet scenic with greenish sides. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.


Road to Mangalore (NH-48)


Trio (from down to up: Pankaj, Kirit & Gautam)


After effects of monsoon...


Keral style river banks


Western Ghats is very rich in varities of flora, a sample


Kapu Beach - Light house


Kaup Beach - shore line


Another shot of the foggy shore line


Malpe Beach view


Flora on the beach


Macro picture of the flower (now I have got into tradition of taking atleast one macro flower shot)


Gautam's fort


Quad (Myself, Gautam, Pankaj and Kirit)


Arch on way to Udupi town


Panaromic view of a part of ghats