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Date: 21st November Places Covered: Kaiwara, Kailasagiri, Kurudumale, Mulbagal and Avani. Vehicle: My Ritz Distance Covered: 280 Kms Start from Home @ 8 AM Back Home @ 10 PM We went to Kaiwara to see the Amaranarayanaswamy temple there.  A passer-by suggested us to visit Kailasagiri when we asked for directions to cave temples of Kaiwara. Didn't know it was man-made caves but it was first time I saw chaturlinga (4 faced Lingas like Brahma). Nice place to visit and temple free lunch was amazing. Details about this place: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/6954/snippets.html We came back to see Kaiwara caves with the lakshminarasimha temple in the caves and then saw the "Kaiwara" Thatha's Ashram + temple. We then headed to Kudurumale Ganesha temple near mulbagal. There is a large stone idol of Ganesha. After that we went to Anjenaya temple in Mulbagal town. It was supposed to be very famous but didn't find much crowd and the pujari there wa...

Snaps Around Chitradurga: First day of trip to Chitradurga. Covered the remote places in the district - 1. Vanivilas sagara 2. Halu rameshwara 3. Holakere https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150750800080015.716247.500085014&l=1fdf73c08a&type=1 In Chitradurga: Second (& last) day of the trip - 14th Aug 2011. Visited 1. Chitradurga Fort 2. Chandravalli Caves 3. Children's Park near some Mutt https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150754051195015.717121.500085014&l=4702d72cb9&type=1

Date: May 30 and 31st Location: Masinagudi, Mudumalai and Bandipur Trip People: Pallavi, Divi, Mom, Sireesha, Lathakka, Jeeju, Aditi, Bhoomika and Papa. Transport: My Ritz and Jeeju's Wagon R Stay: The Tamarind Tree Resort.

Trip covering Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Pichavaram, Poompuhar and Karaikal. Trip Start Date: 21st Aug 2010 5:30 AM Trip End Date: 24th Aug 2010 4 AM Route: Bangalore – Salem – Attur – Chidambaram – Cuddalore – Chidambaram – Pichavaram – Poompuhar – Karaikal – Kumbakonam – Tanjavur – Tiruchi – Karur - Salem - Bangalore People: Mom, Divi and me in Ritz Jeeju, Hema, Aditi, Bhoomika, Paapa and jeeju’s ma in Wagon R. Plan was to visit some beaches – but since it was heavily raining in the west coast – Goa / Karwar was rejected. On the east coast, since Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry were done, we wanted to goto some other places. Jeeju suggested Karaikal but since my first view of that place was as a remote village- i said we can visit it on one of the evenings. So we decided to cover Chidambaram , Cuddalore , Poompuhar and the temple towns Tanjavur and Trichy on the way back! As usual we planned to start at 5 but ended up 30 mins late and started at 5:30. Divi was the last one ...

Driving a new car for the first few months or an year is always a pleasure especially if it happens to be your first car! The first few mini/micro accidents – you tend to ignore and think scratches are part and parcel of the learning experience. But as days go by, it certainly plays on your mind! Driving from Bangalore to Dodballapur was always a mission for me – Target to reach the ~60 kms in 1 and 1/2 hours. Upto Yelahanka was a slower traffic one but once I crossed the town limits, used to do even 150 kms on the state highway. Risky but it was all fun! Was aggressive driver – honking away to not allow any vehicle stealthily join my lane ahead of me or not maintaining sufficient space between the next vehicle for others to sneak in. But too much of travelling has it’s effect and I no longer have the energy to fight with the auto-rickshaws to not sneak into my lane or bikes to criss-cross at their own will. Stay at the right most lane – has the least chance for people to fight and c...

16th jul Update: Looks like the registration for the car will be delayed as it's not left from Gurgoan and might be another couple of weeks :(.. . was eagerly waiting for it early next week :(.. .. Maruti Suzuki Ritz ... ZXI - Baker's Chocolate color (same as above). You can click on Features , specs , colors to get more details about the car. Total Cost: 5.66 Lakhs. Booked in Bimal showroom, Bannergatta Road. One of the most time taking decision of my life... . Story of my choice o-> Initial thoughts were to go for a mid-segment car. .. just to meet the space criteria. Thought about Fiat Linea, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Verna. Didn't like Swift Dezire based on it's looks, Accent because it's a very old engine and rumors that it's production will be stopped soon... Honda City and Civic were way above my initial budget thoughts... Linea being a fiat, issues with services were prominent; Fiesta got bad reviews about petrol car mileage and maintena...