Travel itinerary Date: 20th and 21st January, 2008 Places: Around Mangalore On 21st of January there was a function of a office colleague in Mangalore, hence some of the other colleagues wanted to go and visit Mangalore. So off we went. Since Mangalore is also my hometown I had to plan some trip for them. Shown below was what I had planned (the actual trip turned out to be quite different):...
Quick Overview Travel Date: 02-October-2011 Location: Nandi Hills/Nandi Betta Mobile: Spordiac coverage (Tested on Airtel). You can get coverage at certain places. Transportation: Take KSRTC bus from Majestic, platform 13 at 8:30am Return buses at 2:30pm,4:15pm and 5pm (Better be early) Food: Better to carry snacks/water, food available at Hotel Mayura and Hotel Ranjita About Nandi Hills Nandi Hills (Nandi Betta) is situated about 60 Kms from Bangalore and was my and my friends destination for the day....
Vidyarthi Bhavan is an old charm eatery located in the hustling and busy Gandhi Bazaar Main Road, Basavanagudi. Transalated to English it means ‘Student’s Eatery’ and is famous for its crispy masale dose. It has been popular with the old timers and continues to be popular with the new generation as well, the huge number of people who wait for a seat whenever you go there is a proof for that....
About Mekedatu ‘Mekedatu’ is the place where the Kaveri (Cauvery) River flows through a narrow ravine. Legend has it that the channel was so narrow that sheep would jump across, and hence the name Mekedatu (Meke = sheep/goat, datu = cross in Kannada), more on this a bit later. Mekedatu is about 93Kms from Bangalore. The first 89Kms till Sangam can be undertaken in a vehicle, but for the last 4Kms we need to cross a river and either take a different transport bus or go walking....
For the past few months I have been using my Sony Cybershot W80 extensively and taking photos left and right. One of the features that I use is that of creating folders on the memory card. On one such occasion I created a new folder which was for experimenting with the camera options next day. Once I finished with the experimenting I wanted to delete them, since there were lots of photos deleting them individually did not make any sense so I used the ‘delete all photos in the folder’....