Trip 2009 - Dandeli - Hampi

Mas breaks...Wat to do? where to go?The planning of the trip began in november as we had leaves in the last week of december (yay Symantec:D ). We did many hours of route planning in google maps, did research on places to go. Earlier it was planned to go to Pune - Nagarhole - Banglore - Pune, but then it would have been too hectic as we planned to stay in B'lore for 3 days. Finally we choose "Dandeli" as the place to go... but 5 days there... naa, we need to add another destination to our itinerary.

One "travel Advisor" of mine suggested Hampi and Badami Caves & it was just 250 kms from Dandeli. So Hampi added as the 2nd destination to our trip and we are good to go.

We began looking for places to stay and everything was full. Finally, we found some place by "Karnataka Forest Department" at a whooping price of Rs 500 per night (deluxe Tents).
In Hampi we booked a hotel by KSTDC - Mauraya Bhuvneshwari.
All set and done, now was the time for bike preparations and gear purchasing for my ardhangani :)


More to follow...

Mumbai Marathon 2010

Here is the link to register, but unfortunately the registrations for Dream Run are closed.

So i have applied for the Half Marathon (21 kms)... Man i know its tough coz i am a damn lazy bum (Modesty shown here.
But i have started training and here is the schedule

Training Schedule

Will be posting more on my schedules :)

Keep training till then

Dream Route # 1

Well its one of our dream to travel across india, the upper half has been explored, the bottom part is yet to be explored by both of us.

Our plan would be to travel from Mumbai to Kanyakumari but it depends whichever of 3000kms or 12 days finish first.
Ideally we would have like to have it done on our bullet, but being on road is what that matters.

First pit would start off with a splashhhhh at the beautiful beaches of Harihareshwar & Ratnagiri.
We believe that no journey is complete without a bash in Goaaaaa.
Next we head to Dandeli, which is famous for its water adventure sports. Having spent a day with all water around we head next to Hampi, where the dreams are carved in stone, via Badami, famous for its temples of Aihole.

Spending a night in the Imperial City of Palaces, Mysore wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Next pit stop would be a Safari at Bandipur National Park. I guess taking one day break would be relaxing after being on road for 6 days,after all its not a race.

We cross borders into "The Gods Own Country" - Kerala and reach Pallakad to eat something and then move for some backwaters at Kumarakom.
Fresh tea at Munnar after such a long drive would be great, so we plan to halt at Munnar overnight and enjoy the hill station.

We return via a different route


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