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A pleasant visit to Mettur Dam
Last weekend, I decided to go visit Mettur Dam. I want to visit a new place every month this year. This ticks of the entry for January.Bus travel took about two hours in total from my room. The journey...
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Sangagiri Fort - relatively easy trek, good views from the peak
Since Nagala way back in Jan 2018, it took me until Dec 2022 to complete another trek! After my first taste in 2009, I had been going to at least a few treks every year. And Bengaluru had so many...
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Mookaneri lake
While looking for a nice spot to visit, I stumbled across Mookaneri lake. What's more, it was easily reachable and promised great views all around.Mookarnei lakeAs per the Mookaneri Lake wikipedia...
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Yercaud
Yercaud is a popular tourist spot in Southern India (see wikivoyage for detailed travel guide). I don't remember much other than going to a park regarding the first time I went there (as a side trip...
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Mini reviews for books read in April and May
Book title links and images courtesy goodreadsMaddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond★★★★I was looking for a change from usual action packed saving-the-world fantasy. This is more sci-fi steampunk than...
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Book review - The Legends of the First Empire
Riyria Revelations is one of the best fantasy series I've read. It started (relatively) slowly and by middle of the series, I was totally immersed and couldn't stop reading. I hope there are sequels...
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Mini reviews for last four self published books I read
All four are available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited.Underlord ★★★★★This book was so good, on par with Blackflame (3rd in the Cradle series) and Ghostwater (5th)I had binged the first five late last year...
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Awesome Nagala - 6,7 Jan 2018
What better way to start a new year than jumping in the pools of Nagala with friends from BTC? As usual, our meeting point was opposite Majestic, Terminal 3. I was coming from Salem via train and...
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Exploring Kanawai Hills - 30 July 2017
Exploring treks with BTC are sure fun, even if it means getting scratches all over your body. The name Kanawai hills doesn't even show up when searched online except for BTC references. It hosts the...
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Exploring Kaurava Kunda - 23 July 2017
It seems trekking with BTC always has something new in store, despite having visited that place before. Be it Horaginabetta or Madhugiri or Antaragange etc, there's something fresh and enjoyable...
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Easy Peasy Madhugiri - 15 July 2017
A trek after long long time. As usual it was with BTC. And as usual it turned out awesome day spent with bunch of enthusiastic, energetic and encouraging trekkers. We assembled at Majestic and took a...
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Serene trek to Bandaje Arbi - 3,4 Dec 2016
Yet another two day trek with BTC, yet another place from to-do list flagged :) The trek started on wrong foot - rain and replacement tempo traveler driver (leading to delay and fitful sleep from loud...
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Go Green (Maintenance) at Chele Kere Lake - 19 Nov 2016
It reflects the sad state of Bengaluru lakes when half the people I asked direction to Chele Kere lake (from Kalyan nagar bus stop) didn't know there was a lake nearby. Some even gave me odd looks....
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Book review - Oct 2016
Plenty of books read in October. Not including part of series read towards end of month, will include in next month post ;) -------------------------------Rating scheme is based on goodreads: ★★★...
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Book review - Sep 2016
A slow month which included reading a short story, Unpublished book and slow-paced novel. -------------------------------Rating scheme is based on goodreads: ★★★       liked it★★★★ really liked...
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Siddarabetta - 9 Oct 2016
Another weekend, another trek with BTC :) This time to Siddarabetta, one among the various hills near Tumkur. But easily reachable via public transport. So, we mini-bus for us 20 trekkers. As usual,...
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Nijagal Betta - 1 Oct 2016
Thanks to BTC, yet another hill flagged :) We caught the 7:45 AM passenger train and got down at Dobbspet. As it was Saturday, it was not jam packed and we had few rows to ourselves. No intro or Dumb...
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Go Green - Diesel Loco Shed and Yeshwanthpur
Very satisfying to attend the last two go green events for the year. Thanks a lotBTC and SayTrees.Diesel Loco Shed, KR Puram - Sep 24It was cloudy morning with bit of a drizzle, but we BTC enthusiasts...
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Book review - Aug 2016
Couple of series to go with reread of first book in Harry Potter series (gift to myself on my birthday :P) -------------------------------Rating scheme is based on goodreads: ★★★       liked...
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Exploration trek
A different kind of blog post for different kind of trek event :) Research Simple online search like "Trekking places around Bengaluru" will give plenty of places to go trekking. The popular places are...
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