River rafting, a beautiful waterfall and lots of yucky leeches! Posted on June 28, 2004 Weekend highlights — River rafting down the Seetha river. — Camping at the Seethanadi Nature Camp in the Hebri jungle, which is a part of the Kudremukh National Park. — Trekking to the Kudlu Teertha waterfalls. — Getting bitten by leeches (yuckk!!) and a bloody foot by the end of the 10 km trek! — Biryani in Udupi and roast chicken in Mangalore. Couldn’t have asked for more excitement packed into two days! Monday morning. Back to Bangalore. And to work. Aching bones and all! Nice colleague drives me to work in the new car 🙂 (Pictures and write-up will follow as soon as I recover from aches and pains). Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Travel
I dreamt of the Bosphorus Posted on December 11, 2013 I remember receiving a postcard once. It was a long time ago. But it lives in my memory. It was from Turkey. A friend on holiday sent it to me. I pinned it up – it was a monument – the Sultan Ahmed Mosque I was to find out later…. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
Featured From the archives: The sisters visit Arunachal! Posted on December 5, 2013 Many, many years ago the intrepid Bora sisters took off to Arunachal Pradesh. At that time, it was a big deal to travel without guardians, but we were quite determined to make the trip happen. The parents had given up on us by then, I think. The journey to Tawang… Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
If you can hear creaks, that’s coming from my limbs Posted on August 30, 2004 It was a tiring and tough climb. And to make matters worse, I had an injured ankle I had sustained playing badminton last weekend, which slowed me down considerably. Thankfully, I had company in this really sweet young (but sometimes frustrating) thing called Carielle and we kept motivating each other… Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
Kudremukh …aaah the name rings in my ears voice of Asha singing “Katra Katra Behti hai ….!!” looking forward to see ur photblog on this one … I know u like cars and I have send u one photo album check ur mail ….:) Reply
Anupma: New?!! You obviously haven’t been to this part of the country in a while 😉 Hirdesh: Hmm… still trying to figure out what that means… JD: Yes, am slowly discovering that the Western Ghats holds lots of hidden treasures. Of course, you have to battle the leeches, to find them. But I believe they are usually abundant during the rainy months! Reply
Mahesh: Kudremukh is another trekker’s delight I have been told. Will definitely make a trip there. But the next plan is to go to Bandipur and Nagarhole 🙂 I like anything that is fast and racy! Will check up the photo album. Lazy: Yeah! And what do you mean by ‘as usual’!! Anyway, what are you upto these days? Any plans of visiting my newly adopted city? 🙂 Reply
What level of White Water Rafting did u go for? Level 3? Your weekend was an ideal weekend. An experience with nature..I love that! Waiting anxiously for the pictures.! Reply
Mangalore is a great place, specially for trekking. And in monsoons, this place rocks! Waiting too for the pcitures 🙂 Reply
off topic comment: have you seen the following site? http://www.livingontheplanet.com/asia/in/ i would love it if you and the shutterbugs could get some great bangalore photos on it; a blog article once in a while would be great too. – ess bee Reply
Raj: Thanks! Though I think I’m one of the bloggers who writes relatively lesser 🙂 But, well, I guess since I am from a writing background, I don’t need too much to get started!! EssBee: Suggestion duly noted 🙂 Gautam: We didn’t actually stop in Udupi, but went straight on to Hebri. We had thought about stopping on a beach on the way back but because the water levels were dangerously high, no one was allowed into the water. We also ran out of time since it was only a two-day trip and there’s only that much one can pack into two days 🙂 Reply
Hey….. I wanted some information abt this Hebri River Rafting…. can u please give me??, Like how to go?, where to stay? and the cost so if u can please mail me…. regards Joel Reply