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Photos and stories from many of my travels in the past 5 years

Second trip to Coorg: Madikeri, Omkareshwara temple and atop many hills

By Mithun Divakaran
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Apr 19, 2012
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Coorg, India, Travel

Date: April 2009

After my first trip to the hilly district in 2008, I returned to Coorg for a second trip with my then office photography club – Shutterbugs. We hired a Chevrolet Tavera taxi and left Bangalore city Friday night after work.

Coorg Shutterbugs trip on the way Anto — We'd stop on the way to give our driver a coffee break, because we were worried about him dozing off at the wheel

Highway to Coorg at night — Not that we managed to sleep sitting inside the crammed vehicle

Coorg Shutterbugs trip homestay Anto — We arrived at our homestay in Madikeri town around 6am

Homestay Madikeri Coorg Shutterbugs trip — Don't ask me for a name, for this massive hut belong to a relative of one our office mates. We still had to pay for it though.

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First trip to Coorg: Thadiyandamol, Talakaveri and Abbey Falls

By Mithun Divakaran
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Apr 09, 2012
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Coorg, India, Travel

Date: October 2008

This is actually a continuation of a travelogue in which we had first stopped at Bylakuppe. Post-lunch, we then drove to Coorg district and straight to our homestay at the foot of Thadiyandamol, the highest peak in Coorg. This place took some finding but once we eventually did, Ramesh struggled a bit to get his car in. It had rained earlier that day, so the soil was moist and muddy, making the car’s wheels to spin as Ramesh tried to get some grip.

Mud tracks road Coorg India — The number of attempts Ramesh took (Photograph by Ramesh)

Muddy entrance to Palace Estate Coorg — This was in 2008, I don't know if the condition of this path is the same even to this day

Loi at Palace Estate driveway Coorg — The car eventually got in

Palace Estate homestay Thadiyandamol Coorg — The homestay we were staying at was called Palace Estate

Palace Estate homestay Coorg India — Our room was in that portion of the house with the yellow wall

Views from Palace Estate Thadiyandamol Coorg — The views were nice

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Second Goa Trip: The drive, the beaches (Baga, Ozran) and some more

By Mithun Divakaran
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Mar 19, 2012
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Goa, India, Travel

Date: March, 2008

Three years after my first trip to Goa, here I was another visit, but this time with a different group of people. We took another route from Bangalore to Goa, different from the route I was on in 2005. This time around we went from Bangalore -> Tumkur -> Kadur -> Shimoga -> Honavar -> Kumta -> Karwar -> Goa.

Loiyumba Dalmation dog — This was at our breakfast stop. That’s my friend Loi, the dalmatian wasn’t part of the tour group.

Ramesh driving to Goa — As was the case those days, we were in my friend Ramesh’s car

Road to Goa Karnataka India — We stopped along the way whenever we saw sights we never clicked before

Karnataka forest trees India — Sorry, but I don’t remember names of the places. It was a long time ago.

Twig branch Karnataka forest — I was using a Nikon D70S, borrowed from a colleague at work

Phadake Loiyumba Mithun Goa drive — Photograph by Ramesh

Tree house Karnataka drive — If my photos look a bit off, it’s because it was the first time using a Nikon and remember, these were days I was still learning how to use a DSLR camera (and Photoshop)

Road to Goa Karnataka — The roads we were on hardly saw much traffic

Ramesh car Goa trip — This was somewhere just outside Jog Falls

We decided to check out Jog Falls, but considering this was March (the start of summer in most of India) the waterfalls were not up to Jog Falls repute. During the rainy season, Jog Falls flows with so much force that it’s quite a sight. But all we saw was water trickling down, looked quite disappointing. Continue reading “Second Goa Trip: The drive, the beaches (Baga, Ozran) and some more” »