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Me and my wife went on a road trip recently from Bangalore all the way up to Palolem (south Goa). I'll write a few posts about this trip. The route that we took for our onward journey: Bangalore –Belur – Halebidu – Chikmagalur – Jog Falls – Gokarna – Karwar – Palolem. We stayed at Belur (2 days), Chikmagalur (2 days), Jog falls (1 day), Gokarna (1 day) and Karwar (2 days).
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| Onward Trip - Click here for the interactive google map of the route |
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| Return route - Click here for the interactive google map of the route |
The road condition is OK in the onward route and excellent in the return – NH4 (route through Hubli) is just perfect for cruising at good speeds. I had bought a long time wish-list item just before the trip – MapMyIndia maps and navigation software for my Nokia 5800. It proved very very helpful. It has put me on the correct roads almost all the time. I was driving my Chevrolet Aveo sedan, which in my opinion did exceedingly well in all road conditions.
These are some photos from the trip..
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View of Belur temple gopura from inside the temple at dusk
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Amazing sculpted temple at Halebidu
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View of the Halebidu temple from the gardens
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| Symbol of the Chalukyan empire, Chennakeshava temple, Belur |
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| Narasimha carving on the wall of chennakeshava temple at Belur |
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Hunkal woods - a coffee estate resort that we stayed near chikmagalur
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Hunkal Woods, A bungalow inside a coffee estate near Chikmagalur - We stayed here
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Tree house at Hunkal Woods
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Our guide walking ahead of us in the coffee estate
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| Jog Falls |
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| Sunrise at Gokarna beach - HDR |
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| Sunset at Om beach, Gokarna - HDR |
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Stay at the rain forest themed resort at Karwar
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Kayaking in the backwaters of Kali river at Karwar - that's me, kayaking :)
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Palolem beach market
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Palolem beach, Goa
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Posts about individual legs of this trip :
- Belur and Halebidu (Near Chickmagalur)
Hopefully, overcoming my laziness, I'll write more about the individual legs of travel and about the places that I stayed.
interesting...few months back we rode from Bangalore to Goa on a similar route..3 days and back...reminded me of the ride !
ReplyDeletelovely i would love to do this myself! would be wonderful..may be later part of this year!
ReplyDeleteYou took some lovely snaps..any reason why they are not there on Flickr yet?
F Fakir on Flickr (Sai Achanta)
Thanks Sai. I am kind of new to Flickr and have written this earlier. Moreover, I was not sure if these pics are all that good :). I'll now upload some of these pics after some processing - thanks for pointing out.
ReplyDeleteAmazing post and very interesting stuff you got here! I definitely learned a lot from reading through some of your earlier posts as well and decided to drop a comment on this one!
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