Mysore-Madikeri

In front of Mysore Palace


Compound haarli neege beelta idare...... @ KRS


Just you are missing to complete titanic pose @ Gopala swamy betta














Parade @ Gopala swamy betta















Group photo enroute madikeri

Crude method of fighting leaches with salt

Pic of the Trek... Flag hoisting @ Tadiyendamol, on Independence Day

Even With strong resistance from mom,for the 1st time i took our car for a long drive.
Friday naanu, tube n hel in our car, then sodu n rohit in their santro started journey towards mysore.Mysore road kamat nali raatri ootakke stop maadi matte hordo hottige 10 gante aagittu.

It was perfect drive... mysore road, dark night with drizzling rain.Olle maja bantu gaadi hodiyoke.But still i cud nt touch 100...dont knw yyyyy.
It will be one of my best drives...
sod must remember those 2 lancers....the way they over took him.

Then mysore touch maadokilla....palace circle(nt sure abt the name of circle) was greeting us....it was 12am.with no crowd around, palace was altogether a different ball game.
sariyaagi arda gante time pass maadvi palace munde...

Then same lodge ge hodvi.....Jaganmohan palace pakkadalliro Parimala Lodge.
Last year, independence day rajakke naanu tube n hel went to same lodge.
But this time we cud nt get the same room.....it was already occupied.we got the one besides it.

We are thinkin of making it 3 consecutive years to mysore during august 15...lets see wht happens

Next day tindi tinkondu...(of course d same hotel nalli) balmuri kadege hortvi.

car nalli hetladi-galu english songs haakakke bidlilla.......kasta pattu a cd na compile maadidde.

Balmuri nalli sikapatte neenu....but it was nt stopping me, obbne neerge ilde.
Vapas elbekadre..even with all precautions.....gand gabri aagotu nange, that was the force of water.Swalpa kaalu tarchkodtu, but i was happy to get to land in one piece.

Then fresh fish fry tindkondu.....we moved towards KRS.togo illinda shuru aagid male bangloore baro tanka sariyaagi shot haakide.nt to complain it was planned as mansoon trek.

KRS olge hogoke ellar battery down aagittu...sari anta aache inda photo togond bandvi...
ene adru aa neenru nodoke ondu maja.....

oota mugsi lodge ge baro astotige sanje 5 gante.......

innu kanjis(gandi, rajeev n madu) galu mysore ge bandirlilla.nam plan of going to gopala pura was not looking feasible.innen maadodu anta changed our plan to halt in gundlu-pet.
sariyaagi 7 gante ge they landed in mysore....avrunnu ettakondu planet X ge hodvi time pass ge.
Bengloor nalli noodi alli bowling, go karting nodoke kanji tara ittu....but mysore chicks...
Fullu poshu....almost ellaru jeans nalli idru.
One good thing abt them...ellaru kannada maatadta idru...may be members of
"Ganchali bidu kannada maatadu" community in ORKUT :-)

oota mugsi, gundlu pet ge hortvi...60 kms away frm mysore.Road was good enough.
Ella bittu ee kanji road nalli 100kmph touch maadde naanu...wht-ever it was good.

Then gumdlu pet sero hottige 12 gante aagittu....hesrige estodu lodge but no rooms available..
nangu ade bekittu...so that we can pitch the tent.

kanjis ellakade vicharsi bandru with the same result...
Ondu school compond nalli picth maade bitvi.

Naanu, madu raajev n hel ondu tent matte rest in other one.avru aaramagi malkondbitru...
nam tent nalli hel oddad ta idda.........fullu oodbati hoge tunbkodbitide...naav antu innu malgo moodnalli irlilla.innen maadtane konege car nalle malkonda.

naavu haad helkondu, teerta togondu malgo astotige it was 4am...
olle maja bantu...even though we ran short of teerta.

Beligge 6:30 ge eddu...fersh aagi gopala purakke hodvi for trekking gopala swamy betta.
on the way, yaavdo hola dalli tindi ge nilsdvi.

in swalpa hottige, we were ready to witness "Incident of the Day 2".
Nam car left blade cut aaitu....then wht vapas gundlu pet ge bandvi.
nam plan ella undoitu....

gundlu pet inda car temp fix maadiskondu, oota pack maadskond baro hottige 2 gante.
oota maadkondu 3 gante ge hattoke shuru maadvi.

matte shuru aaitu nodu male...sariyaagi hodita ide...but there was no one to care.
nam paadige naavu trek maadta idivi.

aa malege, mist cover-green background nalli nam yet clothes combination was looking like Black cats...u can make out from all these snaps.

I must mention abt wild photo session.....
ondu pit stop nalli...aa mist a scenery, olle gaali ge shirt tegibeku anstu...
naanu, hel shirt tegdvi....onderadu olle photo aaitu...mustagittu.inenu hogutte anta naanu
pantnu tegdu swim suit nalli pose kotte.... shoe tegdu...batte tegdu haakolodu, it was worth it man.

5 gante ge mele serdvi...."Himvad gopala swamy betta"
hesrige takkante hima ittu.Then short break togondu...5:30 matte descent suhru maadvi.

6:30 ge ooru sero astitige....batte ella odde...shoes ella koche.
kesar gadde walk was good experience...

Our idea was to drive as long as possible towards madikeri, which was 140 kms from gopala pura.
but gundlu pet ge 12 km drive maado astotige i was over n out.gundlu pet nalli oota maadi...lodge nalli halt aadvi.

Next day we took the short cut to madikeri around 10am...via begur instead of mysore.mistake no 1..not really but we suffer coz of that.

we were tested our patience thoroughly by frequent passing group of cattle on the road.
road chenaagide anta kelidvi...but was partially true.tumba narrow, cud nt drive fast.

begur->hunsur->peraayee patna->Kushal nagara

peraayee patna tanka the same road....we enjoyed though.
"NUGU" back waters nodvi...kabini dam almost nodvi..but last minute cancelation---> courtesy so called maintained roads.

peraayee patna aadmele we joined to high way....matte josh, bindas aagi hodde.

It was time for "Incident of the Day 3".
Nam car 2 du balde cut aagoitu....fortunately kushal nagar was 12 kms away.
We were lucky enough ... in both the cases...near to town where v can get the car repaired.

kushal nagara dalli we replace those 2 blades n went to Golden temple.sanje 7 gante aagittu.
temple complex nalle olle room siktu alle oota mugsi stay maadvi.

Next day, madikeri ge....road astralle ittu but joureny was awesome.
Avattu Aug 15....ella car melu our national flag....it was such a mesmerising moment.

tindi tinta dibeat shuru aaitu.either to go for Tadiyendamol or local sight seeing.
modle male....chilling wind.sumne becchegi koorona ansta ittu.

madu n gandi were for Tadi...then naanu avr kade hogi tube na elkondvi.
so 4 4 equally divide aadvi.

Naav tadi kade hortvi.....road was good to some distance aamele iddide.
then male...guru aa tara male naanu node irlilla.....neenu moori alli hariyo tara road nalli harita ide.it was damn far than wht we expected.daari udduku helode jana ee male nali hogi en maadtira anta....but its OUR LIFE.....OUR RULES,we were already flying high ...aa maatu keloke patience, timeuu yaavdu irlilla.

Its been well as expected till "incident of the Day 4".
Gandi naaknooru palace hatra car nilsi naanhelta idini lock maadbeda anta astralle key olge bittu lock maadbitta.yaavaga ill-did timing illi torsbitta nan maga.

sari anta palce nodi...unlock maado task shuru aaitu....yaaro punyaatma estate owner sikda.
avn maruti car key tarsi....madu magic maadbitta.ellu open aagde adu dicky lock nalli open aagoitu.
Cheers for madu!!!!!!!!!

ootad samanu togondu car swalpa doora park maadi trek shuru maadvi @ 2:30pm.
elli daari miss aaito gotag lilla.....chennagi male bandu daari mele weeds beld bitittu.
still am nt sure we lost the route or that was the proper one.ella saaku baa vapas hogona anta heloke shuru maadru..sari anat 3:30 descent shuru maadvi.
Astralli leatch story shuru aagittu.... The first bite and then some anta chennagi maja togond-ittu.
On the way..we hoisted the flag...sung national anthem wht more can you ask.....

Then madikeri sero hottige 7 gante.dont knw y i was not convinced with night journey...still we proceed towards kushal nagara.this was the worst drive i ever had.Ghat section-Pitch balck night-Lashing rain....sariyaagi road kaansta ne illa.I was done...halt maadoke decide maadvi naanu, tube n hel again at golden temple.Rest carried on.

Then maarne dina haarangi daam nodkondu 1:30 ge shuru maadvi towads Bangalore.
Kushal nagara daato tanka jeeva baayalle ittu....kharab road.. elli matte car unns bidatto anta.

Then mysore road nalli fullu maja....aaramagi 100+ hode may be day light was the reason...
madu manege 7:30 ge reach aadvi...
safely home.


--
Prashnath

Team:

[???] Prashnath
Gandi Bharat
Soda Sunil
tube Srini
Itt_madu madhu
Hel Rajesh
Kangli Rohit
Wild............Rajeev

Distance : 845 kms....good

Duration : 11/08/06 - 16/08/06 : Friday night to Wednesday night.

Camera : SONY DSC-S60...i hardly used it, Konica minolta, Canon.

Gaadi : Maruti 800,Santro

Journey : B'lore -> Mysore
Mysore -> Gundlu pet
Gundlu pet -> Gopala pura -> Gundlu pet
Gundlu pet -> Begur -> Hunsuru -> Perayee patna -> Kushal nagara
Kushal nagara -> Madikeri -> Tadiyendamol -> Madikeri -> Kushal nagara
Kushal nagara -> Bangalore