Date of travel: 1st August 2009 Place: Somnathpur, Karnataka My first visit to Somnathpur temple was brief and the place was mesmerizing enough to long for another visit. Somnathpur is at a distance of about 35 kms from Mysore (45 mins drive) and...

Date of travel: 24th September 2009 Place: Dudhsagar waterfall, Goa The central plan in visting Goa was to visit Dudhsagar waterfall. We (me, Jayanth and his friend Gopi) took the 23rd September early morning train from Mangalore to Goa and reached...

Date: 21st to 24th September 2009 Place: Konkan Belt, Karnataka and Goa For the long vacation I visited a friend (Jayanth) in Mangalore and we decided to travel to Goa and visit an off-beat location called Dudhsagar waterfall. The waterfall travel...

Date: 20th Sept 2009 Place: Mysore My fascination towards Kusti (Mud wrestling) has been recent - after reading the Kannada novel ‘Bheemakaaya’ by S L Bhyrappa. Kusti has been a popular sport of yesteryear's having its root in Mysore. In...

Date: 19th September 2009 Place: Mysore This is the first time I have ever posted pics on my blog within 24 hours of capturing them, a record of sorts! This had not been possible mainly due to the efforts involved – 1) in selecting the photos and...