Sep 25, 2006

Insatiable desire..pack bags leave and shoot

I am growing more and more insatiable. The travel bug has bitten me and I am finding it more than tempting. I just want to surrender to this feeling. I was just wondering how many good travels happened since july 2004 despite mine being so busy (coz am working full time)

After passing out from IITK I came to bangalore. That was the last long train journey through bhopal across India. I didn't carry a camera then but so many good things happened on that trip.
From bangalore started the rush to travel.

a) Bangalore - Mysore - Bangalore
Next came up this trip to Mysore. First trip on Karnataka roads. The TIPU palance and all was really interesting trip.

b) Bangalore - Mangalore-Sooratkal-Murudeshwar - Bangalore
Packed bags with friends to Mangalore and that was the first trip to coastal karnataka. The beaches of suratkal, just imagine only 4-5 frns on a beach felt like a private beach. Then travelled on a local bus to join my sister and jiju who also drove from bangalore. Then travelled all the way to Murudeshwar with them. Believe me Western Ghats are beautiful. That reminds me that I should capture all those video footage and snaps.

c) Bangalore-Singapore
Travelled to Singapore and later it became evident that I was here to stay.

e)Singapore- Johar - Kuala Lumpur-Genting-Mallaca - Singapore
One helluva vacation of theme parks and water parks. Drove with colleagues together to Malaysia. Lots of pictures and lots of memories.
The most captured trips on photographs

d) Singapore-Dehradun-Rishikesh-Tehri Gharwal-Singapore
A normal trip to dehradun became a long exciting one because bro was also there and we teamed up together to drive to a remote village in tehri garhwal. The roads were being blasted and we were driving up. Finally had to give it up because the terrain was too harsh and walked afterwards.
Sad but no pics of that triumph. Maruti would had definetely awarded us for this one.

This trip also included the first ever flight from delhi to dehradun. First chance to see dehradun from the top.

e) Bangalore - Mysore - Ooty - Bangalore
Went out to tamilnadu hill station and rented a car from bangalore to Ooty with avinash and his bro mickey. Fantastic place to go and njoy the chill even in off-season. Liked the place
Another trip which is well documented

f)Bangalore - ChillChilla Falls-Shivasamudram - Bangalore
Outings with family and all like one day trips from Bangalore. Interesting and memorable in each sense. Lots of photographs.

g)Bangalore - Mysore - Coorg - Bangalore
The whole family including my parents drove to Coorg. The Kavri Udgam and all the intersting places around this hill station in Karnataka famous for coffee and pepper. Warm people and beautiful as well. First outing with parents after I started working
Got a chance to check out the bird sanctuary in Mysore and those crocs they look great basking in the SUN

h)Singapore-Dehradun-Meerut - Singapore
Got a taste of local travel in buses and all and then chance to board local buses. Was actually surprised to see a POS being used on a CITI bus. And the highways have become very cool in uttaranchal

i)Singapore-Hyderabad - Singapore
Truly hang out vacation. Urban days lazing around and shopping. Hyderabad is a kewl laid out place especially nice since we have a gals college jus next to our place in hyderabad.

j)Sinapore-Phuket(Thailand)- Singapore
One helluva trip.
Beautiful picturesque - one of the best shots places i have ever visited.
Well captured and a truly realaxing one

Still to go places
a) Uttaranchal - Badrinath - Kedar Nath - with parents
b) Penang - Malaysia
c) Krabi/Bangkok/Pattaya - Thailand
d) Bali - Indonesia


Wish there were no VISAs and Passports required for us to travel and travel was as easy as 123...may be someday it will be

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hi!!!
long time no c.wats up?have seen ur blog after a long time ....nice snaps...esp with hair cut short ;)
Cheers
Vidhi