Apart from flowers also the leaves of many trees starts getting various colors. Like some trees are seen with only yellow leaves, some with only purple leaves.
Just a look around and you can see beauty everywhere.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Beauty everywhere.....
Come March and the IISc campus starts changing colors. Actually it starts acquiring various colors. Flowers with yellow, red, pink, purple, white and many more shades are seen. Even the huge trees starts blooming with flowers on the top.
Apart from flowers also the leaves of many trees starts getting various colors. Like some trees are seen with only yellow leaves, some with only purple leaves.
Just a look around and you can see beauty everywhere.
Apart from flowers also the leaves of many trees starts getting various colors. Like some trees are seen with only yellow leaves, some with only purple leaves.
Just a look around and you can see beauty everywhere.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Cycling trip: IISc to Ramanagaram
Last saturday 6 of us had gone for a cycle expedition from IISc campus to Ramanagaram. Ramanagaram is around 55 Km away from IISc. It is located on Bangalore-Mysore highway. 2 Km off the main road there is a small village called Ramgadh, the famous hindi film Sholay was shot here (this place was shown as Gabbar's Adda). It is surrounded by huge rocky mountains.
We started cycling from campus at 5 o'clock in morning. The path selected was via Outer Ring road, University road, Kengeri town and Mysore road. In the morning the atmosphere was little cool, the roads were pretty much deserted and Bangalore-Mysore road is effectively slope down, because of this we covered 18 Km in first 1 hour. After having short tea break of 15 min and a breakfast break of 45min, we reached Ramanagaram at 9 AM.
After getting there we climbed a few steps and reached at a temple with a small pond next to it. Then we trekked a little bit and reached at the top of a huge rocky peak. A cool breeze welcomed there. After shooting some photos, we started climbing down.
After that we had lunch at Kamat's restaurant 5 Km away from Ramnagaram. After lunch rested for a couple of hours at a place called Janapada Loka next to Kamat's. Then started return journey at around 4 PM and got back at campus at 8.30 PM. The last 20 Km distance was very difficult to cycle because of tiredness and city traffic. Totally we covered 120 Km in 16 hours. For any such trips the important thing to carry is lots of water.
Overall the trip was a good and a memorable experience. The next day we had to go to some place in city and the first mode of transport that came to our mind was cycle........ :-)
Near Ramgadh
On the top
We started cycling from campus at 5 o'clock in morning. The path selected was via Outer Ring road, University road, Kengeri town and Mysore road. In the morning the atmosphere was little cool, the roads were pretty much deserted and Bangalore-Mysore road is effectively slope down, because of this we covered 18 Km in first 1 hour. After having short tea break of 15 min and a breakfast break of 45min, we reached Ramanagaram at 9 AM.
After getting there we climbed a few steps and reached at a temple with a small pond next to it. Then we trekked a little bit and reached at the top of a huge rocky peak. A cool breeze welcomed there. After shooting some photos, we started climbing down.
After that we had lunch at Kamat's restaurant 5 Km away from Ramnagaram. After lunch rested for a couple of hours at a place called Janapada Loka next to Kamat's. Then started return journey at around 4 PM and got back at campus at 8.30 PM. The last 20 Km distance was very difficult to cycle because of tiredness and city traffic. Totally we covered 120 Km in 16 hours. For any such trips the important thing to carry is lots of water.
Overall the trip was a good and a memorable experience. The next day we had to go to some place in city and the first mode of transport that came to our mind was cycle........ :-)
Near Ramgadh
On the top
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