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Bike Ride to Sakleshpur

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After bike ride to Leh, it’s been long time went out for a bike ride and personally I would like to go for a ride in winter. Checked with couple of my friends for their plans for weekend and briefed about my plan for bike ride. Seena suggested couple of places and finally we decided ride to Sakleshpur. We finalised the date and booked Resort near Sakleshpur. Booked Ibbani Resort which is around 30 Kms from Sakleshpur. Initially when we planned for this ride we were group of 6 members, but as always couple of guys dropped out at last moment. Because of dropouts we were not ready to change our plans, we decided to stick to our plan and go for a ride. Saturday early morning we decided to gather near DG Petrol bunk signal, me, Kiran and Deepu reached spot on time at 4.00AM. Seena left his home on time, but police stopped him for verification…!! He kept his vehicle document in his back pack, took more than 30 mins to reach vehicle docs in his bag. By the time he reached us it was ...

Narasimha Parvatha

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Narasimha Parvata trek, it is considered to be one of the tough treks in Western Ghats. It is part of the famous Agumbe – Sringeri t rekking trail. Sandeep & Ashwini organised this trekking and I joined this group through common friend Vinay. We were group of 7 people for this trek; we booked tickets from KSRTC. It’s almost 9 hours journey from Bangalore to Agumbe. After overnight Bus journey from Bangalore we reached Agumbe by 7.30AM.  Agumbe is the place where the famous Malgudi Days series was shot. You will get hotel and lodge facility in Agumbe, but the most people will choose "Doddamane". This is where most of the trekkers arrive in the morning. We need to inform the residents of this house in advance and so that they can make arrangements for breakfast. They even prepare packed lunch on request. The best part is, they do not have fixed price for food items. You can give whatever you feel is right. By the time we reached Doddamane our guide Venkatesh was ...