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Ramadevara betta

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Ramadevara betta is a hill in the Ramanagara district. Ramadevara betta is around 50Kms from Bangalore, just before reaching Ramanagara (after Ghousia College of Engineering) need to take right turn (if you are traveling from Bangalore).  This place will be open for visitors all the days’ from morning 10.00AM to Evening 5.00PM. I read few blogs about night trekking and all, but when I checked in the check post they said they won’t allow such activities at any cost!!! Since it was last minute plan only Seena joined me for this drive (because it is just 50 Kms from Bangalore can’t mention it as Long drive :P), we reached Ramadevara betta around 11.00AM. By the time we reached only one other team was there later crowd started building. No entrance fee is charged to visit this place, only we have to enter our vehicle details in the check post. Initially we have to climb some steps to reach Temple on top of the hill. You can find some nice views while...

Puducherry – First long drive on my new car…!!!

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Trip to Pondicherry (also called as Pondy/Puducherry) was not a just trip; we planned this trip especially for Manja. Actually it was Manja’s bachelor party… which was shifted all the way from Bangkok to Pondy :P Due to time constrain and busy schedule we could not make it to Bangkok, (Bangkok plan is pending from almost 3 years..!!!) since no one was in stage of taking leave we even dropped plan of hanging out in Goa, finally we decided to travel to Pondy.   One more thing, trip to Pondy was my first trip in my new car… J    We planned this trip on Good Friday day and this trip was for just 3 days. Thursday late night only we started from Bangalore. From Bangalore, Pondy is around 375 Kms, roads are really good and we can cover the distance in less than 5 to 6 hours. It totally depends on traffic near tolls and how many breaks you will take in between.   Reached Pondy around 7.00Am and since last minute we decided about the place didn’t book any roo...