More Kodachadri Trek Photos at BubbleShare [travelogue of trek to Kodachadri Peak (near Kollur-Mookambika Temple, Coastal Karnataka)] The gang of 3: Nara, Kamu and me (sumne), took the Sugama Travels “J” bus (why not just Kundapura bus, nearly missed the bus, when I thought it was the “G” bus) from Bangalore to Kundapura (Rs. 300 [...]

I am a regular customer at JJ, Koramangala [close to jyoti nivas college (JNC)] during lunch time and sometimes in the evening too. As a result, I am a partial Fruitarian now. Anyways, I was suprised today to find another one in Jayanagar 9th block. On enquiring further, I found out that its a chain [...]

[IMAGE: the lovely tree house] DESTINATION: Eagle Eye Holiday Home is located at Hoscodu Estate, which is a sprawling 130 acre plantation land situated in Chikmaglur District in Karnataka, India. Eagle Eye Holiday Home is exactly 48 Kms. from Chikmaglur and approximately 300 Kms from Bangalore. CONTACT: G.H. Monis, Managing Director, Eagle Eye Holidays Hoscodu [...]

Just to introduce the topic, I am bit of a trekker (more of a hiker actually) and plan to blog with details here soon about the places I have been to, hopefully it will be useful to others. Anyways, my friends and I are planning for a 3 day trek for the upcoming long independence [...]

I know there is a lot of BMTC-bashing going on everywhere about various issues. I agree there is scope for lot improvement, but lets face it, bangalore is the one of the fastest growing cities in the world and the infrastructure is not able to keep pace with this growth. But the very debatable BMTC [...]

Speciality: Sakkat (kannada slang for awesome) South-Indian (tamilian) Meals So here goes, this is the scene there at around 1 PM: Tables are all setup beforehand for the first round of lunch with empty banana leafs and a glass of water. People (many of them techies) occupy their places and clean their banana leafs with [...]

Authors : Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner ISBN : 006073132X Publish Date : April 2005 Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers The introduction says “The hidden side of everything“, which actually captures the whole theme of this book. The hidden economic reasons in different aspects of life. Let me briefly describe the best case study [...]

Watched at: PVR cinemas, Forum, Bangalore [NOTE: continue reading, passage below does not expose the main plot details] Jack Sparrow (Johny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) & Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) are back with the second part of the trilogy pirate-adventure POTC (Pirates Of The Caribbean). This time, “Captain” Jack Sparrow is commandeering his beloved black-sailed [...]

The K750i has been around for a year or so. However now, this 2MP(MegaPixel) camera-fone has come down from the premium-segment Rs. 20k+ price last year (2005) to the budget-segment of mobile phones and is selling like hot-cakes with a price-tag of about Rs. 11k currently (July 2006). Camera: The K750i allows you to tweak [...]