Recharge your batteries !

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Reviewed Yelagiri

The first thing that I did on reaching home the Friday night was to do a net search for a hill station near Chennai. Yelagiri was the first name to pop out. So read more...

Misty waterfalls - Hogenekkal

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Reviewed Hoganakkal

A smooth black stretch of toll paid road lay ahead of me …. I was driving down to Hogennekkal with my family last Saturday [ 26th Sept’09].Take the Poonammalle read more...

Nataraja by the sea

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Reviewed Chidambaram

I have been thinking of visiting Chidambaram - the Nataraja temple for some time. With three consequetive days of leave - I drove down along with my family to Cread more...

Pelicans within 50kms from Chennai !

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Reviewed Vedanthangal

The Saturday edition of Times of India [ Chennai] mentioned VEDANTHANGAL as a place full of migratory birds… to be enjoyed as a family trip some 50 kms from Cheread more...

Golden Lizard

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Reviewed Kanchipuram

I drove down to Kanch - 75 kms from Chennai on a Sunday afternoon. I would suggest that you go via the Poonamalle High Road and then touch the Bangalore Toll paread more...

Crocodile Bank - 30 kms from Chennai

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Reviewed Chennai

It has been years when I had first come accross an article about crocodiles being breed and nurtured in a place near Chennai. Being a favourite tourist destinatread more...

Deers also eat popcorns !

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Reviewed The Guindy National Park

I become a dotting father on the weekends - you see I am a devoted executive in an MNC during the weekdays! So I decided to take the kids to a nearby park - andread more...

Land of Kakatiyas - waranagal

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Reviewed Tirupati

Some thousand years ago, Kakatiya dynasty held sway over a vast region in South India – the region that we now know as Warangal. Warangal is one of the maread more...

Srisailam - pilgrimage from Hyderabad

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Reviewed Hyderabad

Srisailam is a comfortable four hours ride from Hyderabad. It is one of the most important pilgrimages for Shiva’s disciples. Once you are out from Hyderaread more...

Cyclone, Dinosaurs and Monkeys!!

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Reviewed Visakhapatnam

I cannot say that I was not forewarned! My friends told me there was a cyclone that’s going to touch Vizag in 24 hours .. but off I went. Packed my familyread more...

Places to see near Bangaore -Muthathi and Palakkad

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Reviewed Bangalore

I had a potent mixture of a nature and historical monument for my Sunday drive around Bangalore last Sunday ( 23/1/2005). Muthathi ( around 100 kms from Bangaloread more...

Of fog,elephants and bends!

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Reviewed Ooty

You must be wondering what is the meaning of the cryptic title. Read on and you will understand! Taking the bypass off Mysore I crossed Bandipur and touched basread more...

Trio - Belur , Halebid and Shravanabelegola

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Reviewed Belur

People usually cover the trio - Belur , Halebid and Sharavanabelagola in a day. But I felt that going all the way and again driving back would be tedious and deread more...

Poorman's OOTY - Yercaud

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Reviewed Yeracaud

Yercaud - popularly called as poor man’s Ooty is a short drive from Bangalore ( apprx 240 kms ). Start early - five is ideal. Drive down straight through Hread more...