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| ![]() Samurai, Fantastic report. I once again enjoyed my presence there in the rain and streams. Here are blast of photos from my side. |
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| ![]() More photos follow. To add a small report, i must say wonderful drive from Bangalore all night long to reach sagar. Switching between Jammy and me driving his jeep was fun. We started from Bangalore at 7 p.m. where as MP Sreenivas and others left at 6 p.m. sharp. We reached Dasarahalli Crossing on Tumkur road by 8 p.m.Stomoch grumbling, found McDonald on the highway got Mcpuffs and french fries, coke/pepsi. Drove on to reach Nelamangala crossing at 10 p.m. owing to snail movement of traffic. Once on clear highway, we reached tumkur in 45 minutes. Continued towards shimoga on bypass. Is it bypass? it is hell pass. Good jeepable track. End of the bypass, we saw a corn seller winding up his business. Coaxed him to burn two corns. From here on no hotel or dhabha was open. Virtually we drove hungry. Reached Shimoga at 3.30 and we searched for hotels, no rooms vacant. We decided to move on till sagara. Rain pouring althrough from Bangalore, no wiper to clean the screen. Imagine the risk involved. We suddenly realise we have only 5-8 ltrs of fuel in the tank and the distance to be covered is 70+ kms. No bunks open at that wee hour. We called MP sreenivas who has already reached the destination and is resting. He suggests us keep driving at normal speed to conserve fuel. Reached Sagara at about 5.00 am, but directional findings say we lost on MP Sreeni's locational help. Jammy calls Nidhi Tiwari for help, but she is in the bus coming to Sagara in 30 minutes. Instruction is to stay put near Travellers Bunglow circle. She arrives and leads us on the track to the destination, a homestay. Rest is the story told by Samurai. BTW we stayed in a house in beautiful valley which Samurai nerrated as typical malnad type. This house is powered by Mini Hydel power generator. This whole valley do not have grid power. I have posted some pictures of the generator for you folks to appreciate how the locals are independent and self reliant. For more photos, here is the link http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...lnadOTR230710# Here is my video http://picasaweb.google.co.in/dwarak...61782471575602 Last edited by dwaraka : 27th September 2010 at 21:40. |
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| ![]() Spike, I think this unit is micro mini in the range of 2 kw, sufficient to power the whole ops at home. |
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| ![]() Great write up and most enjoyable. Is the camouflage jeep that which late Guru Freddy use to drive? Cheers |
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| ![]() This is great stuff! More than just an OTR with all round activities combined !! Thanks for the great narrative and pics! ![]() cheers |
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| ![]() Really nice write up. Had missed reading it. I was quite interested in the temple which you all visited -which- had water pouring in. Any background / history regarding this. It looked quite archaic, and would be nice to read more about it. |
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seconding the question above - how come a temple like that in such a remote place. Any stories behind that? | |
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It was built by some rich guy before the Linganamakki Dam was built. I guess it was easily reachable before that. When dams are built, they drastically rearrange the water ways and access to surrounding places. So now it is a very remote temple with no maintenance. | |
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