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Old 24th October 2024, 10:06   #496
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Drive to Kadamane Tea Estate, and 100,000km done!
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Just came back from a 3 day trip to Sinnadorai Bungalow at Kadamane Tea Estate
One of the best long-term ownership reports on the forum today , and it has been a treasure trove of information not only on the car itself and the regular maintenance updates, but also on the lovely travelogues and drive reports that are frequently updated. Congratulations on the milestone and cheers to many more drives and trips with the red 320d!

Nice report on the Sinnadorai bungalow drive! The stream picnic looks like a nice rustic and unique experience in these monsoon seasons. Beautiful locales and great sights of the property and the surroundings!

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Don't know why they spelt this place as Kadamane.
I suppose it should have been K-A-D-U-M-A-N-E (Kannada meaning 'A house in the forest').
Not really wrong in my opinion. 'Kadu-Mane' in Kannada translates to 'Forest house'.
'Kada-mane' can be short for 'Kadina-Mane' in Kannada, which translates to 'House of the Forest'. Both can be considered correct

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Old 24th October 2024, 18:04   #497
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One of the best long-term ownership reports on the forum today , and it has been a treasure trove of information not only on the car itself and the regular maintenance updates, but also on the lovely travelogues and drive reports that are frequently updated. Congratulations on the milestone and cheers to many more drives and trips with the red 320d!
Thank you very much @KarthikK! Your own ownership reports and travel reports are one of the inspirations for many of us on this forum.

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Not really wrong in my opinion. 'Kadu-Mane' in Kannada translates to 'Forest house'.
'Kada-mane' can be short for 'Kadina-Mane' in Kannada, which translates to 'House of the Forest'. Both can be considered correct
Thanks for that clarification. Even the estate manager there told us that the spelling is intentional and there is certainly no error or oversight about the spelling. They are indeed "Sinnadorai Kadamane Bungalow". In fact, some other resort calling themselves "Kadumane Resort" has come up in the vicinity much later after this "Kadamane Estate Bungalow" was well established. And that other resort has put a road sign indicating a left turn from the road where in reality you take a sharp right turn for the correct destination. That road sign is surely confusion and misleading to many travelers trying to reach this Sinnadorai Kadamane Bungalow.
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@Dr.AD,

Excellent travelogue and a very scenic location Adding to my bucket list.

Many Congratulations on the 1 Lakh milestone

Keep munching miles with your "touring sedan" and we look forward to see many more travelogues

Cheers,
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@Dr.AD,
I am always waiting for the next report and the likelihood of a new driving destination. After your current report, I booked a few days of travel to the Kadamane homestay! Thank you for all your inspirational travelogues!
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Many Congratulations on the 1 Lakh milestone

Keep munching miles with your "touring sedan" and we look forward to see many more travelogues
Thanks a lot, @RAHS!

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I am always waiting for the next report and the likelihood of a new driving destination. After your current report, I booked a few days of travel to the Kadamane homestay! Thank you for all your inspirational travelogues!
Thanks @sknair for your kind words! Make sure you book the right place "Sinnadorai Bungalow at Kadamane Tea Estate", because like I mentioned, there are many other smaller homestays with confusing names sounding similar, like Kadumane Homestay.

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Thanks a lot, @RAHS!


Thanks @sknair for your kind words! Make sure you book the right place "Sinnadorai Bungalow at Kadamane Tea Estate", because like I mentioned, there are many other smaller homestays with confusing names sounding similar, like Kadumane Homestay.
Thanks, Dr. AD. I went with the link you mentioned in the post, and it seems to match some of your pics as well. https://sinnadorai.com/kadamane-m/
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Photography Session with Cars and Bike



I love automobile photography. A chance to photograph beautiful automobiles in a beautiful location would be a dream outing for me. Thanks to my friends and their machines, I got such a dream chance last weekend.

With close BHPian friends and their machines, we drove to a grass-field on the outskirts of Bangalore, and spent some time photographing the lovely machines.

The group included my close friends @robimahanta and his BMW M340i, @KarthikK and his latest acquisition, his Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R, and @jkrishnakj and his Audi A6. And of course, I had my BMW 320d there, and that is the sole reason why this photoshoot story belongs in this thread.

We had a short drive after a quick breakfast and reached this location. The location was beautiful, but unfortunately we went there maybe an hour too late (we were there by around 8:30AM, a couple of hours after sunrise), and the sun was too harsh. The lighting was not at all ideal for photography, and I had to struggle to find right angles in that harsh lighting. But in the end, I got some decent shots.

Let me share a few photos here in this report. I hope my friends will share more photos in their own posts and I am surely looking forward to those.

My Red BMW 320d:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl2.jpg


The elegant A6 of @jkrishnakj:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl1.jpg


@robimahanta's BMW M340i looks stunning in any setting:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl4.jpg


The main attraction of the day, the green monster of @KarthikK, the fastest machine in the group, Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl3.jpg


The two mean machines together (more than 600hp in this frame):
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl5.jpg


A group photo of the three cars parked (shot against very harsh light and hence the washed out colors):
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl6.jpg


Another photograph of my car:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl7.jpg


I like to photograph cars against the open sky to highlight the lines and overall shape of the car, and this photo in that style shows the lovely lines of the A6:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl8.jpg


The stunning lines and stance of the M340i:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbiketl9.jpg



Finally, a parting shot of the meanest and the fastest machine in the gang:
Red-Hot BMW: Story of my pre-owned BMW 320d Sport Line (F30 LCI). EDIT: 100,000 kms up!-carandbike15.jpg


I absolutely loved this photo session and came back with lot of memories, some decent photos and some new learnings in photography too. Thanks a ton to my buddies @robimahanta, @KarthikK and @jkrishnakj for their company and for allowing me to photograph their beautiful machines!

That is all from this session. Thank you for reading!

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Photography Session with Cars and Bike

Beautiful pictures Doc, I can admire these beauties all day long. It makes me really happy when people put their machines to use instead of keeping them as garage queens. Whenever I’m in that part of the country, I would love to go on a drive with you guys
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