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Originally Posted by msdivy

Nothing weird about it, Durare is the best place to touch & feel the elephants.

Yeah. There are three things men bow to - Kids, Wife and Employer! Two of them are the reason I am going this place Thanks for the response.

Originally Posted by NPV

Simplest route would be Bangalore-Hunsur-Periyapatna-Kushalnagar-Dubare (turn off to left at Kushalnagar).
You can visit the Tibetan settlement and monstery at Bylakuppe on the way to Kushalnagar.
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If you plan to start by 7am, expect slow traffic upto Srirangapatna/Mysore.
Suggest you start earlier by 6 at least. That way you can stop at Maddur for breakfast - Thimmadas on left side and Adigas on right side, both are good. Avoid the food courts that have come up on this stretch!

Thanks NPV. I will take this route. When we went to 10th anniversary drive, remember going through the patch you mentioned. It was bad then but we drove through and no issues. So I will take my chance this time. Since its friday and festival time, I think people will be busy at home and not on roads except petrol-heads like us But I will try to leave as early as possible. With two kids (aged about 8yrs and 1.5yrs) to company, nothing is sure to work as planned! But having said that, I shall not fail to plan. Let the plan fail!

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So for an update - I took this trip on August 8 and 9. Compiled the tlog here - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...hant-camp.html

Thanks NPV for route suggestion. The roads were good except the patch you mentioned. But that is still doable in 20Kmph speed. Its hardly a kilometer so, bearable.