Planning a Holiday around the NH-17

MX6 · 15th May 2010, 23:25

End point is when you proceed from tiger circle, cross over KMC and go all the way till the end. There's also a direct road from the anant nagar circle (which one finds as soon as you climb up from vibhuda priya nagar in to manipal). Instead of going straight to manipal, if one takes teh first left turn, that road used to take us directly to End point.
End point was an idyllic place. I remember spending half my time there. We used to even lie flat on the wet grass, when it used to rain.
Heights was that once we were playing candle light chess at end point, at around 3 am, and some-one taps our board with a stick and asks what the hell we were up to. Nonchalantly we reply, "can't you see? We are playing chess!", without even bothering to look up.
It turned out that the person was a constable and the stick was his lathi

Soon we were hauled over to the police chowky (which was above the barber shop) at tiger circle, and were given a big advice for almost 45 minutes. It went something like "you people are all educated. blah blah blah blah."

That didn't deter us. We used to go to end-point, clamber down to river swarna. Swim across.

Nowadays, end point is an eyesore.

It's been almost 10 years since I'd been to my another couple of favourite haunts. Peacock point and end-less point.

@samurai. Have you been to peacock point and end-less point?

A bit of trivia. They shot 80% of the hindi movie "hum tum pe marte hain" starring govinda, urmila, paresh rawal and dimple kapadia in end-point!

@LDL. Not sure about the cool caring soul part. But yes, most people who have known me say that I speak my heart. Thanks for the compliment.

Samurai · 15th May 2010, 23:59

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@samurai. Have you been to peacock point and end-less point?

Never heard of it, where is it? Now there might be an apartment complex on each one of those points.

slicvic · 16th May 2010, 00:39

@ Samurai: Peacock point is where the new TAPMI campus has come up. On the he road leading to alevoor, you need to take a left before the fuel station.

Endless point i think is where the SIBM (Synd Bank Institute of Bank Management, a training center for Synd Bank employees) campus is. Not too sure about that though.

MX6 · 16th May 2010, 02:37

We had the old bottling plant for Bajal near the end-less point. Not sure whether you still get Bajal there.
I'm surprised to note that there's a new tapmi campus. We used to actually spot peacocks at peacock point in early 90s!

@MileCruncher. Which route did you finally take from Hampi to Shimoga? How was the road condition? Can you also give a break up of your trip from 2 am till you reached Manipal?

Samurai · 16th May 2010, 10:14

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@ Samurai: Peacock point is where the new TAPMI campus has come up. On the he road leading to alevoor, you need to take a left before the fuel station.

Thanks, I know the new TAPMI campus road very well. I drive on that road occasionally. A very scenic road.

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Endless point i think is where the SIBM (Synd Bank Institute of Bank Management, a training center for Synd Bank employees) campus is. Not too sure about that though.

Still not sure where this is...I'll find out.

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Originally Posted by MX6

I'm surprised to note that there's a new tapmi campus. We used to actually spot peacocks at peacock point in early 90s!

I guess peacocks have moved on to my office now...

Plenty of them here.

slicvic · 16th May 2010, 17:01

So we now have a New Peacock Point?

Samurai · 17th May 2010, 08:08

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So we now have a New Peacock Point?

There are too many peacock points around here.

During the construction of the office building, we used to have MIT students visiting the unfinished campus at wee hours of night for all kind of activities. Introduction of 24x7 security finally put a stop to it.

MileCruncher · 17th May 2010, 20:02

Am back in Hyderabad. The stay in Kudle beach was awesome. Will post the travelogue and driving directions shortly.

@ Samurai: Hard luck that missed you but I guess there was nothing for me to do there. Endless Point is beyond the Industrial Area where Maruti Service Station used to be there. Peacock Point used to be where the new TAPMI campus is.

hvkumar · 17th May 2010, 20:03

Fabulous timing, MileCruncher, driving all the way from Gokarna to Hyderabad from dawn to dusk

Samurai · 17th May 2010, 20:20

Endless point: Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!

Peacock Point: Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!

This is how end point used to be: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=13.369...ch=end%20point

MX6 · 17th May 2010, 22:06

@MC. All eager to see photos.
@Samurai. All kinds of activities? Sad that a great college has it's image tarnished now.

15th May 2010, 23:25	#91
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	End point is when you proceed from tiger circle, cross over KMC and go all the way till the end. There's also a direct road from the anant nagar circle (which one finds as soon as you climb up from vibhuda priya nagar in to manipal). Instead of going straight to manipal, if one takes teh first left turn, that road used to take us directly to End point. End point was an idyllic place. I remember spending half my time there. We used to even lie flat on the wet grass, when it used to rain. Heights was that once we were playing candle light chess at end point, at around 3 am, and some-one taps our board with a stick and asks what the hell we were up to. Nonchalantly we reply, "can't you see? We are playing chess!", without even bothering to look up. It turned out that the person was a constable and the stick was his lathi Soon we were hauled over to the police chowky (which was above the barber shop) at tiger circle, and were given a big advice for almost 45 minutes. It went something like "you people are all educated. blah blah blah blah." That didn't deter us. We used to go to end-point, clamber down to river swarna. Swim across. Nowadays, end point is an eyesore. It's been almost 10 years since I'd been to my another couple of favourite haunts. Peacock point and end-less point. @samurai. Have you been to peacock point and end-less point? A bit of trivia. They shot 80% of the hindi movie "hum tum pe marte hain" starring govinda, urmila, paresh rawal and dimple kapadia in end-point! @LDL. Not sure about the cool caring soul part. But yes, most people who have known me say that I speak my heart. Thanks for the compliment. Last edited by MX6 : 15th May 2010 at 23:30.
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slicvic BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: KA 19 Posts: 856 Thanked: 526 Times	@ Samurai: Peacock point is where the new TAPMI campus has come up. On the he road leading to alevoor, you need to take a left before the fuel station. Endless point i think is where the SIBM (Synd Bank Institute of Bank Management, a training center for Synd Bank employees) campus is. Not too sure about that though.
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16th May 2010, 02:37	#94
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	We had the old bottling plant for Bajal near the end-less point. Not sure whether you still get Bajal there. I'm surprised to note that there's a new tapmi campus. We used to actually spot peacocks at peacock point in early 90s! @MileCruncher. Which route did you finally take from Hampi to Shimoga? How was the road condition? Can you also give a break up of your trip from 2 am till you reached Manipal?
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slicvic BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: KA 19 Posts: 856 Thanked: 526 Times	So we now have a New Peacock Point?
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17th May 2010, 20:02	#98
MileCruncher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MH01 Posts: 4,235 Thanked: 592 Times View My Garage	Am back in Hyderabad. The stay in Kudle beach was awesome. Will post the travelogue and driving directions shortly. @ Samurai: Hard luck that missed you but I guess there was nothing for me to do there. Endless Point is beyond the Industrial Area where Maruti Service Station used to be there. Peacock Point used to be where the new TAPMI campus is.
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hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,454 Times	Fabulous timing, MileCruncher, driving all the way from Gokarna to Hyderabad from dawn to dusk
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Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,831 Thanked: 45,589 Times View My Garage	Endless point: Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world! Peacock Point: Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world! This is how end point used to be: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=13.369...ch=end%20point Last edited by Samurai : 17th May 2010 at 20:21.
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17th May 2010, 22:06	#101
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	@MC. All eager to see photos. @Samurai. All kinds of activities? Sad that a great college has it's image tarnished now.
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