[RaguHolla]

Which hotel u stopped for snacks in Sakaleshpura? I Stopped at Surabhi at the same time!

[amitwlele]

Originally Posted by hemanth.anand

Here is the updated excel sheet showing planned versus the actual events.

You more or less maintained your times with clockwork precision. Changes in the itinerary are always there in such trips because of events not in your control. Appreciate your detailed log.

[hemanth.anand]

Originally Posted by RaguHolla

Which hotel u stopped for snacks in Sakaleshpura? I Stopped at Surabhi at the same time!

We were also at Surabhi at 9:20AM sharp. If you spotted two puntos in front of the hotel with TBHP stickers, those were our cars. Which was your ride? I'll check in my photos of the parking area if we were actually there together.

Originally Posted by amitwlele

You more or less maintained your times with clockwork precision. Changes in the itinerary are always there in such trips because of events not in your control. Appreciate your detailed log.

Yes, some uncontrollable events made us miss Moodabidri.
Overall I'm happy that we almost went as planned.

[slicvic]

Originally Posted by hemanth.anand

@slicvic, did you manage to spot us?

No Hemanth, looked around but didn't seem to find you guys. I reached only at 1.30 since i was tied up in the hospital till then, maybe you guys had left by then.

[RaguHolla]

Originally Posted by hemanth.anand

We were also at Surabhi at 9:20AM sharp. If you spotted two puntos in front of the hotel with TBHP stickers, those were our cars. Which was your ride? I'll check in my photos of the parking area if we were actually there together.

I meant while returning! Your time of 18:30 @ Sakaleshpura matches to mine. Where you also stopped at Surabhi while coming back?

My onward journey was via Shimoga!

[hemanth.anand]

Originally Posted by carfreak

I saw the wedding date, the location and the mention of N and i strongly suspect it is the same one-just a query is N an Ophthalmologist?(an eye doctor?)

If so she is one of my friend and i am invited for the wedding too.though i doubt i can make it.anyone for the reception at Mangalore the next day?

Hope you attended the reception, PM your name and I'll confirm with N..We can meet some other day then.

Originally Posted by slicvic

No Hemanth, looked around but didn't seem to find you guys. I reached only at 1.30 since i was tied up in the hospital till then, maybe you guys had left by then.

Yes, we left the hall by 1:30 PM and left manipal at 2:15PM. Please PM your name, UB and N were wondering which other TBHPian they have in their friends group.

Originally Posted by RaguHolla

I meant while returning! Your time of 18:30 @ Sakaleshpura matches to mine. Where you also stopped at Surabhi while coming back?

My onward journey was via Shimoga!

While coming back, we stopped at OSSOR and not Surabhi.
During our onward journey, the breakfast (Chutney in specific) was horrible in surabhi which is is why we didbn't stop there while coming back.

[slicvic]

Originally Posted by hemanth.anand

Yes, we left the hall by 1:30 PM and left manipal at 2:15PM. Please PM your name, UB and N were wondering which other TBHPian they have in their friends group.

N guessed who slicvic was

Was her colleague for 4 years till i quit manipal.

Sent you a PM

[hemanth.anand]

Since thursday, i had been to one more wedding and one more trip to Hampi.
Hence the delay in updating the thread.

Continuing further...

After the first day, we were short of sleep..This delayed our 2nd day plans

We got up at 7:00 and left the lodge at 8:00.

All the three cars were ready to go.

The two Italian girls,


And the Japaneese beauty


One photo for the whacky modifications thread


We headed to the Udupi shri krishna temple..No photographs were allowed.
After an hour of temple visit, our tummies got up and took us straight to Woodlands restaurant just beside the temple.
VK had already developed a liking for Masala dosa and we had a nice breakfast.

After our tummies were happy, we went straight to the Malpe beach.

Malpe Beach


Father of our nation left alone in the hot sun


We then hopped onto a boat which took us to the St. Mary's Island.
Protecting the camera from the waves hitting our boat was a challenge. My wiffe's dupatta came to our rescue here.

It was exactly noon by the time we landed on the Island.
The Island didn't live upto my expectations.
The Island is littered with Plastic everywhere and I got one more proof than we Indians are not good at maintaining our beautiful country
But still, It was a beautiful Island where the beach is full of shells instead of sand.
The Stone formation also amazed me and my camera got some work there.

Sea-Piercing stone Formations


Steps like formations are easy to climb


Kalpataru


Hexagonal stones


Some of the shells we picked up


MCR had visited St. Mary's Island many times. So he headed to another Temple in Ambalpady when we were on the island.

After we came back from the Island, the cars caught up with each other and we headed for Lunch.
We went to Woodlands restaurant again since we needed a good Vegetarian restaurant and it had impressed us.

After Lunch we drove towards Mravante and Murudeshwara.
The traffic was too much. Added to this was the 4-laning activity.

This slowed us down too much and by the time we reached maravante, It was 5:00pm
We spent some time clicking pictures

Beautiful setting with a river and sea on either sides of my Italian beauty


My girl is always ready for photo shoots


She having a sun-bath


VK making pictures for his girlfriend


The waves caressing the stones were just beautiful


After that, we drove to Murudeshwara.

On the move shots


We reached Murudeshwara by around 06:15pm. There was some felicitation programme for RNShetty and it was a bit crowded than usual. But we could see the god without much trouble.

I went clicking aroung the temple.
The huge statue of shiva


More angles


Bhagavadgita


Asia's tallest temple tower


Boats floating around


But for the second consecutive day, the sun seemed to be angry with us. Slowly he drwned in the sea under cloud cover.

Sun god riding back home


Flowers


More pink


Nice backdrop


Shut temple doors


The moon on duty


After that I took some photos of the colourfully lit main tample

Changing colours


Rainbow colours


VIBGYOR


We headed back to manipal by 7:30pm.

Again the traffic slowed us down and we took 90 minutes to reach Manipal.

After dinner at Domino's, UB got Nostalgic.
He took us around manipal. We went to "End point", "Greens" etc... till the police came around and drove us into our beds

That was one eventful day I must say.

The final day will come up soon...

[EARTHed]

Hey Hemanth. Kewl pics. Please keep them coming. And yeah, the Italians are looking really hot!

Did it rain in Manipal?

[hemanth.anand]

Originally Posted by EARTHed

Hey Hemanth. Kewl pics. Please keep them coming. And yeah, the Italians are looking really hot!

Did it rain in Manipal?

Thankyou.

Luckily it didn't rain...The forecast that we had seen proved to be wrong.
We were lucky.

But the heat was such that the sweat of our bodies was nothing less than the rains

[MohsinRoadster]

Do you have more pics of the ghat section. This trail has some beautiful landscapes.

I did mangalore->Bangalore this tuesday by train. The stretch between Kukke Subramania and Sakleshpur was simply amazing. Will post the pics soon.

Meanwhile here is the same stretch i did last year during monsoon.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travelogues/87561-mangalore-bangalore-via-sakleshpur.html

[hemanth.anand]

Now for the D-day...The day UB was about to loose his Bachelor's degree and the day N would gain her Master's

Because of UB's nostalgic tour around manipal, we all had gone to bed at around 2 in the night(or rather morning)

But somehow I was not happy with the photographs I had got till then.
I pushed my wife to get up early and with some difficulty, we both got up at 5:45. We left our rooms at 6am and we headed to Malpe beach...just the both of us.

I asked my GPS gal to take me there and wow she did take me in the most interior roads possible and we entered the beach from the fishery godown side avoiding the parking fee at the entrance though we could not avoid the smell of fish all over the place.


My fair lady doing the best she does-posing

Coming back to the pictures, I got some nice pictures..

Leave your footprint wherever you go..


The stars of this star fish were not nice I believe..this was its last day


My timing was perfect, the next second she was gone


Going nowhere


Raring to go


Getting a paint makeover


Don't the waves get bored doing the same thing all thier life???


Showing me its muscles I believe


What art...loook at the design on its back.

After the crab gave me poses, a crow came there and tried to eat the same crab..the fight for survival was really nice to see and it was much nicer to see the crab winning the fight


Survival of the fittest...

With some nice shots, I left the beach and on my way I stopped beside a backwater canal and I got some nice wing friends giving me poses


White neck Eagle.


Eagle


Some kind of tern I believe...Sorry I'm not good at identifying birds

We then headed back to our rooms and got ready for the marriage.
It was a nice hall (the nicest part was that it was an AC hall)
Other bhpians carfreak and slicvic had attended the marriage but we didn't spot each other


N


Nice headgear


Decoration around the hall

The marriage finished within no time and we all gave our wishes to UB and N and had luch and left Manipal by 2pm


Bye bye Manipal...

After we left manipal, The 2 puntos came through Mudbidri and the swift came through Mangalore.
We met just at the junction of Dharmastala road for icecreams at around 5:00PM


Ice cream stop

The next stop was at sakleshpura for a snack/dinner at aound 6:00pm
WE left sakleshapura at 7:30pm

After scaring the **** out of VK (I have put stars myself )
we reached my home at 23:45


A wonderful drive coming to an end

A total of 1194kms.
I got a fuel efficiency of ~12kmpl with 100% AC and some spirited drive in the ghats.
MCR got around ~19kmpl
the swift ZXi gave ~13.5 kmpl

This was one memorable drive I must say...

[hemanth.anand]

UB got married.
UB has resumed work at office.
and more importantly...
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UB HAS BECOME A TBHP MEMBER

Now will this travelogue end???
No..The travelogue will continue its journey with UB and his adventures at 14000ft above MSL . Before your mind starts working, see the second picture

A sneak peek at the future of this thread:


Trademark UB picture


The path after marriage is not easy isn't it?

Over to you UB...

[MileCruncher]

Great!

So UB and N went to Rohtang Pass for Honeymoon! Awesome!

Bring on the next installment!

[figo_united]

Originally Posted by hemanth.anand

UB got married.
UB has resumed work at office.
and more importantly...
.
.
.
.
.
.
UB HAS BECOME A TBHP MEMBER

Now will this travelogue end???
No..The travelogue will continue its journey with UB and his adventures at 14000ft above MSL . Before your mind starts working, see the second picture

A sneak peek at the future of this thread:

Attachment 560064
Trademark UB picture

Attachment 560065
The path after marriage is not easy isn't it?

Over to you UB...

Woohoo! what a teaser!

UB, We know you will be busy, but please get started soon here