A long weekend trip to Chikmagalur and Belur

Samurai · 14th January 2008, 19:10

Ah, thanks for all the kind comments. I am sorry couldn't respond before. I posted this travelogue and immediately left for a 4 day trip. I just got back.

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Originally Posted by ayaskanti

Great pics Samurai. Is it an Olympus?

Yes, obviously.

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Originally Posted by srishiva

After seeing Halebeedu, you will forget Belur.

I may have been misinformed, in that case I need to cover it next time.

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Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Did we shoot the same landscape by any chance ?

Yes, very much so. Only the weather looks very different.

Samurai · 15th January 2008, 11:14

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Originally Posted by sreenidhibr

Chikmagalur looks stunning. BTW, is that smoke seen in images? Was there a fire or something?

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Originally Posted by sushrutha

Yes it's fire. Often we get to see this .
When i was a kid, my school was just below these mountains (that's y the name Mountain View school) often we used to see fire in the mountain during night & that was one wonderful sight.

The next day, the newspaper said that the fire was started by poachers to chase the animals in the direction where they could trap them. We could see the fire in the night from the home stay too. It looks surreal.

kpzen · 15th January 2008, 12:26

Samurai san
Fantastic write up and excellent pics as usual !!

PVS · 16th January 2008, 23:56

Amazing clarity and a neat write up Samurai! Mulliangiri has now become a must do!!

snaronikar · 17th January 2008, 16:22

Nice pics and report (as usual).

But Halebidu is just around 50 kms from Belur. It's a nice place (than Belur). Maybe in you can add this in next trip.

sushrutha · 17th January 2008, 16:44

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Originally Posted by snaronikar

Nice pics and report (as usual).

But Halebidu is just around 50 kms from Belur. It's a nice place (than Belur). Maybe in you can add this in next trip.

It's hardly 20kms from belur.

praJEEP · 17th January 2008, 17:06

Nice pics and great write up samurai sir,

I recently did bhadravathi>>koppa>>sringeri>>budhigere>>
dharmasthala>>sakleshpur>>belur>>chickmangalore>.b hadravathi..

The road from dharmasthala to sakleshpur is a perfect 4x4 road for your GV concrete roads are being laid on the curves and on the bridges.
existenece of road is 0%.

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sushrutha halebidu its 15kms exactly from belur,

lohithrao · 18th January 2008, 10:36

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Originally Posted by sushrutha

It's hardly 20kms from belur.

i think its 17kms to be precise!

prajeep, shiradi ghats is gona test all the sedans

& its drivers in november i took that road and managed to do it with gtting underbody scarpped 3 times(OHC), couple of weeks back again took that road and scraped 2 times...guess am improving

chandan · 20th January 2008, 10:46

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Originally Posted by akroy

Excellent pics again Samurai...

Now that Charmadi Ghat road is also hell, I wonder which is the correct route to Mangalore? Any status update of Shiradi ghat, heard that repair is on...

Abhi

Great pics of the hills there.
Akroy,Best route to Mangalore is thro Shiradi.All potholes in Sakleshpur town till Donigal are filled up.Concreting the curves from Donigal to Gundiya are on.Local buses are plying already.I recently did Sakleshpur-Mangalore in 3.5 hrs,in my Getz.No huge craters anymore,so no more under belly damage.Good news is that , 4laning of NH 48 is on(Bangalore-Hassan stretch).Just imagine this drive once it is completed

lohithrao · 20th January 2008, 11:15

Status on SHiradi ghats..

Repairs are on but at snails pace, though all the major craters are covered, still one has to be careful esp in sedans! according to me going thru the ghat in a sedan esp loaded one would be a challenge!
but its not IMPOSSIBLE.... doable with lots of care

This is how it was 2 weeks back...

15th January 2008, 12:26	#18
kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,610 Thanked: 1,876 Times View My Garage	Samurai san Fantastic write up and excellent pics as usual !!
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16th January 2008, 23:56	#19
PVS BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: HyderabadDeccan Posts: 349 Thanked: 601 Times	Amazing clarity and a neat write up Samurai! Mulliangiri has now become a must do!!
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17th January 2008, 16:22	#20
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Nice pics and report (as usual). But Halebidu is just around 50 kms from Belur. It's a nice place (than Belur). Maybe in you can add this in next trip.
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20th January 2008, 11:15	#25
lohithrao Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kudla/Mangaluru Posts: 3,204 Thanked: 225 Times View My Garage	Status on SHiradi ghats.. Repairs are on but at snails pace, though all the major craters are covered, still one has to be careful esp in sedans! according to me going thru the ghat in a sedan esp loaded one would be a challenge! but its not IMPOSSIBLE.... doable with lots of care This is how it was 2 weeks back...
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