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Samurai San, Amazing capture of emotions !! excellent pics !!

Hari, I was looking forward for the Belur - Chikamagalur drive in daytime but then the circumstances were more critical and it called for more unity and I salute each and every one specially the small kids who took every moment as it came.

Anyway there is always a next time.

Abhi

That was the reason I was little reluctant in the beginning to wash the car. I had my bath and ready for the next agenda. Infact my whole family was ready by 6am hoping to have some stroll in the resort.

But, no option was given :D and so Srini was also pulled in. Ofcourse to clean his own suppose too be Shiny ford lol:

I should appreciate you man. I can see the "hard work[wash]" in the pictures.

Some more pics...Will be continued in next post also.

Bonafire getting ready and being lit.



The flowers in Garden:



Luke in action in DS:


The cottage where we had rooms sorrounded by greenery:


Future bhpians:

@srini. Good camera man. You got some nice pictures. I love the flower shot in pond.

Thanks for compliments. You know after Goa trip and the comments I got of my photography, I made up my mind and immly bought a new camera. But it certainly not as good as Luke and Samurai.

You see, I told you before also, I have got the pics what others do not have...wait for some more.:D

Ok here I go,

This was one hell of a trip, and again like the recent Bangalore Family meets, we had different kinds of terrains, incidents and experiences all 'rolled' into one.

This is among the best of drives I've had in my limited driving experience.
Thank you all for making this trip worth it, I and my family will cherish this for ages.

This trip gave a new meaning to bonding and friendship, I never felt I was with people I hardly know, it was more like one big family out to have a whale of a time, and boy! that was exactly what we had.

Now since the initial report is already put up, i'll just post some pics from my camera.

Sunrise on Saturday Morning (15th Nov 2008)


Abhi Babu


The quality of the photograph is directly proportional to the angle taken by the photographer


The Roys


The Naronikars


The Sultans


The Jothis


The Ahmeds


The Group


The Elder Chevy

Hari, super pics and captions. Keep them coming.

In the Shetty halli forest reserve:

The Spark


The Alto


The Aveo


The Ikon


The SX4


The Palio


The M800


The Amateurs

Guys, great set of photos! The fun and the exitment is very much there in your post and photos!

A lot of new photographers and new BHP'ians! Wonderful!

Luke, your caption " The Amateurs " really got me laughing! That is really a great one!

Game on, guys! :)

Say me that. Btw, we need to get a BUS to have all the family member in one vehicle lol: And still its growing, wondering what would be next :D

One more thing. I need to remind the car to refer anyone to my wife or kid now. They also easily recognize the person when I refer them by cars than by handle/names.

Next we drove on some superb roads to reach Vihangama Holiday retreat,

Some pictures as we reached Vihangama

SX4 Taking the curve


Alto taking curve


Followed by Spark


Followed by Ikon


Palio not far behind


Last but not the least- The 800


After a lunch, we were ready to have fun

Srini jr. swings in the frolic


The ladies test the water


KhanSultan Tests the Terrain


Beach walk @ 3.30 pm

Curious to know what " The Amateurs " are aiming at?

Tunga river!! Here we come!!!


Thalaivar


Big Boss


The fun in the water is well documented by Samurai who arrived to be greeted by Bhpians who were back in their childhood days.

Once we came out reluctantly, it was time to dry and change and shift into party mode.

The Cars with the visitor (GV)


The Show Stopper (But more of it later)


A trailer laden with fresh Arecanut pickings


The Sultans Having a sweet moment together


Warming up


By the glow of the fire


Drink time folks

Lovely. What did thailavar drink and what places did he rename the next day?

"Thailavar" & "Big Boss" : well named! :D

And guys, it was mentioned that the 800 was never allowed to be the last in the convey, but in both the photo sets, the 800 is the last one? What happened?