Trip to Coorg-Tata Safari...

c10 · 21st September 2005, 11:31

Hi all, here is a report on my trip to Coorg with 4 other friends of mine...

Destination: Coorg
Date:17/18/19 September '05
Travellers: Balaji, Vijay, Jones, Lawarence, Chetan (c10)
Vehicle: 98' TATA Safari
Fuel Consumed: 60 litres

Well it all started on the 18 afternoon on saturday, all of us met at my friends place and headed to Mysore road by 2pm...a sunny day indeed, drive on mysore road was better after the streatch is improved...My friend bought the safari 2months ago, and since then we had not been in the safari for a long drive till this day...Balaji was on the wheels till maddur and i took over from there...it was a nice experience driving a safari...found it behaving good on the highway and even on the Coorg roads which is filled with potholes...had a flat tyre at a place where the elephants pass by all the time, its called aane mule or something...got to know of this when we reached Coorg...reached Coorg by 9:30 pm or so...friends were waiting for us and we all went to the Ponnampet town...where the Ganesha immersion was to take place...drove back to friends place by 3:30 in the morning...

wokeup the next morning and went to IRKU falls and to Nagarhole...reached Nagarhole by 4:40pm, planned to take the TATA Safari into the Nagarhole safari and we did'nt go as all the visitors complained they could'nt site any animal at all...left to Ponnampet at 6:15pm and it as short drive but it took a very long time thanks to roads filled with potholes...

Started back to bangalore on monday morning by 5:40 in the morning and it was bad roads till Nagarhole and the second half was better...

Pushed the safari to 100max as this was first drive and did'nt want to take any risk as we had 2 bad tyres...reached bangalore by 1pm...

will post pics soon...

Ragards,
c10

Catamaran · 21st September 2005, 11:38

hi c10 ..await pictures of koorg, one place i always wanted to go, bored with the usual hill stations ooty, kodai and munnar... next time i come to india, i' ll sure make a trip to koorg..
please post the pictures
regrads
cat

satan_crazy · 21st September 2005, 11:46

man, flat tyres on a safari! interesting ...
waiting for the pics

heard this is a good time to go to coorg

s

c10 · 22nd September 2005, 11:17

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Originally Posted by satan_crazy

man, flat tyres on a safari! interesting ...
waiting for the pics

heard this is a good time to go to coorg

s

well i too was seein stars when i saw the flat tyre, but was at ease in seconds after i saw the hydraulic jack...ju even then had to use some tricks to mount the safari on the jack...

it was adventerous doing this in the thick forest...!!!

Edmund · 24th September 2005, 19:40

I simply loved coorg when i went to my friends estate in march this year, waiting to see some pictures..........

21st September 2005, 11:31	#1
c10 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 187 Thanked: 9 Times View My Garage	Trip to Coorg-Tata Safari... Hi all, here is a report on my trip to Coorg with 4 other friends of mine... Destination: Coorg Date:17/18/19 September '05 Travellers: Balaji, Vijay, Jones, Lawarence, Chetan (c10) Vehicle: 98' TATA Safari Fuel Consumed: 60 litres Well it all started on the 18 afternoon on saturday, all of us met at my friends place and headed to Mysore road by 2pm...a sunny day indeed, drive on mysore road was better after the streatch is improved...My friend bought the safari 2months ago, and since then we had not been in the safari for a long drive till this day...Balaji was on the wheels till maddur and i took over from there...it was a nice experience driving a safari...found it behaving good on the highway and even on the Coorg roads which is filled with potholes...had a flat tyre at a place where the elephants pass by all the time, its called aane mule or something...got to know of this when we reached Coorg...reached Coorg by 9:30 pm or so...friends were waiting for us and we all went to the Ponnampet town...where the Ganesha immersion was to take place...drove back to friends place by 3:30 in the morning... wokeup the next morning and went to IRKU falls and to Nagarhole...reached Nagarhole by 4:40pm, planned to take the TATA Safari into the Nagarhole safari and we did'nt go as all the visitors complained they could'nt site any animal at all...left to Ponnampet at 6:15pm and it as short drive but it took a very long time thanks to roads filled with potholes... Started back to bangalore on monday morning by 5:40 in the morning and it was bad roads till Nagarhole and the second half was better... Pushed the safari to 100max as this was first drive and did'nt want to take any risk as we had 2 bad tyres...reached bangalore by 1pm... will post pics soon... Ragards, c10
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21st September 2005, 11:38	#2
Catamaran BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dubai - Cochin Posts: 124 Thanked: 307 Times View My Garage	hi c10 ..await pictures of koorg, one place i always wanted to go, bored with the usual hill stations ooty, kodai and munnar... next time i come to india, i' ll sure make a trip to koorg.. please post the pictures regrads cat
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21st September 2005, 11:46	#3
satan_crazy BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 129 Thanked: 0 Times	man, flat tyres on a safari! interesting ... waiting for the pics heard this is a good time to go to coorg s
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24th September 2005, 19:40	#5
Edmund BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 830 Thanked: 163 Times View My Garage	I simply loved coorg when i went to my friends estate in march this year, waiting to see some pictures..........
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