After 10 long years - Mahabalipuram & Pondicherry

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 14:28

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Originally Posted by ampere

Nice one Arindam! Could not stop laughing!

Those snaps are amazing! Treasure the black and white one !

I thought "changing the baby" is well used phrase. Need to validate.

EDIT: Just validated with http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/change

Change: to remove and replace the covering or coverings of: to change a bed; to change a baby.

Similar meaning given in http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change as well.

Happy that you liked the snaps.

@ranjitp1: thanks mate

MX6 · 29th July 2010, 14:33

This I like a lot. Amazing excel sheets you come with. Good analysis. I've been wanting to do this to all my drives. But then really lazy in that department.

ampere · 29th July 2010, 14:36

Arindam, by any chance did you change your car? It used to be a Fusion.
Is it not? Your avatar shows a Safari.

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by MX6

This I like a lot. Amazing excel sheets you come with. Good analysis. I've been wanting to do this to all my drives. But then really lazy in that department.

Thanks MX6. Those logs help me planning my next trip better.

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Originally Posted by ampere

Arindam, by any chance did you change your car? It used to be a Fusion.
Is it not? Your avatar shows a Safari.

May be you are confusing with someone else. I have a 10 year old Zen and 5 year old Safari.

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 17:29

This time our number of luggages were huge - for my parents and us it was one one bag each, apart from two poly bags to carry the chappals and caps/hats/umbrellas.

But for the little angel -
one small suitcase full with her dresses, towels, comforters, lap pad
a bag with utensils, bottles, foods
an induction heater
a steam sterilizer
a vaporizer
big pack of diapers
small mosquito net
a plastic basin for giving baby the bath
and an all time bag which have little of everything to be handy at any time

we also thought of whether to take the pram and/or the walker but decided against.

Obviously having a Safari at disposal, help you to take these and more.

ampere · 29th July 2010, 18:13

Arindam, I know thats the correct usage. No issues there.
That was a pun intended!

Sorry I think I did confuse on Fusion front. I some how felt the Car was a Fusion. I checked on the membership gallery. Thats arin_12.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/members/arin_12.html

Thats why the confusion!

MX6 · 29th July 2010, 18:36

Join the excess baggage for the little angel club! I guess you have a car seat, but it doesn't figure in this list?

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 20:17

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Originally Posted by ampere

Arindam, I know thats the correct usage. No issues there.
That was a pun intended!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MX6

Join the excess baggage for the little angel club! I guess you have a car seat, but it doesn't figure in this list?

Yes, I do have that, now as a part of the car itself. So did not categorize as a luggage

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 21:22

Some snaps on the way -

Well known landmark at the border of Karnataka and Tamilnadu

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Somewhere after Krishnagiri

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During the breakfast break

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Coming back to the travelogue...

The first task after reaching the resort is to get the baby ready for bath, and then to prepare her food. With her bathing done, we took her along to the restaurant - ordered ours, while she was having hers. We took rice, yellow dal, alu gobi and chicken chettinad - a simple lunch as it was already late. The restaurant overlooks the sea, though it was hot and humid (remember we have just traveled from Bangalore, where it is really cool with all the rain around), we enjoyed the breeze coming from the sea.

It was almost 4:00 pm by the time we finish the lunch and decided to take it easy for the day, anyway the sights gets closed at 6:00 pm. So it was spending time in the water or by the side of it, after giving the back a little rest at the room.

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Night we drove down to the Mahabalipuram Town for dinner, chose the restaurant 'Wave' on rooftop of Mamalla Heritage. The rooftop, with little garden, being swiped by the lights from the lighthouse, a cool breeze blowing across, a place to enjoy your relaxing dinner. Though it was advertised as a sea food restaurant, the choice of sea food was limited. We ordered some prawn and chicken items, but the prawns were little hard.

Reception of Hotel Mamalla Heritage

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StarVegabond · 29th July 2010, 21:53

Hey Arindam

it seems you indeed had a "vacation"
Your retro effected picture with your daughter is great.
your daughter looks more like you (than your wife) especially cheeks, eyes, hair style and smile. Hope your wife will pardon me for saying this. my daughter said "oh..the baby is sooo cute"

look forward to read more.

sami316 · 29th July 2010, 21:54

Very good pics of your little angel. Really sweet.

Joy · 29th July 2010, 22:12

Nice travelogue and nice pics. Your daughter is an angel. Toooo cute.......

You people down south has so much more variety while choosing weekend destinations. Eagerly waiting for more pics.

arindamray · 29th July 2010, 23:48

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Originally Posted by StarVegabond

Hey Arindam

it seems you indeed had a "vacation"
Your retro effected picture with your daughter is great.
your daughter looks more like you (than your wife) especially cheeks, eyes, hair style and smile. Hope your wife will pardon me for saying this. my daughter said "oh..the baby is sooo cute"

look forward to read more.

thanks Star. Still to get used to your real name

Yes, I will try to be as descriptive as possible, so that people can have a good idea.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sami316

Very good pics of your little angel. Really sweet.

Thanks sami.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joy

Nice travelogue and nice pics. Your daughter is an angel. Toooo cute.......
You people down south has so much more variety while choosing weekend destinations. Eagerly waiting for more pics.

Joy, thanks.
Every part of India have some thing. From Kolkata you have Digha, Talsari, Puri, Konark, entire chhotonagpur belt (though now mao infested), shantiniketan, krishnanagar, malda, entire north bengal, sikkim and the north eastern states. Oh you can even drive down (or up) to a foreign country - bhutan. So don't worry, take out your map and plan for it.
I will surely plan for a sikkim/north bengal visit in my next visit to Kolkata.

TaureanBull · 30th July 2010, 00:13

I have the same views as SVB. Especially in pic img 1245 she looks like a copy of you. My daughter is also more like me.

I always tease my wife about that.

Great pics and nice narration.

arindamray · 30th July 2010, 01:27

The monuments of Mahabalipuram are from Pallava dynasty. This dynasty ruled from the capital of Kanchi for 4 centuries (6th to 9th century AD). They were ruling almost at the same time of Chalukyas of Badami and had continuous warfare among them. Pandyas of Madurai were allies to Chalukyas, whereas the Cheras from Kerala and king from Srilanka associated themselves with Pallavas.

Among the Pallavas, four rulers, viz., Mahendravarman (AD 580-630), Narasimhavarman I (AD 630-668), Paramseswaravarman I (AD 672-700) and Narasimhavarman II (AD 700-728), were outstanding rules not only for their political achievements, but also for their contribution in development of art, architecture, sculpture, painiting, literature etc.

Narasimhavarman I, was also known as Mahamalla ('great wrestler') or Mamalla, and after him the Pallavas' main port at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) was named.

References:
1. India: A history by John Keay
2. Mahabalipuram: World Heritage Series published by ASI

29th July 2010, 14:33	#17
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	This I like a lot. Amazing excel sheets you come with. Good analysis. I've been wanting to do this to all my drives. But then really lazy in that department.
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29th July 2010, 14:36	#18
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	Arindam, by any chance did you change your car? It used to be a Fusion. Is it not? Your avatar shows a Safari.
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29th July 2010, 17:29	#20
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 91 Times	Luggage This time our number of luggages were huge - for my parents and us it was one one bag each, apart from two poly bags to carry the chappals and caps/hats/umbrellas. But for the little angel - one small suitcase full with her dresses, towels, comforters, lap pad a bag with utensils, bottles, foods an induction heater a steam sterilizer a vaporizer big pack of diapers small mosquito net a plastic basin for giving baby the bath and an all time bag which have little of everything to be handy at any time we also thought of whether to take the pram and/or the walker but decided against. Obviously having a Safari at disposal, help you to take these and more.
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29th July 2010, 18:13	#21
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	Arindam, I know thats the correct usage. No issues there. That was a pun intended! Sorry I think I did confuse on Fusion front. I some how felt the Car was a Fusion. I checked on the membership gallery. Thats arin_12. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/members/arin_12.html Thats why the confusion!
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29th July 2010, 18:36	#22
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	Join the excess baggage for the little angel club! I guess you have a car seat, but it doesn't figure in this list?
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29th July 2010, 21:22	#24
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 91 Times	Some snaps on the way - Well known landmark at the border of Karnataka and Tamilnadu Somewhere after Krishnagiri During the breakfast break Coming back to the travelogue... The first task after reaching the resort is to get the baby ready for bath, and then to prepare her food. With her bathing done, we took her along to the restaurant - ordered ours, while she was having hers. We took rice, yellow dal, alu gobi and chicken chettinad - a simple lunch as it was already late. The restaurant overlooks the sea, though it was hot and humid (remember we have just traveled from Bangalore, where it is really cool with all the rain around), we enjoyed the breeze coming from the sea. It was almost 4:00 pm by the time we finish the lunch and decided to take it easy for the day, anyway the sights gets closed at 6:00 pm. So it was spending time in the water or by the side of it, after giving the back a little rest at the room. Night we drove down to the Mahabalipuram Town for dinner, chose the restaurant 'Wave' on rooftop of Mamalla Heritage. The rooftop, with little garden, being swiped by the lights from the lighthouse, a cool breeze blowing across, a place to enjoy your relaxing dinner. Though it was advertised as a sea food restaurant, the choice of sea food was limited. We ordered some prawn and chicken items, but the prawns were little hard. Reception of Hotel Mamalla Heritage
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29th July 2010, 21:53	#25
StarVegabond Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,891 Thanked: 42 Times	Hey Arindam it seems you indeed had a "vacation" Your retro effected picture with your daughter is great. your daughter looks more like you (than your wife) especially cheeks, eyes, hair style and smile. Hope your wife will pardon me for saying this. my daughter said "oh..the baby is sooo cute" look forward to read more. Last edited by StarVegabond : 29th July 2010 at 21:55.
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29th July 2010, 21:54	#26
sami316 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 484 Thanked: 45 Times View My Garage	Very good pics of your little angel. Really sweet.
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29th July 2010, 22:12	#27
Joy BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 305 Thanked: 25 Times	Nice travelogue and nice pics. Your daughter is an angel. Toooo cute....... You people down south has so much more variety while choosing weekend destinations. Eagerly waiting for more pics.
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30th July 2010, 00:13	#29
TaureanBull Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,071 Thanked: 326 Times View My Garage	I have the same views as SVB. Especially in pic img 1245 she looks like a copy of you. My daughter is also more like me. I always tease my wife about that. Great pics and nice narration.
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30th July 2010, 01:27	#30
arindamray BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 750 Thanked: 91 Times	A bit of history The monuments of Mahabalipuram are from Pallava dynasty. This dynasty ruled from the capital of Kanchi for 4 centuries (6th to 9th century AD). They were ruling almost at the same time of Chalukyas of Badami and had continuous warfare among them. Pandyas of Madurai were allies to Chalukyas, whereas the Cheras from Kerala and king from Srilanka associated themselves with Pallavas. Among the Pallavas, four rulers, viz., Mahendravarman (AD 580-630), Narasimhavarman I (AD 630-668), Paramseswaravarman I (AD 672-700) and Narasimhavarman II (AD 700-728), were outstanding rules not only for their political achievements, but also for their contribution in development of art, architecture, sculpture, painiting, literature etc. Narasimhavarman I, was also known as Mahamalla ('great wrestler') or Mamalla, and after him the Pallavas' main port at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) was named. References: 1. India: A history by John Keay 2. Mahabalipuram: World Heritage Series published by ASI Last edited by arindamray : 30th July 2010 at 01:32.
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