Anil G Kurian

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Hosur Railway station

Private buses are the first option for most of the people staying in Bangalore to travel to Kerala. For me too it was the same till a couple of months ago. But their arrogant and irresponsible behaviour and over charging on weekends and special days made me to prefer trains recently.

The gareeb rath train runs on alternate days from Bangalore is a good option. The timing is convenient, train is neat and easy to get tickets too.

The picture below shows Hosur railway station where the train stops and is a preferable stop for people from electronic city area.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Wayanad again

This time to attend one of my close friend's marriage. So it was a get-together of our friends and a wonderful trip as well. We started by around 7.00 AM on Friday morning and reached there by 3.00 PM with occasional pit stops in between. This time the weather, especially the sky, was clear unlike last time. So the photos came out good and colorful.

Our stay was in Coffee County resort, which was a pretty good one. However our taxi driver wasn't happy at all as the road to the resort wasn't in a good condition. There are 4 cottages and we were the only visitors that time, occupying two of them. The owner of the resort was a close friend of my friend who was with us, so we have got a very good reception there and the stay was really enjoyably.

Next day went for an exciting trekking to Chembra peak, which helped in burning out the calories we gained from the resort. The climb was very steep but we managed to complete the full 2.5km. The view from the top of peak was breathtaking. We had a guide and they were very strict about tourists throwing garages and plastic bottles. Overall that was a really nice experience. But again the road was very bad & taxi driver wasn't happy.

Attended the wedding (sort of) on Sunday and returned to Bangalore.