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Asia » India » Andhra Pradesh » Chittoor District » Chittoor February 25th 2009

This morning me and Erik, my german cycle companion awoke at 6am and it was dark and we were given coffee and then made breakfast, outside under some indian mountains. The sun rose an hour later because of the mountains and so we were late up!! I took a shower under our hosts hose, and not knowin wether i was being shy keeping in my boxer shorts i took them off and began to clean! he ran out of his home horrifed and threw me the towel! Not around here he said! haha! Today is day five since we set of cycling and has been so beautifull, it is gruellingly hard work riding up hills in this kind of heat, but it is hysterically fun dodging huge trucks and buses and riding through all the small ... read more

Asia » India » Andhra Pradesh » Chittoor District » Chittoor September 14th 2007

Well, to go to Chittoor again, a busy town in the state of Andhra Pradesh - South India- was a long time wish as I had spent my child hood days here. The roaming around the hills, forests, going around the lovely Greamspet lake are still fresh in my memory though over three decades have passed by. My dad was a bank Manager here those days. We have even scaled the round shaped “Bodi Konda “which is at the town entrance. This is a massive sized rock mountain and at the top is a fresh water pond; I had climbed along with friends somewhere during the summer holidays of 1975! When i see this now I feel amazed as to how i made it to the top ! This was quite close to my house as ... read more
One more view of the temple
The Mugaleeswara temple
Our companion - The Billy Bunter




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