Pavi and I decided to head to the cool respite of the hills for the weekend. The Horsley hills is a small hill station located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, about 150kms from Bangalore. We made a booking in the Haritha resort run by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. The resort comprises of suites in several buildings, each having a unique name like Wind whistle, whispering winds etc. We booked a room in Wind Whistle, a building situated in a remote corner of the resort. The resort was originally a part of the Governor's bungalows during the colonial era when the Governor of Madanapalle town used to stay to escape the sweltering heat of the Indian summer. The building and its rooms, to our surprise had walls that were two feet thick - a
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