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Published: December 17th 2010
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there are several day trips we've taken in and around Bangalore, the Bannerghatta national park at the end of Bannerghatta road which is where our first guest house has an interesting safari, there were little white tiger cubs who had all grown up the second time we saw them. the bear was i guess much too excited with all that was happening. there were lions, tigers and they were quite free to roam. it seemed like a nice habitat for them.
Neemrana has a property called the villa potti pati in Malleswaram, an old Reddy house now converted into a non-hotel hotel. Malleswaram at some point never used to allow any non-vegetarian food to be consumed in that area. it was inhabited by staunch south Indian Brahmins alone and is one of the oldest localities of Bangalore. the food served by Neemrana was excellent and the house is a curious mix of brass curios, family photographs and relics from the old age era. the Taj Westend is nearby and is just a drive through what is the labyrinth of lanes and by-lanes of Malleswaram. the auto noise could keep you up all night but its a nice traditional experience and
a peek look at the world of an aristocratic south Indian family.
Nandi hills is a long drive past what is now the international airport and the climb up is picturesque. it's a nice view from there but there is a bit of a monkey menace. a good day trip to take but once you've seen it it doesn't make sense to go back there.
Wonderla offers much amusement, areal views from its giant wheel and all in all a wholesome experience. the place is clean in case you want to go for the water sports and the dry rides are interesting too.
Recently we drove down to Srirangapatna and Rangantitu. i must say i'm getting quite bored of the Mysore highway and we did stop once at ccd and then at mcd to pick up some burgers. in fact we reached Rangantitu at around 3:30 pm and went for the boat ride immediately. there were crocodiles all over the place and sometimes the boatman took us really close for a photo op. we could see bats perched on the treetops and birds of course. there were pelicans and Siberian birds. i had read that going there
during the migration season would be the best time, but i've also read that the breeding season is a better season. the pelicans seemed to be mumbling to each other and the birds in flight over the Cauvery waters seemed picturesque.
We now left for Srirangapatna and arrived at Tipu Sultan's summer palace which was about to close. we managed a tour of the palace and click some photographs around the canons. we were asked to see Gumbaz which was around 2.5 kms from the summer palace and it was where he was buried. we did manage to catch Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan's graves which seemed very lifelike as if they'd just been buried and not some marble plaques. we left for the other part of Srirangapatna although it was quite late by now and on the way crossed Bangalore gate to see the Ranganatha temple from outside, ruins of Tipus palace and the water gate. we also walked down to the spot where Tipu was found after the fourth Mysore war when he was killed. a poignant moment there specially for my husband and we were ready to drive back.
Recently I have been doing so
much of research on travel and so little of actual travel that it's not funny anymore. I scourge travel magazines and online articles for travel tips and register them in my personal diary. One of the findings on Karnataka mentioned Lalbagh and I suddenly realized that we hadn't been there in five years of having lived in the city and having driven past it so many times. Hubby had to collect a file from work and since the gardens were on our way we stopped there at about four thirty and parked our car at a side entrance near Jayanagar. We strolled straight down and on our right was a rock face and we could see people climbing it to see the Kempegowda Tower. We strolled past the cactus farm and through a pine covered cedar walk to reach the Directorate office and the main entrance. On our way on the right we saw the glass house for which Lalbagh is famous and where it has the flower show every year. It was a pleasant time, the sun was setting, birds were chirping and all around us it was green, in fact all shades of it. Everywhere we looked there
were people picnicking, lounging,walking or lying about. We saw a few trees laden with flowers and from the main entrance turned left towards the flower clock and the statue of Maharajah Chamarajendra Wodeyar. The gardens had been laid by Haider Ali and later worked on by his son Tipu Sultan. We now approached what looked like ramparts and we could see people peering over it and so we climbed up to see the Lalbagh pond and I think those were pelicans. We now walked back to our car and passed the rose garden but unfortunately there were no roses. We'd seen pepper bushes and many Christmas trees, coconut trees and a monkey. But what saddened me was the sight of litter everywhere. We summed up our half an hour walk with the Christmas decorations in UB City and a light meal at Cafe Noir.
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Suma Ramesh
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We love travelling in week-ends. This is my blog about Day trips in Blore http://relivingmyfavouritemoments.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-post-is-attempt-to-make-your.html