Planning a trip to Coorg? Here is a handy list of hotels for you. Please note that this compilation is based on random selection of what we feel are quality hotels. Unless mentioned, we have not experienced these for ourselves. All contact information was taken on the date of the last update mentioned and may have changed since then. If [...]
Not too many properties deserve the tag of being destinations in themselves, but Swaswara in Gokarna, Karnataka does. A CGH Earth resort, it sets standards in hotel design and service. Of course, being set against the beautiful Om Beach on the foothills of the Western Ghats only adds to it attractiveness. SwaSwara means the inner voice of the self and, [...]
So what if it is like a pet elephant facility? A visit to the Dubare Elephant Camp in Coorg is a must visit. You can go there as a day visitor or as a guest at the accommodation run by Jungle Lodges and Resorts. An alert first: to have real fun, be at the camp by 9:00 a.m. – else [...]
It happens very often in the Himalayas, but I never expected to be inside clouds down south in Coorg in Karnataka. It happened in Talacauvery. Located about 42 kms (26 miles) from Madikeri where I was staying, Talacauvery is said to be the origin of the Cauvery river. Of course, you really don’t see any visible signs there: a spring [...]
It is peak summer in the south, when the sun is at its harshest. The monsoons are some time away, and the skies are cloudless. But not much to worry in Coorg, referred to by some as the Scotland of India. Comparisons apart, you know you are in beautiful country by just driving around. And this is my first bit [...]
The Hoysalas were at it in Belur even before they reached Halebidu – building beautiful temples. Belur, called Dakshina Varanasi (Benares or Varanasi of the south), was known as Velapuri, Velur and Belapur in olden days; it was the second capital of the Hoysalas after Sosevur but before Halebidu. Located on the banks of the Yagachi river, it is famous [...]
Whenever I see any great works of design and architecture from times gone by, I wonder why the modern world cannot emulate these? Is it lack of skills? Or did royal patronage and vanity allow public expenditures not justifiable to democratic set-ups of present times?
There is something enchanting about early morning and evening cruises in rivers and lakes – and I sure was looking forward to one in Bhadra Reservoir. The staff at River Tern Lodge had requested I be very punctual for all activities – and I was. Only for the guide and some other guests to keep me waiting for 45 minutes. [...]
The day started with a flat tyre. Then I took the wrong road from Chikmagalur to Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary – drove 20 kms (13 miles) before coming all the way back.
Raindrops are falling on my head…and I am having coffee on the road to Chikmagalur – where coffee was first grown in India. About 350 years when a seer is believed to have smuggled a few seeds from Mecca in Arabia. For the first time in weeks, the beautiful world I was in turned even more so. I was on [...]
Wherever you are in the world, there is no dearth of something or someone to attract your attention – and impress you, or make you wonder in amazement, to make you ponder, or to humour you. Here is something from the roads of Karnataka. Enjoy! Ajay Jain is currently on the Great Arabian Sea Drive, starting from Delhi and following [...]
Turning out to be quite a long day – reached the beautiful temple town of Sringeri with the drive to Chikamagalur still to be done after this. Not much time to hang around at the beautiful temple complex unfortunately. Sringeri is famous for being the first of the four centres of Advaita philosophy founded by the 9th century saint, Adi [...]
I left Agumbe for Sringeri, but with a longer detour via Theerthahalli. To look for a man who make travellers like me look like kids out for a joyride in Disneyland.
If you have not read R.K. Narayan’s Malgudi Days, or seen its brilliantly televised version by Shankar Nag, there is something missing in your life.
I am not kidding when I say this – Agumbe is the home of King Cobras. Go at the right time, and you could well be face to face with one.
After a long day, I finally reached Udupi on the coast – only to spend a few more hours looking for a well ventilated clean not-too-inexpensive hotel. Settled for one on Malpe beach.
The drive to Kollur took me off the boring national highway back into the Western Ghats – the low traffic, winding hilly roads with forest cover on both sides sure are a roadie’s delight.
It sure has been turning out to be a long day – with some spectacular sights and some disappointments.
If you are backpacking around, you can often find a place to sleep – under a tree, in an abandoned boat on a beach, by the roadside, in a cave, on someone’s verandah, in a rice field (heard of water beds), under the open sky, on a hill, the berth of an overnight train – the options are unlimited (even [...]
Forget your religious affiliations or beliefs, visit the Murudeshwar temple town, with its picturesque setting – it is surrounded by the Arabian Sea on three sides. As I drove into the town, I was dwarfed by the 249 feet high Rajagopuram, or tower at the ancient temple entrance. This was inaugurated in 2008. And standing next to the 25 year [...]
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