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Thanks MG for the approval

The route taken sounds nice. Will await the detailed trip log and pics.

Nice pictures sir, You seem to be travelling a "lot" - Enjoy your travels & bless us with more pictures

Thanks guys Rest of the log coming soon

@Ananth : i remember telling you the same thing last year See you soon in Bangy Buddy

Nice ones Phani
Awaiting the full log!!

PS: Is Ananth shifting to Bangalore ?

Cool teasers. Waiting for more...

Nice pics. The route seems a little different though.

let the rest of log flow in with some nice pics..

Thanks Ajay Yeah Ananth was planning to Shift to bangy , not sure when.

Thanks guys

I sense some naughty wild imaginations behind that smile...

@ phaniker: congratz mate... let the log (and yeah the picssss) flow...

He has the right to do so if its GOAAAA.......

Thanks Rahul "those" pics will be up in a while

The plan:

Gautam was relocating to Chidambaram for his MD and he suggested we do a ride somewhere before going. Same time even Santosh had plans for a trip before his wedding scheduled in September. A reason to smile and a reason to frown. To smile: a ride taking place,the frown: the lazy bums accompanying in a cage. Nevertheless it didnt matter. Initially the plan was to go to Dandeli for some river rafting. But few of us wanted something more, so the next immediete option, GOA It had been almost 5 years since we all went to GOA, together. There were some initial discussion weather the two of us will be so long, with a smile, noded the head. Few days later A blog poped up on XBHP, sent the link to all of them saying " tring tring....... wake up folks" . The very next minute or so got the reply , where to stay in Goa. Dandeli was almost forgotten :b: What happened next are the series of event narrated below.

Day 1:
Route: BANGALORE-TUMKUR-CHITRADURGA-HARIHAR-DHARWAD

Gautham and myself plan to leave early and visit Vani Vilas Sagar Dam, Hiriyur for sunset and the car folks were supposed to join in later that night somewhere midway, since Som was supposed to be back from Masinagudi and then continue towards Goa. Both of us leave by half past three in the afternoon and reach VVS for sunset. God things happen when you dare to do something. To our good luck it had rained for few days on this stretch and as a result the weather was just bout perfect. In fact few sections from Hiriyur to VVS was slushy.

Good luck number 2: The flood gates for the dam had been opened, So spent some time at the base of the dam.

Few pics from Vani Vilas Sagar Dam.(for more info : Vani Vilasa Sagara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)











And just when it started getting dark, we leave the place. The plan was to meet a friend of ours who stays in Dharwad by midnight ,by the same time the car guys would catch up. So it was a relaxed ride for us. I just hate to get on these four lane ruler straight highways,but thanks to NHAI, had created a lot of diversions to offer some entertainment.

This one is awesome. Waiting for the rest of the log and the pics.


Regards,
Nagesh