tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40848571850312403102024-02-19T02:05:00.872-08:00Tony Tom Ktonys travelstorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099791446911404437noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084857185031240310.post-14453929648549686202017-11-04T05:46:00.003-07:002017-11-04T05:46:46.837-07:00Chembra peak trekking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Everyone will be interested to go for a trekking especially once you are frustrated with work, city traffic etc.Trekking will give some good fresh air little bit adventure and sight seeing, making new friends etc.<br />
Here I am going to tell about a beautiful place which is the highest peak in Wayanad,around 2100 m high from sea level. Its part of Western Ghats,and once you climb the peak there is a heart shaped lake. It will give you a mesmerizing view ,you should visit at least once this place if you are a travel buff.<br />
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I have visited chembra peak on last December, my aunts house is in Meppadi, Meppadi is the nearest town ship to chembra.Its around 10km far.Me and my cousin Geo did an early morning trek to chembra peak. You can go by your own vehicles till the forest office, from there you have to get the pass for the trekking and after that no vehicles are allowed.<br />
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For the trekking pass it will cost around 750rs for group of 10 peoples, but if you have gone as single person or two,you have to pay the same.So better to go as a team. Actually we have clubbed with some other team as they were having only 4 people in their gang.Forest officers won't allow the clubbing of teams , so don't do it in front of them.<br />
Forest officers provide a guide for a group of 10 people, already the route will be visible as foot line<br />
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We took around 2 hr to climb the peak and 1.5 hr to climb back. It was an awesome trucking experience.You should go and explore it.<br />
Best time to go is November to February<br />
before the grass dries and not in the raining season<br />
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tonys travelstorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099791446911404437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084857185031240310.post-60964772249908462862017-01-24T05:48:00.001-08:002017-01-24T06:51:09.012-08:00Manjarabad fort sakleshpur sunset view<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Manjarabad located in the sakleshpur town premise itself, just 4km from sakleshpur town. After visiting kadmaney tea estate we rushed to manjarabad fort because we planned to view the sunset from this fort.luckily we reach around 5 and fort will close by 6 that we are not aware so those who are going they can plan accordingly. If you're doing donigal tunnel trekking manjarabad fort is on your way back to sakleshpur.</div>
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Now little bit history about this fort,Its constructed by the mugal empire Tipu Sultan with the help of french architects he want to create a unique fort as he was fighting against british east india company at that time with the help of french army. So this fort constructed in star shape, you will not get that view if you stand near to the fort to get the correct view it should be a helicopter view or view from some adjacent hills</div>
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And there is one more interesting fact about its name, manajarabd means covered by snow or manju in kannada this place used to be covered with snow in the winter time thats why they named it as manjarabad fort.<br />
Another interesting thing is this fort have connectivity to srirangapatana fort which is far by 150km</div>
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So if you visiting sakleshpur this historically important place you should never miss, happy tripping</div>
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tonys travelstorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099791446911404437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084857185031240310.post-14188835156457721182017-01-23T10:22:00.000-08:002017-01-23T10:22:00.420-08:00Halebidu hoysaleswara temple hassan bike trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After visiting belur we have planned to visit the next famous hoysaleswara temple which is also proposed as on of the world heritage site by UNESCO, Its around 12km far from belur.<br />
The kannada word halebidu means old home or old city, as its name indicates it was capital for hoysala empire in the period of 12-13th century. This temple was built in around 1120AD.<br />
Same like belur here also we can see the architectural legacy. each wall of this temple is covered by different sculptures interesting thing is none of them are unique,dancing women to different type of animals.<br />
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And we can see a big nandi statue in the temple, Its created using a single stone.<br />
this place also crowded with tourists and devotees.<br />
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belur and halebidu you should never miss if you are interested about the history,peoples lived in olden times. this places you can cover either in your sakleshpur trip or chikamagalur trip[ Its default trips for all banglurians] because this place is close to both the routes. </div>
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Sakleshpur : On day 2 early morning 5 'O' clock me and my buddy started our bike ride 2 our first destination of the day. Its bisle ghat view point.It was an unforgettable bike journey raining mist in the road will block your view but but you can see and feel the beauty of nature. If you're fed up with the work and traffic in the city you need to fresh up your mind this early morning bike journey will be the best.</div>
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From sakleshpur it took around 1 and half hour to reach the view point, This bisle ghat view point road will directly connect to kukke subramanya temple, Its around 25 km from bisle ghat view point, this route is going through the bisle reserved forest.<br />
There is no proper network in some of the areas so its better to download and keep the offline map.<br />
Its better to go as a team rather doing a solo ride, you will be alone in the road so it will always helpful if you go as team,if something happen to vehicle, animals problem etc. we didn't faced any of these issues in the road, but precaution is better than cure</div>
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We have planned to visit belur after covering sakleshpur, belur comes in our way back to hassan from sakleshpur, its around 36 km from sakleshpur. belur is historically important ancient hindu temple constructed by vishnuvardhana(vaishnava) in the name of chennakesava.</div>
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Belur was the capital of old hoysala empire.nowadays lot of people are coming to this place for praying and seeing the architectural excellence<br />
Belur is proposed as one of the world heritage site by UNESCO.</div>
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There are so many guides who will be explaining about the specialties of each and every sculptures mostly foreigners uses these services<br />
If your visiting the hoysala architectural temples for the first time you will get surprised and you may knock yourself with somany questions <br />
how they made these sculptures and structures in single stone ? , how they used manpower like this ?<br />
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It took around 100 years to construct this chennakesava temple.</div>
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Temple & archeological department maintaining it in well organized manner<br />
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Hassan : After visiting belur and halebidu we have planned to go to shettihalli church.This church built in 1860 in french gothic architecture by french missionaries and its abandoned after the construction of hemavathi dam.So in monsoon season once the dam get filled up with water the demolished church will get merged into water. half merged church is famous for its view but when we visited the church it was submerged from water and we were able to go near to the church and see the architectural excellence.<br />
This place is around 22km from hassan and google map can help you to reach this place and check with someone and make sure you're in the right route</div>
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We reached shettihalli around 4 O clock there was couple of other bikers who are exploring this place once we reached this place. Heard from the localities that this place used for some kannada movies shooting.
This place looks good for pre /post wedding photo shoots. And one sad thing is this place is not maintaining at all you can see the plastic waste everywhere.<br />
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Kadmane Tea Estate :Its one of the oldest tea plantation present in sakleshpur, after finishing donigal trekk we have planned to cover this place because our next destination is manjarabad fort so next place should be near by so we can reach there by 5 O clock and we can enjoy the sunset. we started from donigal around 12 O clock and set map but we missed the proper road in between that road is not proper if your riding a bike then its fine but if tis 4 wheeler its not good idea to take that route,<br />
but road works were happening there hope it will be fine now. While coming back we took the correct road its good road.<br />
In kadmaney you can visit the tea factory and check how they are making tea powder, but its allowed only on sunday, other days they won't allow vehicles inside but you can walk into the plantation and see the things.<br />
By the way we were so hungry and time around 2.30 we thought to have lunch from there we saw a small hotel forget the name we got awesome mangalore style meals from there<br />
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Inside kadmane tea estate if you are going by walk you can see the tea factory workers home, most of them are from Tamilnadu/ Karnataka. tea company has provided them quarters. If its not Sunday its not a good idea to visit this place because you wont be able to see the tea making process etc.</div>
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tonys travelstorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099791446911404437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084857185031240310.post-34792713281722870412017-01-15T02:30:00.001-08:002017-01-24T07:13:36.160-08:00Donigal tunnel trekking sakleshpur karnataka western ghats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Donigal: This place is an adventures trekking destination,
if you trek all the tunnels its wonderful and it may cost 1 day of your
trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go to the tunnel entrance in
2 ways one is going to the railway station and walk from there to the tunnel
its around 2 to 3 km (roughly) you have to walk through the track,
check with station master or someone available in the station about the train
timings and its better to plan your trekking after the monsoon timings because this place situated in the heart of western ghats.<br />
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There are around 58 tunnels present from donigal to Yedakmuri station, managlore to bangalore trains using this route and 2 passenger trains also there I guess. I have told about the two routes you can use to reach the tunnel, for the second one you have to come towards maranahalli and there is a shop after 3 km(around) left side of the road, shop name is Soniya Store its a malayali chettans stationary shop, from there you have to take the left road, it will connect to the tunnel starting, keep asking people if you have doubt about the route they are very kind and helpful.<br />
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This is first tunnel's entrance and we didn't have any pass/authorization letter to do the trekking as per our friend in sakleshpur we dont require any pass to trek. we met some railway officers/ workers in this place so they asked to walk through the side not through the rails because if train comes in between you wont get panic etc. These tunnels are not very big tunnels around 500m after one tunnel you will get some free space again next tunnel will start, we trek around 5 tunnels and planned to wind up our trekking because we have other plans are already scheduled if we trek there we will miss all the other plans<br />
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so we wind up our trekking and head to our next destination :kadmane tea estate.<br />
Total trekking is around 20km [donigal to yedakmuri]<br />
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tonys travelstorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099791446911404437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084857185031240310.post-53128933149298714442017-01-12T21:42:00.002-08:002017-01-24T07:18:48.218-08:002 days trip to sakleshpur and hassan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
planning a trip and executing it’s a big deal for
most of us, especially if you are bachelor.<br />
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If you have 2 or 3 days leave in hand and you are ready
for a trip I can give you a wonderful plan for Hassan and sakleshpur trip </div>
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You can chose your vehicle as per your preference <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>either car or bike.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this route is good
for bike trips . Me and my buddy made a bike trip to this place recently and
we covered almost all famous destination in this area which we can cover in 2
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So let me give the brief description about the places which
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1. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/donigal-tunnel-trekking-sakleshpur.html" target="_blank">Donigal [Tunnel railway route/ railway station]<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></a><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: small;">2.</span>. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/kadmane-tea-estate-visit-sakleshpur.html" target="_blank"> </a></span></span></span><a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/kadmane-tea-estate-visit-sakleshpur.html" target="_blank">Kadmane Tea Estate</a> []<br />
3.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/manjarabad-fort-sakleshpur-sunset-view.html" target="_blank">Manjarabad Fort</a><br />
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</span></span></span><a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/bisle-ghat-view-point-bike-ride.html" target="_blank">Bisle Ghat</a><br />
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</span></span></span><a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/belur-chennakesava-temple-visit-hoysala.html" target="_blank">Bellur</a><br />
6.<a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/halebidu-hoysaleswara-temple-hassan.html" target="_blank">Halaibidu</a><br />
7.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/shettihalli-church-gothic-architecture.html" target="_blank">Shettihalli Church</a></div>
We have started our journey from Bangalore around 4 AM, our first target was reaching sakleshpur and get a room keep our stuffs safe have break fast and start exploring sakleshpura<br />
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our travel was safe and peaceful met some other biker gangs in road chit chats, its around 225km is there from Bangalore to Sakleshpur we reached saklespur around 8.30 am [we drove slowly ] our main aim is to cover all the place as we can,so we took one economical lodge available in the sakleshpur city itself.<br />
lodge name is gandharva I guess, which is suggested by my sakleshpur friend Yogesh.<br />
If your with family / girls then you can try ashritha its little bit expensive,<br />
finding a hotel/lodge is not big deal in sakleshpur because its a small town. or you can book some home stays all are available and easy figure out.<br />
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after having the breakfast and a small nap we started our trip officially to the first destination<br />
for day 1. We have planned donigal, kadmane tea estate, and manzarabad fort for day 1<br />
manzarabad fort is a kind of hill top and good place for sunset view so we planned to reach there by around 5 O clock.<br />
donigal is a famous trekking spot that's what we heard from yogesh and don't have much idea about this place, like how to reach the tunnel route exactly<br />
so we planned to visit this place first and to visit kadmane tea plantations depend on the timings.<br />
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So this is the places we have visited in day 1<br />
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1. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/donigal-tunnel-trekking-sakleshpur.html" target="_blank">Donigal</a><br />
2.<a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/kadmane-tea-estate-visit-sakleshpur.html" target="_blank"> Kadmane Tea estate</a><br />
3.<a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/manjarabad-fort-sakleshpur-sunset-view.html" target="_blank"> Manjarabad Fort</a><br />
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Click on the corresponding places to get more details and pictures.<br />
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Day 2<br />
1. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/bisle-ghat-view-point-bike-ride.html" target="_blank">Bisle Ghat</a><br />
2. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/belur-chennakesava-temple-visit-hoysala.html" target="_blank">Belur</a><br />
3.<a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/halebidu-hoysaleswara-temple-hassan.html" target="_blank"> Halebidu</a><br />
4. <a href="http://tonystravelstories.blogspot.in/2017/01/shettihalli-church-gothic-architecture.html" target="_blank">Shettihalli Church</a> </div>
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