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... of the photographers and at least one man in the &#8220;Dignitaries&#8221; section that was dressed in traditional finery and held a bouquet of flowers. <br><br>Others held bright green Infosys umbrellas to block out the sun. The temperature was well in the 30s and the sky was only partly cloudy. As the clouds shifted and the sun was shaded or exposed a sea of green umbrellas popped open or closed again. Aside from media and assorted dignitaries and sundry there was space at the very ...

Well, after taking some time out from my hectic schedule, finally decided to start my own blog. Till now, i have taken valuable information from other blogs (travelogues mainly), and now it's time to give something back...<br>Here i'll relate my memories of Hassan and The Great Green Trek...hope you enjoy.<br>We, a group of five (Agni, Som, Varun, Jassi, yours truly!), all 3rd yr students of M.I.T, Manipal, decided to go backpacking for the weekend. Beach was the first option ...

... the sky was ominously overcast, it did not rain. This is a bird lovers paradise. We were lucky to see some pelicans roosting on trees, usually by this time, most of them have migrated elsewhere. More details about Ranganathittu: <br><br>http://www.mysore.org.uk/excurs ions/srirangapatna/ranganathittu.html<b r><br>http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/07/s tories/2008090750590200.htm<br><br>From Ranganathittu we returned to Srirangapatnam to join the Bangalore highway.

Friday, 10.20 PM- arrive at Chikmagalur (Shakti Resorts). Me and cousin, ran first to check out the best of all the 7 cottages that were allotted to our group, and finally settled into one cottage. We had picked the one that had a huge tree blocking the doorway, which made the entry and exit difficult. Anyone who ventured to the cottage in the darkness would surely bang his/her head against a branch of the ...

... a cricket game against India, but the actors conspired to make India win.. It was over-the-top cheesey, just my style. Speaking of cheese, visit for fun: http://icanhascheezburger.com/ Today we took a bus tour to an art gallery of sorts, a mountain-top temple, a shrine of a big bull carved out of a huge boulder, a zoo (we just sat and read, and became part of the exhibit because there are so few westerners here and i have ...

... A very small minority of some 6 million Indians are Jainists. What distinguishes Sravanabelagola are the 2 hills of granite rock between which the town sits. A total of 614 rock-cut steps lead to the top of Vindhyagiri Hill where a 17.5 meter high statue of a naked Bahubali is erected (Bahubali renounced the material world you see, entered the forest and meditated in complete stillness until he ...

... to do something positive for our environment and for communities all over the globe. <br> <br>The people leaving Raleigh 09C are global citizens with training and experience of how to improve the world we live in and how to be future leaders in our society. <br> <br>There is an expedition within us all and there is another expedition inside those just completing 09C. <br> <br>I have had the most amazing experience, the Raleigh expedition was a blast! <br> <br>Raleigh ...

... so vivid and vibrant were the colours of the piles of Kumkum, I noticed that my camera wasn't displaying some of the hues correctly, I imagine it just couldn't handle them Nature 1 - Technology 0. I was hassled by a bloke who had a tin of old coins, some dating back hundreds of years, one not quite so old, was a shiny British 20p piece, I enquired as to how much that one would cost me, hoping that he would say an amount that equaled a lot more than 20p, but ...

... out on visiting a Jog Falls while coming within 2km and basically lost his cool. Eventually a compromise was reached and we visited the falls for a max of 10 mins before heading on our way. The falls were actually quite good despite there not being heaps of water. We stopped at a small restaurant recommended by the bus driver. The restaurant had no menu and offered basically curry vegetable or curry vegetable with mutton. It tasted nice and spicy.

... It enshrines Hoysaleswara and Shantaleswara, named after the temple builder Vishnuvardhana Hoysala and his wife, Queen Shantala. Then it was sacked by the armies of Malik Kafur in the early 14th century, after which it fell into a state of disrepair and neglect. Currently Halebidu is facing serious problems in decaying infrastructure, including a lack of basic amenities like toilets and drinking water. The ...