Suvarna Regency Hassan

... 30 pm. Reached M'lore at 7:30.Had an early dinner and took a bus to Hassan at 9. Reached Hassan at 2am. Got into some really ****** hotel at one corner of the town. Had no other options then.

28th March
Next morning, around 8, had breakfast, and set off for sightseeing. Our first stop was Belur, about 37kms.Took a bus from the main bus-stand (there are plenty of them). A seat of Hoysala architecture, Belur's Chennakesava Temple is a treat for the eye. Such ...

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 ...

... At Sravanabelagola, where we explored this morning, the religion that is depicted by the temples is Jainism. Jainism is an ancient religion in this country that arose in the 6th century B.C. as a reaction against the caste system and certain Hindu rituals. It seems that it is influenced by a philosophical thinking similar to the one on which Buddhism was founded as its founder was a contemporary of the ...

... 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.

... was used for the construction of these temples. However a number of sculptures in the temple are destructed by invaders. So the temple is incomplete. Halebid means ruined city. There is an archeological museum in the temple complex. The Hoysaleswara temple, dating back to the 1121 C.E., is astounding for its wealth of sculptural details. The walls of the temple are covered with an endless variety of ...

... musicians, instrumentalists, and rows of animals such as lions and elephants (where no two animals are identical). Perhaps no other temple in the country depicts the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics more effectively than the Hoysaleshwara temple at Halebidu ...

... Hassan was my base for visiting the nearby tourist towns of Halebid, Belur and SravanBelagola, my first stop for the following day. It is here that there is a 17m high statue of the Jain god Gommateshwara, making it a noteworthy stop on any Jain pilgrims tour of India (or for anybody else interested in seeing a giant stone penis!) I was informed by a guy on the bus that there are actually still people who live and follow the ...

... on holiday! As soon as we stepped off the bus we were grabbed and quite luckily for us as he took us to a lovely guesthouse/hotel just by the beach called Zappia Cove. We stayed here for 2 nights and we loved it! During the day we walked along the beach and went swimming (so stressful!)... and also managed to do a morning Kayaking and we paddled out to Butterfly island. Tom was in his element and stood on the back of the ...

... anthropologist has dreamed of visiting hidden hear atop the trees. So, little Simon takes my hand and we climb the stairs. I see the gorgeous view of the terraced hillside, a temple and some local huts and homes. A woman is sewing... oh, and the cute little boys are playing with a stick rolling the tires. How endearing. Then, the father is awakened from his slumber on the hillside and at the same time the aged, 80 year old grandfather appears. Then, the walk me to the temple ...

... sat on half a seat in the middle of the bus enjoying the projectile vomit that chain reacted to 5 people down one side of the bus...Nice! The journey would have been a little quicker if in fact there was a road and not a pott hole ridden dust track! We stayed in Mangalore for one night before heading up the coast to the Paradise beaches of Gokarna. Czech - Nase cesty pokracuji a dalsi misto ktere jsme navstivili se jmenovalo Belur,Nasly ...