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Monsoon Series - Dudhsagar Trek with Tambdi Surla

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Its monsoon season of the year and time for yet another monsoon trek. And one should not miss visiting the enchanting Dudhsagar falls during this time. So Dudhsagar was in my bucket list right from my college days. But somehow plan did not work out and could not make it. This time of the year, thanks to my travel buddy who instigated me to join her for this trip and we decided to tick this place off from our bucket list. Basically, there are 2 ways you can plan to see Dudhsagar falls – Firstly, the majesty of the Dudhsagar falls can be best viewed from a train as it passes the small Railway station of Dudhsagar but that fun would be for just some fraction of seconds. Secondly, trek through the lush green dense forest to the base of the waterfalls so that you can absorb the view at your heart's content. We chose to do the latter. After a lot of research, my friend had shortlisted Muddie trails since their itinerary had mode of travel as train from Bangalore to Goa and back which we ...

Ambajidurga Fort – Tale of a lesser-known hill fort

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In this blog I will take you all on a journey across beautiful grasslands, mighty rocks and another experience of a beautiful trek. Its weekend and my travel buddy asked me to join him and his enthusiastic trekkers for a half day trek to this beautiful Fort. Estimated time to reach this place from Bangalore was 1 hour 45 minutes along the Old Madras Road. We started off from Bangalore at around 7:00 am since we knew that the traffic on KR Puram side might delay our journey if we start late. So, we drove continuously and stopped on the outskirts for one breakfast break. Post that we drove on National Highway for some time, crossed Hoskote and finally had to take a left towards Chintamani Road. From here you can continue driving as per the directions of google map. And you will get to see amazing views of mighty rock formations and green fields along your drive. Once you take right on the Kailasagiri temple road, the road condition is not that great. So, you need to drive slowly. K...