It was a journey to the serene and beautiful green region in Karnataka to the city of Coorg.

The groups of 11 friends were to travel and explore the culture rich city. The whole trip was over a weekend with a night stay in Coorg organized by a friend’s mother.

Journey started on Saturday early morning with a breakfast stop after 3 hours at Maddur. All the group members knew each other well, the whole journey was fun filled. The vehicle was a tempo traveler which accommodated all the travelers and luggage comfortably.

Day1:

First stop of the journey was at a monastery located in Kushal Nagar. Inside the monastery were three huge and beautiful statues of Buddhist god. The entire area, people and their lifestyle was completely different in its outlook than surrounding areas and reminded me of monasteries and Pagodas found in Thailand, Myanmar. The monastery area was huge and it took us almost 2 hours to explore the entire area. A Tibetan market was adjacent this place for local made items.

We got some nice photos of the statues and the group. Walls of the building had beautiful paintings designed on them. A big bell at low level was installed for ringing it which made a really deep sound. At the exit of the monastery we had some tender coconut to quench our growing thirst.

Next destination was Nisarga Dham which has a river flowing through a forest reserve. It was a nice and peaceful area with raw natural beauty with little knowledge to tourists. It was also a good place to just sit and relax watching the Read more

Hampi is a place situated in the state of Karnataka in India. Visitor to this place can explore the heritage site of Vijayanagar empire which was ruled over by 4 dynasties.

It is a UNESCO protected world heritage site and is a must visit place for traveler. The sites are still intact with the intricate carvings visible and the perfectionism in the craftsmanship of those times.

I went there for a weekend and plan to visit there again to cover some of the remaining places. We were not able to see the sites in the city of Kishkinda. It is a place where you will find tourists more and local people less. The city encroachment has been kept away from these heritage sites.

The road marking are very well done and a person new to the place can easily traverse his/her path. I have written a travelogue about my journey and experiences to this place. You can find it by clicking on the image below. It is a PDF document of about 450 Kb in size.

I am a traveler and cannot resist the temptation to go explore and place and add it to my list of visited places. I also like to drain my camera batteries which is also evident from the site where I have highlighted my portfolio photos, album photos and theme based photos.

I have been lazy in not writing much about the past trips I have taken. It is probably because I get tired after sitting in front of the computer so long that I don’t feel like doing much work on it as home. But this is no excuse for not sharing the wonderful experiences I have had in my past travel journeys.

I try to make my travelogues as a guide to someone else reading them. They might seem like a trip report but I just enjoy writing them. My past journeys have taken me from India to UAE. In India the direction of places has been limited to Jammu & Kashmir to southern most tip of India, Kanyakumari. There has been no trip to eastern location and the western side has been purely professional.

The trip to UAE, mainly dubai and the other 4 emirates are worth sharing with the folks who would like to visit that country. I will be sharing that soon. I must admit with the kind of diversity that is present in India that I sometimes feel that is just impossible for a human to explore this beautiful country in entirety in one’s lifetime.

That being said I will highlight some of the places in my subsequent posts like Pondicherry, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Shimla, Hampi, Mysore, Karnataka heritage sites, Jammu and other places.

Wayanad is a small place in northern part of Kerala. It is a perfect weekend getaway as you just refresh yourself in the beautiful surroundings of ‘God’s own country’.

The trip was planned on a extended weekend for 3 days. It was an exciting one as it was the first completely unplanned trip. I was quite excited about this journey and we had a good time.

I have attached a pdf document which talks about all the journey details like transportation, stay, areas of interest and other small details.VIEW/DOWNLOAD travelogue here. It is around 320Kb so just be a little patient.

Have a fun time reading this document and make sure you plan one trip to this place. soon! I am quite confident that this document can be treated as a guide map for a traveler to Wayanad and they will have a fun time. Feel free to point out areas of improvement which I will start incorporating in my other travelogues.

A tourist map of Wayanad can be found here

I have posted a set of images from my trip to Wayanad. You can view the complete gallery HERE.

A map showing the route and distance within the city can be found at my other blog post which can be viewed HERE.