The Life aheadPersonal Blog of Ratish Naroor

I was not having any plans for the Christmas vacation. That too Philips was having annual shutdown of 1 week. We started planning again for a small trip and at last Sunil , Vikram and myself planned for a north Kerala trip and also one day for covering Mangalore in Vikram’s Honda City .Souri Rajan also decided to join the trip which started on Dec 26th evening .
We planned for Mysore on 26th night .The drive was smooth and the road was cool. We took a hotel in the heart of the Mysore city and started with dining at a very good restaurant near by. We started to Chamundi hills at about 11 45 pm .The view on top of the hills was awesome. Missed having taking a tripod stand for the camera but I managed to take some snaps .The whole city was glittering with street lights in which the palace can be easily distinguished.

Next day morning we started towards Bandipur forest, on the way to Wayanad.We reached at noon in Wayanad and had to drop the plan to visit ‘Edakkal caves’ as we have to trek a bit. Souri has to be blamed there.
We stayed in Calicut the same night and headed to Kannur in the morning. We drove to the Muzhapilangad Beach near Thalasherry. It was a nice drive there.
Then it was a direct drive to my place Payyanur .We had tea from my uncle’s house and left to Mangalore .We missed many sight seeing places in between mainly because of the traffic and processions we found on the way. My friends really got a picture of what happens in Kerala and how it is driving in the city.
One of the best part of the trip was Mangalore. We visited Belur and Halebeedu. Got a chance to shoot some good snaps of architectural sculptures and temples over there.

Some of the snaps of the trip can be viewed here .

I was a bit unhappy when I had to cancel my trek to sakleshpur with my friend Vipin Madhummal to came to Bangalore for the trip .Its always safe to go for treks with more number of people and avoid risks in any sense.
So I started planning again to think where I can take him now. And at last the only option was to go to Nandi hills in my bike .This time I decided to leave my place a bit late and spend some time in the evening there on top of the hills.

On the way to the hills we got a chance to visit a grapes farm .We bought some and the seller had a nice heart to take us inside the farm and show us the whole farm.

The best part of the trip was being on top of the hills in the evening. It was really a superb view from top . The sky was really like burning at that time. Climate also became a bit cold. Also I got a chance to take some beautiful nature snaps. Anyway I was happy that Madhu had a nice time visiting Bangalore.
Some of the snaps can be viewed here .