The two vagabonds - Travelogue

Mangalore Beaches (Batapady, Someshwara) Place -                                    Mangalore, Karnataka Closest airport -                   Mangalore Closest train station -          Mangalore Distance from Bangalore -  370km (~9 hours with breaks) Place we stayed -                  Camp 21, Mangalore (http://www.camp21holidays.com/) Itinerary -  Day 1 - Reach Camp-21 Day 2 - Leisure at beach, Boating in Talapady backwater mangroves, Barbeque @ beach Day 3 - Leisure at beach,  Day 4 - Deep Sea swimming, Someshwara beach, Back to Bangalore Trip planning : Ever since we shifted to our new home in August, we were blessed to have our family members (from both sides) visiting us and staying with us. In fact, we tried for Mangalore trip in September/October itself when my father & mother were here, but it could not materialize because we couldn't get a decent accommodation. Tatva and Amber were really missing beach and sea, also Amber was getting desperate to take our new car on a l

 Gudibande Fort trek view form Gudibande fort top  Place : Gudibande Fort trek and lunch at embassy international riding school Distance from Bangalore : Around 100 km Trip type : Day trip/Half day trekking trip Day of travel : 3rd Oct 2021 It was sudden trek plan. One of my husband's colleague asked us on friday, if we would like to join them for the trek which they were planning. I said yes, without even checking the place name. 😀 The place is around 100 km from the Bengaluru. Roads are pretty good through-out. There is Gudibande lake as well on the way which is a very big lake. It provide very scenic view and proper photo point.  We spent around 10 min to click some pics and continued towards trek start point. Trek start point for Gudibande fort is just 10 min from this lake.  Gudibande lake Gudibande Lake The place - Gudibande Fort is a 17th fort built by Byre Gowda some 400 odd years ago. It is also said to be the replica of the Madhugiri fort.Another fascinating fact abo

 Bengaluru's Chhota Ladakh Place : Chhota Ladakh Distance from Bangalore : Around 40-50 km Trip type : 2-3 hours Trekking length/Duration : None Difficulty level - None I heard about Chhota ladakh from few friends. When I googled it, the first look was pretty attractive and the place was just 40-50 from Bengaluru. So we made made impromptu plan for Chhota Ladakh. Definitely it was not the kind of place I was expecting.   First of all it is not even 300 mt from the road. you can just park your car and walk around 200 mt you will reach there. I saw some people even parked on the spot as well.  Second, the whole area is very very small. if there are 20 people you can not avoid them in the pictures.  Third, No place/rock is good enough to sit and there is nothing to do. This area is generally hot and there are no trees or shade available. I find this place dirty as well, many used bottles, cups, plates all around. One can not spend more than 30 minutes at this place.  My feedback

Place : Mandaragiri hills Distance from Bangalore : Around 70 km Trip type : Day trip/Half day trip Day of travel : 29th August. After listening to our trek stories and reading our blog, our close relative who stays in Bengaluru showed their interest towards trekking. So we decided to have one group trek/outing with Social distancing. Considering kids in the group we decided to do the easier trek.  After doing some research we finalised the Mandaragiri Hills.  Mandaragiri Hills is around 70km from Bangalore, and took around 2 hours to reach to the parking spot. We saw around 10 more cars parked in the parking slot. It was a surprise for us because all the places we went earlier, hardly had any cars or people around. This was little disappointing to me but decided to continue anyways.  Mandaragiri hill on the background(White strip are Steps) The place - On the base of hill there is a Jain temple(which was closed due to Corona). Unlike other hills, this is a barren naked hill. there we