My trip to Shimoga and Lagadamane.....
Before starting off with work in july, i went on this wonderful li'l trip to Shimoga(akshu's place) and Lagadamane(her native).
It was just as good, or even better than my previous visit to these places in the beginning of second year of engg...i went there after 3 yrs to find little had changed...
I stayed at akshu's place for i dunno how many days! And had a wonderful time with aunty....i ve always told akshu, her mom is better suited to be an engg student than her!! :D
We went around shimoga on scooty, ate masala mandakki, watched sunsets over Tunga, visited a meditation hall - a pyramidal structure(really!!!), and chatted non-stop!! and when akshu slept , i talked with aunty! got a few tips abt painting from her.....(btw, i am HUGE fan of her paintings and i ve taken pictures of them!! can u beat that!!) we also went to Gajnur dam, with uncle chauffering us around! :) Had a whale of a time!!
And then of course, we went to Lagadamane......its just so difficult to not go there, and once there, it is even more diffcult to leave! Its a wonderful, wonderful place, with wonderful people- ajja and doddamma living there! The stay there is simply beyond words!!
So, i tried to capture as many details as possible...so that, looking at them will actually be close to reliving the whole thing!!
I have put a few(yes, a few- tho it is 50 odd snaps, coz i took close to 300 pictures!!) of those wonderful memories up here....dont complain if u dont have as great a time looking at them, as i had, living them!! :)
Before starting off with work in july, i went on this wonderful li'l trip to Shimoga(akshu's place) and Lagadamane(her native).
It was just as good, or even better than my previous visit to these places in the beginning of second year of engg...i went there after 3 yrs to find little had changed...
I stayed at akshu's place for i dunno how many days! And had a wonderful time with aunty....i ve always told akshu, her mom is better suited to be an engg student than her!! :D
We went around shimoga on scooty, ate masala mandakki, watched sunsets over Tunga, visited a meditation hall - a pyramidal structure(really!!!), and chatted non-stop!! and when akshu slept , i talked with aunty! got a few tips abt painting from her.....(btw, i am HUGE fan of her paintings and i ve taken pictures of them!! can u beat that!!) we also went to Gajnur dam, with uncle chauffering us around! :) Had a whale of a time!!
And then of course, we went to Lagadamane......its just so difficult to not go there, and once there, it is even more diffcult to leave! Its a wonderful, wonderful place, with wonderful people- ajja and doddamma living there! The stay there is simply beyond words!!
So, i tried to capture as many details as possible...so that, looking at them will actually be close to reliving the whole thing!!
I have put a few(yes, a few- tho it is 50 odd snaps, coz i took close to 300 pictures!!) of those wonderful memories up here....dont complain if u dont have as great a time looking at them, as i had, living them!! :)
posted by lakshmi | 9/28/2005 02:09:00 PM
4 Comments:
awesome snaps laks!! :) each one better than the other! WOW! was speechless when I saw them the first time..! been wanting to comment.. no time.. finally happening today! :) missed the trip this time.. che! wanna go there again for sure sometime.. one place I can vouch is close to heaven - lagadamane..!
Thank u ! and yeah, w ell go there sometime again! but gotta go during monsoon, otherwise half the fun is lost!! :D
Chanced upon your blog whilst trying out my name search on msn search. Very nice photos. I'll definitely visit this place when I go home to Bangalore next. If you have more pictures of this place, I suggest you post'em up as well !
-Harsha Srinath
hey, thank u ! well, these r all the pics i ve that i can post on the blog! anyway, do visit any village/ small town in western ghats to see these first hand!
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