Nadunaadu Bike Trip: Part 2 - Mamandur

Mamandur is just 10 km away from Kanchipuram in Vandavasi road. We reached mamandur after crossing Dusi. Initially it was confusing to reach the place, since the local people were showing us two paths. But luckily we found the right one that had motorable road till the gate. The gate was closed with a big lock but the local boys who were playing near by told us the secret that the lock is just for show and if we remove the chain we...

Nadunaadu Bike Trip: Part 1 - Kanchipuram

In Jab We Met, Shahid and Kareena discuss the fear of missing a train and running on the platform to catch it. My phobia is just opposite of it. I always fear that I will miss my station and sleep off on the train. That's why I prefer bus than trains. Even then, there was one incident when I slept off in a bus and got down in Kovilpatti instead of Virudunagar. But I will tell you about that in an another blog post. It was the weekend...

A Road Trip in Srilanka: Day 6 - The End

You might have noticed that I mentioned Colombo in my previous post but didn't say much about the city. That is because we did not see much places there. The only sightseeing we did was, watching some luxurious hotels in their full glory on the night. In morning, we did not want to jeopardise our departure to the airport by doing some extra sightseeing. So after having our breakfast in a 'Saravana Bhavan' style hotel with our friend's...

A Road Trip in Sri Lanka: Day 5 - Kataragama, Galle and Colombo

Kataragama The morning dawned earlier and when we shared the information about the temple we got from our driver to others, they were also confused. After having some appams from a small tea shop in front of our lodge, we started towards the temple. We were early and the temple wasn't opened yet. So we paid a visit to the Buddhist Vihara behind the temple and spent some time there. Some of our friends were still hungry and had some...