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| Pretty flowers at Lalbagh |
My hometown Bangalore is known as the garden city of India! Despite all the urbanization it has gone thru in the last ten years, it still retains its charm, has lovely parks all over the city (where we bangaloreans go for our 'morning walk').However it is truly astonishing how much it has changed in the last decade, what was once a quaint lazy town has today become a hustling an dbustling metropolitan city! Am not sure this has indeed been for the better!Other 'attractions' in Bangalore are:
Temples: ISKCON, Ragigudda, Devagiri, Kote Srinivasa
lakes: Ulsoor Lake, Sankey Tank, Yediyore Lake, Agara Lake
Gardens: Lalbagh, Cubbon Park, Nanda Road Rose Gardens, Namdhari Plantations
Zoos: Bannerghatta National Park & Zoo
Aquarium: Cubbon Park Aquarium
Amusement Parks: Fun World, Wonderla, Innovative Film City
Malls: Forum, Garuda, Swagat Inox, Sigma, Eva, Lido
Waterfalls around Bangalore: Gaganchukki, Barachukki, Shivansamudra, Hogganekal
Bird Sanctuaries around Bangalore: Ranganathittu, Kokkare BellurTypical bangalore lingo "Hi da!", 'Fix-ed", "mix-ed", "Maadi", "Yaake?" :)) |
| Lalbagh- A place for a nice walk |
Lalbagh If for any reason we are not out on a drive over weekends we end up in this garden- which is the only place away from Pollution in bangalore. I truly believe Lalbagh is the lungs to an otherwise urbanized Bnagalore, without it my city will be just another machinery on the run! Of late we have spotted some pelicans and storks in the lalbagh lake it is an encouraging sight indeed! |
My Family Like any typical Indian i am doted upon by my family! Honestly, I dunno what i will do without them!!
My dad is an advocate with his own practice here in Bangalore. I have two elder sisters......who pamper me so much i can't imagine life without them!:-)
Small n nice, my family, in my mind, is the best!
Now I am married to a guy I met on a trek and we together pursue this passion of our's called travel. |
| Aah! for the luxury of a beach now!! |
Activities...hmm.... Activities...hmmm....well I am not a very active person!! So how can I possibly have any activities???! ;-) jus kidding!
I love travelling-trekking is the best way to travel in my opinion. I am a member of a trekking organisation called YHA, here in Bangalore :-) Have trekked extensively in India....ofcourse the best place to trek is in the Himalyas! It is indeed an unforgettable experience. The photo is of one of my treks in Goa, which is a very pretty state in India full of beaches. Trekking has truly helped me meet like minded people- including my husband :) Ofcourse I only trek for a hobby, however I do have many friends who have now taken up trekking professionally!
Trekking apart, I am keenly interested in dance. Having learnt Bharatanatyam for well over 10 years I have learnt to appreciate the benefits of our heritage, history and culture. Truly dance has opened my eyes to the richness of India in terms of the kind of history we are blessed with! However my interest does not stop at cultural dances, I am equally a fan of bollywood dance, aerobics and the quintessential dabbankutthu dance of TN :)
Reading novels/comics is also a fav passtime, so is listening to music. |
My state- Karnataka Born and brought up in Bangalore I have had the luxury of getting to know my state better as time has flown. Karnataka is truly a state of wonders, for a nature lover it has everything! From some of the best beaches in the world to some of the most amazing architecture! Though in recent times it has been better known for its urbanisation and IT industry for us Kannadigas, Karnataka is and will always be the "Gandhada Gudi" (Sandalwood Shrine).
let me list some of my favorite getaways in Karnataka:
Beaches: Om Beach, Malpe Beach, Karwar, Devbhagh, Murudeshwar
Forests: Kabini, Masinagudi, Bhadra
Coffee estates: Coorg, Chikmaglur
Hills: Mullaingiri, Kemmangundi, Kudremukh, Kodabetta, BR Hills, DD Hills, Nandi Hills
Rivers: Kabini, Cauvery, Dandeli (Kali)
Architectural Wonders: Belur Halebid, Somnathpur, Badami Aihole Pattadakal, Shravanabelagola, Hundreds of famous temples5f* |
My Country -India Being an Indian has truly been a blessing, with the kind of variety in the terrain and beauty around my country it is but natural that I turned into an avid traveller! :) There is so much sensory experiences in India- so much to see-riot of colors on the road wherever you turn; so much to hear on the roads-traffic, animals,people,music; so much to touch and feel-with population jostling is a common occurence, vendors selling fruits and vegetables encourage you to pick them yourselves on the roads, water droplets from a rain/drizzle, harsh sunlight in summer; so much to smell-jasmine flowers that a peddlar is trying to sell, smoke emitted by the vehicle ahead of you, an open drainage stink; so many tastes-amazing variety in food, the number of spices we use in everyday food is more than 25!! I cant imagine being born anywhere else in the world really, I truly love being an Indian and consider it a privilege that I am born one!
Kashmir to Kanyakumari, India has it all- the best hill stations, a good stretch of the desert, highest peaks of the Himalayas, to Scuba diving in the Andamans- there is no limit to the amount of travelling one can do in this country! I have been blessed to have a Father and an husband who love travelling so I really cannot remember a time when I have not travelled around this country and yet there is so much left to do!! So what all have I seen?
Cities: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mangalore, Mysore, Kolar, Tumkur, Chikmaglur, Pondicherry, Goa
Hill Stations: Shimla, Kulu, Manali, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Munnar, Kemmangundi
Desert: Sam dunes, Jaisalmer
Islands: Andaman & Nicobar, St Marys in Malpe
Beaches: Chennai, pondy, Karwar, Goa, Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Cochin, Andaman |
Weddings and Ceremonies For us weddings are once in a life time ceremony! And we celebrate it with great pomp and grandeur! All our relatives get together and it usually extends over 2 or 3 days!
At our wedding AJ and I sure had a ball!! |
Upcoming Travel plans I thought with all the travel I do I should introduce this chapter on my homepage so that I will always have something to update on this page :) Now that my holiday here in Columbus, Ohio is almost over I do feel I will miss the conveniences of America once I get back, however the feeling of getting back home is something else all together! Nothing like home really! :D Loads to do before I do that -shopping for family & friends, so thats what I am gonna be doing all of this last week here! |
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mallyak Mon Jun 29, 2009 21:08 UTC
Hope you having a nice time in the US.... | Donna_in_India Tue Jun 16, 2009 13:06 UTC
Hi Abi - Are you here in the US now?? How was the flight? You must be thrilled to be meeting AJ after such a long time! We are in NJ now - not too, too far from Ohio. :-)) | goutammitra Wed Jun 10, 2009 05:33 UTC
Thanks for visiting my Rishikesh page and the beautiful words. Hey your marriage looks like a Bengali marriage! Have you ever visited Kolkata? | Andrew_W_K Tue Jun 9, 2009 07:26 UTC
Had a good laugh reading your Muiderslot tip. Had a similar experience in Lisbon waiting for a bus that would never come! |
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