Muses of Murari

“Sir, maximum 250 rupees to Hospet. Because, Hampi is costly” tells me the driver of an auto-rickshaw, in the process of negotiating the price of travel of 16 kms. I was amused for a moment. He was trying to talk in English, while other drivers are reluctant break from their language – Kannada. And every [...]

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Imagine yourself travelling 152,000 miles covering 116 countries in a customized Mercedes car in three years. Sounds exciting? Not all, can have that privilege of leaving our commitments for a while and chasing the dream of travelling around the world. But, Jim Rogers had the dream, the courage, the enthusiasm & of course, more [...]

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Last weekend, I went for a bike ride to Bheemeswari (~100 kms from Bangalore) with friends. It was wonderful ride. The climate was just apt for the great ride. We zoomed 80+ kmph almost throughout the highways. Once the interior roads started, it was slow and picturesque ride.
We started around 8:30 am in Bangalore and [...]

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I recently went to a one day trip around Bangalore area. It was a pleasant trip. We four of us, took a cab and headed towards kanakapura (a hour drive) without actually planning where to go! We had breakfast in a local hotel in kanakapura and sat with a localite to discuss the routes [...]

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