Good Morning Salem!
Our bus reached Salem too soon at 0330 morning. We walked past the town in the dark. It was quite hot even early in the morning.
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Walk to Yercaud
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Walk to Kempe Gowda’s towers
We believe and claim to be the first people to walk to all the four towers of Kempe Gowda in modern times. At Ulsoor lake, shot by a stranger with KD's camera.
In a book “Best of Bangalore” I got in exchange for old books at Blossoms in Church Street, I read about the history of Bangalore. Kempe Gowda founded the city and his successor Kempe Gowda II built four watch towers to mark the boundary of Bangalore which exists to this day. I decided to walk to the towers. I found two friends to join me unlike before.
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Long weekend at kodai
There is nothing like free lunch long weekend. Who doesn’t like a long weekend?
I chanced upon the Ugadi long weekend off to travel to Kodaikanal. There was free stay and I’ve always wanted to visit the lake. I didn’t make it to the lake in my previous trips. So lets start with the lake. To me the lake is Kodai.
Kodaikanal Lake as seen from Upper Lakeview - which you can reach by following the small road up the hill around the lake.
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When a friend emails you a link
There is too much sharing today. Like,tweet,+1. Too much distraction. Nobody cares. There is one way of sharing you should care. Email. Recently I got two really good links from friends. Links good for me.
I got this article about a couple who built a tiny house, from someone who knows I am a recent minimalist convert. And this from someone at work. A really well written easy to understand blog post about FlexNics, HP VirtualConnect – some boring stuff I have always wanted to run away from.
Sharing is too easy today. For whatever reason a friend took the trouble to email you a link, check it out. It could be a good one.
Tiny House
TINY: A Story About Living Small (Teaser Trailer) from TINY on Vimeo.
Can you live in a house this tiny? I would like to try. A friend shared this article from the Daily Mail. I really like and support this movement. Like it? Here is a blog dedicated to Tiny House.
I’ve always like things tiny. Including girlfriends 