On My Mind Today

Link to part I . After we returned to our cottages, we got to know the cliff jumping point was around 6 kms from the cottage. Now for personal travel, the locals here offer you Luna bikes, the ones which have almost disappeared from most parts of the world. They have that much capacity that if you have a pillon rider, you'll have to request him to get off the bike if you encounter a steep uphill. We stopped at  gautami  to have breakfast before heading to the cliff point.     The route to the point was beautiful. You have to take the road towards Sanapur and then there is a right turn on the reservour road. There is a huge reservoir that suddenly appears on the left side of the road and when you see it, you can't possibly continue driving. You have to stop and appreciate. When we saw the cliff from a distance, it looked like a small one, around 25 feet. We were sure it won't be much challenging to jump from here and even asked the locals to show

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.  I tend to religiously follow this in my life and the return has been significant. This story started with total randomness.  There was a cultural event going on in our college and it was supposed to end by 11 pm. Surprisingly, our performance ended by 10 and as it was friday, suddenly the thought struck me, 'let's go somewhere on this weekend". When you search for 2 days getaways from hyderabad, Hampi naturally comes in every list. After reading this post, you'll want it to be number one. It was 10.15 and there was a  train to Hampi  at 11.10. At 10.30, it was decided that the weekend would be spent at this world heritage site.  Hampi remained the capital of Vijayanagara Empire for around 200 years. It was chosen because of its strategic location, bounded by the torrential Tungabhadra river on one side and surrounded by defensible hills on the other three sides. At that time, these elements served se

Distance from Hyderabad to bidar : ~130 km Buses available every 30 mins from mgbs. Fare : 120 for one side. Stay : Gurudwara Nanak Jheera, Bidar There were four of us, and this trip was planned 10 mins before taking the bus to bidar. The initial plan was to visit charminar and near by places. We left the college at 5.30 pm and reached lakdi ka pul bus station at around 6.30. There are AC buses running at this time between the two places.  We actually got down from the bus, a station before lakdi ka pul, to try the famous lassi at Shahji ka Dhaba , and it was worth it. The lassi was pretty good, but you can find a better one at Agra Sweets and Mithai, in Ghansi bazaar near charminar. The price is 90 Rs. and the quantity is around 500-600 ml. People with a sweet tooth must try the one at agra sweets. After that, the plan was to have dinner at Hotel Shadab , which has been listed as one of the legendaries in zomato's hyderabad collection. But it was only 7 and none of