The Japanese floral exhibition was held this September in Yokohama, Japan. Take a look to live with flowers as per the Japanese's express it. Photos By: Ranjan Benne
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Sunday, 30 September 2012
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Munnar Travel - Driver's Paradise!
If you love twisty roads, be it in your car or on your bike, then, check out my favorite destination MUNNAR, in south India!
My Verna was just a month old & I really wanted to see how it would perform on the highway & during my favorite twists and turns!
So we decided to drive to Munnar, a 450km drive on the superb roads in the South!
Started at around 7am & didn't want to speed too much, as my car was still new!
The Salem-Erode 4-lane road was getting constructed and there were many patches of single lanes with long queues of huge trucks! This was the time to really have fun with the torque & turbo! Just cruising in 3rd gear and the smallest gap, open the throttle to overtake not just 1, 2, 3.... trucks at once! What a bliss, was it to open the turbo! We reached erode & drove via Udulmalpettai!
Most interesting places:
Trek to Sita Devi lake, Devikulam
Fast & Thrilling boat ride in Mattupetti rain water dam
Luxurious stay in Club Mahindra
Sunset times & greenery!
On the way, you can also spot wild elephants in Eravikkulam National park area
Do not miss, Echo point!
If you have time, you can also drive to Attirapalley water fall, called as The Soth Indian Niagara, which is around 120km from Munnar:
My Verna was just a month old & I really wanted to see how it would perform on the highway & during my favorite twists and turns!
So we decided to drive to Munnar, a 450km drive on the superb roads in the South!
Started at around 7am & didn't want to speed too much, as my car was still new!
The Salem-Erode 4-lane road was getting constructed and there were many patches of single lanes with long queues of huge trucks! This was the time to really have fun with the torque & turbo! Just cruising in 3rd gear and the smallest gap, open the throttle to overtake not just 1, 2, 3.... trucks at once! What a bliss, was it to open the turbo! We reached erode & drove via Udulmalpettai!
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Most interesting places:
Trek to Sita Devi lake, Devikulam
Fast & Thrilling boat ride in Mattupetti rain water dam
Luxurious stay in Club Mahindra
Sunset times & greenery!
On the way, you can also spot wild elephants in Eravikkulam National park area
Do not miss, Echo point!
If you have time, you can also drive to Attirapalley water fall, called as The Soth Indian Niagara, which is around 120km from Munnar:
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Our Speed Syndrome – Why & How It All Started..
It all started in those days, when we saw Dil Chahtha Hai,
a Bollywood movie.
Specially a scene where the 3 actors are in an open Merc, on a Bombay Goa highway!
Yes, we should also travel, not just travel but Drive, Ride,
whatever you call it......!!
First, with Pulsar 180 (2002 to 2006) & Tata Indica
(2003 to 2007), we covered around 55,000 kms (in both).
We spent most of our times in Indica, driving to Munnar,
Kodaikanal, Jog falls, Gokarna, Yercaud, Mantralaya, Madikeri, Melkote, BR
Hills, Gaganachukki & Barchukki falls,Shivagange, Tumkur, innumerable trips to Mysore, Kukke Subramanya,
Sonde near Sirsi, etc....
And then, graduated to Royal Enfield Bullet, Machismo 350
(2006 to 2011), did only around 20,000 kms...
Best rides to Kukke Subramanya via Bisile, Ooty, Melkote,
etc..
Ofcourse, got enough trouble with Tata Indica & had to say a big TATA!!
Ofcourse, got enough trouble with Tata Indica & had to say a big TATA!!
Then came the torqy 110 white horses! Yes, the Hyundai Verna
Crdi (2007 to present)! Done close to a lakh km, with top speed 200kmph
(speedo), & best performances of Hubli to Bangalore, 400km in 4hrs.....
Verna has seen Kanyakumari, Kodaikanal, Yercaud, Yelgiri,
Chennai, Pondicherry, Ooty, Coimbatore, etc in TamilNadu!
Mysore, Hubli, Sirsi, Dhandeli, Mangalore, Subramanya,
Udupi, Dharmastala, Gokarna, Karwar, Hubli, Irupu, Shimoga, Theerthalli, etc in
Karnataka.. few places atleast 5times J
Not much in Andhra Pradesh, only Mantralaya, Lepakshi & few drives on Hyderabad road!
Ofcourse, GOA, not just once!
Mahaballeshwar, Lonavala, Khandala, Karla caves, Mumbai,
Pune, Ganapathipule, Taarkarli beach, etc in Maharashtra!!
Yernakulam, Cochin, Kumarakom, Allapuzza, Munnar, Waynad,
Atthirapally, etc in Kerala
Hmmmm!! What else do you need, a car with enough torque,
good mileage & great performance!
It didn't end here! Our group had more fun machines like
Yamaha RXZ, Bajaj Caliber, TVS Fiero, Royal Enfield Thunderbird, Pulsar 220,
Kawasaki Ninja......
And "the all time BOYZ favourite Hyundai Santro", Maruthi
800s, performing Honda City Vtech, Sporty Mitsubishi Cedia, Sexy Fiat Linea, Classy Honda Accord,.....
And then, there were onsites....
Which helped me to rent few cars & bike, to check out
the world famous drivers paradise! Yes, the AUTOBAHN, with 260kmph on AudiA6
& 242kmph on Suzuki GSX-R!
Then, I could play with the Mercs A-class, B-class, C-class,
E-class, S-class; the BMW 3-series & 5-series, Ford Mondeo, Opel Astra,
Audi A4, VW Golf, VW Passat, to name a
few!!
And then, now in Japan. First time I could drive a Hybrid
car, the Toyota Aqua, and then, Toyota Prius, Nissan Skyline, Maruthi SX4.....
Watch this space for more updates soon!!
