hogenakkal

Hogenakkal_ Tamilnadu Falls, originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

Its great to have some time out of the hectic city life of Bangalore.
This time with colleagues, out to Hogenakkal falls. Really a fun time.

kanva

Banyan Tree, originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

It has been a while since I went out on a road trip. This weekend, we went out to see the Sunrise at Kanva Dam near Ramanagaram just about 50 kms from Bangalore.
It was too cloudy to see a Sunrise. But a nice drive, a breath of fresh air and a good morning walk near the dam, not to mention the awesome food at Kamat's...

fresh

"Its Fresh", originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

When u are rise up from the Cauvery dive, here awaits some fresh river water fish for you. Everything runs on bargaining, the coracles, fish... May be you should bargain for 1500Rs coracle rides, not for a 25Rs fish...

...Water isn't really fresh, its muddy and u'll find all kinds of throwaways in it. Fish, not very hygienic. So if you are quite healthy after all these, you have a pretty good immune system. But yet, while in Rome...

dive

Dive..., originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

A dive in to a refreshing waters of Cauvery river from busy days at work at Bangalore. Trip to Hogenakkal with a big gang of 11 college mates was quite bit of fun. Nice drive - good roads all the way, Nice coracle rides, "fresh" fish fried in local style...

jump

The Height, originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

to Fly is a dream us humans has had for generations... We have planes, copters, hovercrafts - All takes us to the sky, makes the world a global village. Yet far from the dream of flying...
Another way to fulfill the quest to defy the gravity - jump - A bungee Jump...

Over the weekend me and my colleagues went to this temperary setup in Bannerghetta for a small jump... ;)

years of experience

VW Legacy, originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

Only a few things pass the test of the time. When some thing does that it becomes the part of history and as the years pass by even further it becomes a legend, then a myth...
Volkswagen - The peoples car - stood the test of the time, part of the history, still lives quietly around the roads of Goa. A snap taken near the Holy Spirits church of Margao.

lighthouse

Lighthouse, originally uploaded by Amal Chandran.

Does this light house remind you of the past year?
Like a withered leaf from a tree of life, a year has fallen to the stream of memories. As the leaf slowly crumbles down and dissolves in to the stream, we collect few drops from it and store it in our pensive forever to cherish. For me those drops are the pictures on flickr and a few notes down here in d'Ja Vu.

new year

New is the year, 

New are the hopes and aspirations ,

New are the resolutions...

With that renewed energy and spirits I move on to another year of blogging. 

(or should I say another year of bugging my readers?) 

Lines inspired from one of the sms new year wishes I got...