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It was the first time that a preplanned trip was executed as thought. The trip to Bandipur and Madhumalai was planned well in advance for the 4th of December but we never planned where to stay. Our discombobulation was cleared when I suddenly recalled about the place owned by one of the friend's (Mr.Deepan) in Masanagudi (New Mountaina Resorts). I took a chance to find out if there was availability of r ooms from R amakrishnan (Associate of Mr.Deepan) for our stay and to our luck we found out that there was room for us. The day started at 3:30 AM we got ready and started our journey towards B andipur. The first 35 kilometers was like as we were on a game round within the city. We for sometime thought we were on the moon looking at craters and moving around them. By the time we reached the Bandipur check-post it was 6:30 AM and since it was a Saturday we understood that the first game was out of question. As soon as we reached the Bandipur center we immediately got the ticket s for ...

It was the third day of september 2010 and the plan was to leave Mysore before the first ray of sunlight could hit us. The plan changed because of the program scheduled by the Govt. to get the Royal Elephants to Mysore from Murkal (home for all the Royal Elephants) which is amidst the Nagarahole National Park. I called Naveen who is an active participant in nature conservation events and also a coffee planter in kutta (Adjacent to Nagarahole National Park), Naveen's property (Spice Garden) has an ancestral house (About 150 yrs old) now a stay for nature lovers and people who want to get away from the concrete jungle and enjoy the tranquility at Nature's lap. Access to Spice Garden is adventurous and exciting as you will probably come across many trees which are ancient to us and houses thousands of birds and insects. In case you happen to be a birdwatcher or an entomologist then you will enjoy the drive to spice garden. We finally left Mysore by 10:00 AM and as we passed Hunsur...