Travelling

While in Bengaluru, we decided to visit Isha Foundation at Chikkaballapur. It is founded by Sadhguru. We started from home by around 5 pm. It was 60kms away, roughly an hour and a half's drive. Once we were out of the city traffic, we took the highway towards Hyderabad. It was scenic view all through the way. We munched on the way and played a few games of Sudoku. We reached our destination by around 6:45pm. Isha Foundation houses a 112 foot Adiyogi(Shiva) statue.  There's a huge mahashula temple and naga temple as well at the entrance. Footwears need to be removed at the collection centre near the entrance which are then transferred to the other centre inside for easy collection. There's no entry fee to the foundation or for the light & sound show. We wanted to have tea. There were 2 restaurants inside. Only one of them was providing boiled tea. We finished our share of tea before settling down for the light and sound show.   There...

This year the summer vacations were a bit different than what they've been looking like for the past few years. Over a decade and a half back, I had been to Bengaluru (then Bangalore) for a day. The overall experience was pretty bad which told my mind I would never want to visit the city again. After having kept my promise for so long, the love and excitement bought me back to the city for a week during the vacations. I booked tickets for myself and my kids. The tickets were booked for Volvo bus which was going to be a first experience for my kids. Even for me a sleeper coach volvo was a new experience. The bus started 45 mins late from the origin and reached the destination late by over 2 hours. My kids were already bored as the bus was late for the pickup. However when we boarded the bus and the kids saw the coach, they were over whelmed. The journey started. We enjoyed the nature's beauty and a few games.  The bus halted for dinner around 11pm , a morning break...