Staying in Hampi, reaching Hubli, reaching Bengaluru, reaching Coimbatore
In Hampi the Ganesh restaurant is next to Gopi restaurant. Ganesh restaurant was the one which i used to visit during my 2014 stay. The said restaurant has closed as it is lean season (March to June is considered to be a lean season). There is Mr Shiva guiding me about buses to Hospet. Meet Mr Sohaib who is a class 8th student in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Meet hat vendor Ms Ammu. In Hampi my first outing is to Vitthala temple.
Start for Vitthala temple at 3.38 pm.
At 3.43 there are directions for
Achyutaraya temple left, Vitthala temple left, Mathunga hills straight.
At 3.45 Varaha (Saiva) temple popularly known as Varaha temple because of the Varaha Royal Emblem at the eastern entrance, this is a unique Saiva temple. There is Hanumanthappa tea centre on way to Vitthala temple.
Meet Mr Santosh Kumar ice cream vendor and i settle for orange bar which comes for 5 rs. The tea shop is shut at the time i reach here. Reach Vitthala temple at 4.26 pm.
The Vitthala temple, represent the highest watermark of the Vijayanagara style of art and architecture. Vitthala is the Krishna aspect of Lord Krishna. It is one of the largest temples of that period built under the patronage of Devaraya II (1422 - 46 AD). Outside the temple, to the east is a huge bazar, measuring 945 mts in length and 40 mts in width leading to a sacred tank known as Lokapavani.
Admission ticket to Vitthala Temple is 30 rs, foreigners 500 rs. There is Ms Kavita punching tickets.
Inside Meet Mr Anand a guide, Mr Srinivas also a guide. I politely decline their request to become my guide. Perhaps there would be occasions when their services would be utilised by a large number of tourists. There is a board which says Work in progress Please keep away from Maha Mandapa.
On left side of Vitthala temple as one goes further from the boundary wall one can spot Lord Hanuman temple (Anjaneya Parvat). Leave Vitthala temple at 4.54.
There are Directions for
Vishnu temple right, King's balance right, Inscribed Vishnu temple right.
Take a water bottle from old woman Surya Kumari who is water and cold drinks vendor. Beware of crocodile board comes at 5.03. Sighting Tungabhadra river at 5.05. Tree branches strung with clothes come at 5.06. Temple among rocks/boulders at 5. 10. Varaha (Saiva) temple 5.16. At 5.21 A board shows directions for
Yantrodharak Anjaneya temple left, Kodandavama temple left.
Hanumanthappa tea centre comes at 5.18. Meet Ms Chikanmma old woman selling peanuts. At 5.23 i am at a tea centre run by Mr Ali Saheb and Mr Basvaraj. Take tea from Mr Ali Saheb.
Meet a group from Chitradurga which is in Karnataka. Meet Mr Bhim Gowda. At 5.50 reach Pushpa lodge.
I also get an opportunity to visit Virupaksha temple. In Virupaksha temple there is Mr Shivanand with guide books.
Sightings in Hampi
- Pushpa guest house
- Chill out restaurant
- Travel Agency Authorised agent for booking flight, train, bus, taxi, hotel, money exchange
- cyber cafe high speed wi-fi internet (This cyber cafe remained closed for the entire duration i was in Hampi)
payphone STD - ISD
- Suresh restaurant (I settle for meals on different days from this restaurant. The staff is very humble and the food served is fresh). The tourists should try this restaurant instead of going to places where there is large crowd. Three cheers for Suresh restaurant.
- Satish Achar Purohit
- Srinivas Achar Purohit
- Sri Mohan Chikkabhat Joshi
- Mango tree restaurant
- Moonlight restaurant Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Indian, Italian, Chinese, Continental available
- Money changer
travels - flight, train, bus
We accept cash cards, rooms available
- Beauty parlour
- Sambhu guest house (In this guest house i stayed in 2014)
- Sagar hotel
- Ganesh restaurant
- Gopi guest house and restaurant
- Archana travels: train, bus and air tickets. Daily sleeper bus to Goa, Gokarna, Bengaluru, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad (All places in India)
- Tea, coffee, breakfast and cold drinks. Feel at home
- ISSTA book worm
english, french german books and old books exchange
- Sri Venkateswara restaurant
Masala dosa, fresh juices, fruit museli, set breakfast, coconut porridge, Indian Thali
- Shanthi tours and travels
- internet cafe
- Thilak restaurant
- Akash art gallery and book stall
- 1985 restaurant (here the staff is rude)
- Suma general store
- Suma travels
- Ganga handicrafts Janta plot Hampi 583239
- Vidhnu store Mr Manjunath
- Meet Mr Srinivas from Chitradurga. Meet Mr Bajendri Barnappa. Meet Ms Manjula selling bananas who is very humble
- Hakka Bukka Ape auto drivers union
- Prashant book store
- Ballari police mobile App
Smart police Smart Citizen
- Meet Mr Antonio who took flight from New York to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Singapore, Singapore to Bengaluru. Meet Mr Evan from France. I meet him when i go near Monolithic bull which is on left.
Meet Mr Guy from UK. He has been to Madurai, Bengaluru,Varanasi and Nepal (20 million people reside here). From here he would go to Rishikesh which is somewhat near New Delhi.
Leaving Hampi
The day i am supposed to leave Hampi for Hubli i come across students from Kottayam and Bengaluru. The Bus leaves at 8.20 am. The ride is amidst thick green cover. Mr Lakshmi Kant is bus conductor and Mr Renukappa bus driver. Mr Renukappa has been to Tirumala and he is distributing prasad among passengers. At 8.28 we are in Kamalapura.
Thank you visit again Vijaynagar entrance Kamlapura town. Going past AVK Primary School.
Bus No 302F Hampi going in opposite direction. Hospet 8.50, bus stand 8.51, railway station 8.55 am.
Sightings in Hospet
- Sri Srinivas Bakery
- Hotel Srinivas
- Krishna Palace
- Indira Travels
- Amrutha Residency
- SBI
- IDBI
- The rising stars pre-school
- Hotel Lakshmi Bhavan
- Hotel Hampi International
In railway station come across the enduring message on Swachh Bharat Swasth Bharat.
Manguru Kolhapur train expected at 10.05 am
Hubli Tirupati fast passenger 9.15 am
Bengaluru Hospet passenger 11.40 am
Hubli Bellari Passenger 11.50 am
Taking dosa from Naivedyam
In station book stall contractor is Mr K Hanumanthappa. Meet Mr Abbas Ali security man at SBI ATM. Naivedyam restaurant which is located on bus stand road, Hospet is about 1 km from Hospet railway station. In Naivedyam restaurant i settle for rava masala dosa. It is very clean restaurant with a friendly staff. Perhaps tourists visiting Hospet/Hampi should try this restaurant at least once. Snacks/meals are affordable here. Mr Durga is the automan who takes me back to station.
In station meet Mr Mohammad Jawad who came for madrasa collection from North Dinajpur in West Bengal state. Meet a man from Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh.
My train for Hubli leaves at 10.15 am. Stops, starts again. Mr S M Kulkarni is the TTE.
Munirabad comes at 10.26, Hitha 10.32, Gingera 10.37, Koppal 10.47, Bhanapur 11.04,
Bannikoppa 11.13, Gadag 12 pm, Hebsur, 12.50, Kusugal 12.56 and Hubli 1.33.
On way to Hari Prasad lodge on Gokul Road in Hubli come across
- Hotel Swaarna Paradise your comfort our priority
- Hotel Ashoka Tower
- Hotel Sri Krishna Bhawan Lamington Road
- Big Mishra Pedha
- Kamat Hotel Central Bus Stand Hubli
- Mangalore Lodge
- Sri Balaji Sai Steels
- Udupi Hotel
- Shivsheel multiplex
- Hari Prasad lodge
I take meals from Akshay Inn, Airport Road Hubli. Do story from Chinmaya Cyber cafe in Akshay Park Gokul Road. Mr Praveen Kiby in the cyber cafe is kind enough to book a ticket from Coimbatore to Hyderabad. I visit Hubli railway station to cancel a train ticket. Being Sunday the counters are closed. On second outing in Hubli visit Lord Sai temple in Hubli which perhaps is in Rajnagar, Vidya Nagar. In the evening take masala pakora from Akshay Inn. Monday a little after 5 am i leave Hari Prasad lodge and head to Hubli Airport only to discover the gates are closed. The CISF personnel lets me in after going through the papers.
There are flights to different destinations. Bengaluru 9.25, Hyderabad 11.25, Bengaluru 4 pm, Bengaluru 4.25.
Now fly from Hubli to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad and get daily direct flights at pocket-friendly fares.
- Check-in
- Airport mgr
- Toilets
- Snacks bar
- Security check
- Reserved lounge
Meet Mr Panchaksaraiya Herematta from Gadag which is about 57 km from Hubli. He is going to Bengaluru. For the first time he is taking a flight. Meet Mr Samiel from Madurai. Meet Mr Jay Kumar of Spicejet who is very helpful and so is Mr Shubrajit who is very humble. Meet Mr Ekbote who along with his family members is going to Tirumala. He is a BJP supporter and says in 15 seats the BJP lost by less than 2000 votes in recent Karnataka polls.
The flight takes off from Hubli at 9.45am and lands in Bengaluru at 10.35. The inflight magazine Spice Route has a story on Leh "Juleh". Another story is on Stars of Spicejet Mr Rameez Ansari and Mr Atiq Shanti among others. Meet Mr Prakash Khatri from West Bengal.
At Bengaluru airport Ms Jyoti looks at the ticket before letting me in. Mr Jishnu who hails from Kerala at Jet airways counter issues boarding pass. At Bengaluru airport there are flights to Ahmedabad, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Rajmundhry, Mangalore, Thiruvanthapuram, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Madurai. Take vada idly from a food outlet. It comes for over 150 rs. Later meet Mr Kennedy from Madurai. The flight takes off at 1.37, lands at Coimbatore at 2.16. At Coimbatore airport Captain Pillai guides me to Coimbatore Junction.
Automan Pasha takes me to Coimbatore junction. The woman at cancellation counter in reservation centre in Coimbatore station is very helpful. In the restaurant opposite railway station i have meals where i come across Ms Swetha M, Ms Durga AR, Ms Revathi SV and Ms Aruna A. They have done Mtech in software engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and have secured jobs in HCL Technologies in Hyderabad. I tell them i will keep them in my prayers. At the same place i meet Mr Veil Mani.
Delhi's Gold Hunters by Mr Shiv Sunny in HT was a good attempt. Such stories elicit interest. The piece by Mr Aakar Patel in Asian Age on India lagging behind in football and earlier story on how residents of Japan are simple despite technological advancements were equally good.
It is high time the standoff in Delhi administration is resolved. The L-G is here to work. The L-G should show a big heart and ask civil servants to report to work. It seems and this is what the people are saying the Civil servants are not cooperating as they have been issued instructions to do so. The Central Govt and State Govt should reach a broad understanding. The residents of the city are at the receiving end. Why residents of Delhi suffer because of differences between two political parties? One never knows what the verdict would be in 11 months from now.
Reaching Mettupalayam, reaching Kotagiri
Coming back to reaching Coimbatore it is automan Mr Srinivasan who takes me to Coimbatore bus stand which is also known as Ooty bus stand. Going past Adyar Ananda Bhawan, India Post, Top in Town.
Directions for way to Perur
Going past ST. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral
- Krishnaswamy Road
- Kailash Parbat
- Annadiar cars. Going past Safire tailors, Golden traders, Suryaa bakes, Jio digital life, Round tables watch tower, Annapurna Gowrishankar, Sri Balaji Timber Mart. In half an hour reach bus stand. Meet Mr Paul Ebinazer a student.
Meet Mr Jagan who guides me about Kotagiri bus. The bus from Ooty bus stand for Kotagiri leaves at 4.15 pm. Goes past board of Adithya International School World class hostel for boys and girls.
From 5.05 the ride is amidst greenery. At 5.17 concrete structures can be seen. We reach Mettupalayam at 5.38. At 5.45 go past Sri Sathya Sai Kalyana Mahal. The bus goes past Kauveri International. This is followed by Bison crossing zone of Elephants. We are in Arevenu at 7.50 and in Kotagiri at 8.05. I take room in a lodge where i stayed way back in 2011 when my stay in Kotagiri was for more than three days before heading towards Udhagamandalam. It is Majestic Lodge where i stay for a day in Kotagiri. It is in K.R.E. Complex, Mettupalayam Road.
In Hampi the Ganesh restaurant is next to Gopi restaurant. Ganesh restaurant was the one which i used to visit during my 2014 stay. The said restaurant has closed as it is lean season (March to June is considered to be a lean season). There is Mr Shiva guiding me about buses to Hospet. Meet Mr Sohaib who is a class 8th student in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Meet hat vendor Ms Ammu. In Hampi my first outing is to Vitthala temple.
Start for Vitthala temple at 3.38 pm.
At 3.43 there are directions for
Achyutaraya temple left, Vitthala temple left, Mathunga hills straight.
At 3.45 Varaha (Saiva) temple popularly known as Varaha temple because of the Varaha Royal Emblem at the eastern entrance, this is a unique Saiva temple. There is Hanumanthappa tea centre on way to Vitthala temple.
There is renovation work underway. Ahead a board warns against swimming. This is followed by strategically placed rocks/boulders. At 3.55 there is a Lord Krishna temple. At 4.06 a temple against strategically placed rocks/boulders and new addition is gate to the temple. Later come across a tree which has clothes tied to its branches on right. The Tungabhadra river is on the left. Reach a point where A board says Beware of crocodiles
No swimming deadly whirlpools in the river.Meet Mr Santosh Kumar ice cream vendor and i settle for orange bar which comes for 5 rs. The tea shop is shut at the time i reach here. Reach Vitthala temple at 4.26 pm.
The Vitthala temple, represent the highest watermark of the Vijayanagara style of art and architecture. Vitthala is the Krishna aspect of Lord Krishna. It is one of the largest temples of that period built under the patronage of Devaraya II (1422 - 46 AD). Outside the temple, to the east is a huge bazar, measuring 945 mts in length and 40 mts in width leading to a sacred tank known as Lokapavani.
Admission ticket to Vitthala Temple is 30 rs, foreigners 500 rs. There is Ms Kavita punching tickets.
Inside Meet Mr Anand a guide, Mr Srinivas also a guide. I politely decline their request to become my guide. Perhaps there would be occasions when their services would be utilised by a large number of tourists. There is a board which says Work in progress Please keep away from Maha Mandapa.
On left side of Vitthala temple as one goes further from the boundary wall one can spot Lord Hanuman temple (Anjaneya Parvat). Leave Vitthala temple at 4.54.
There are Directions for
Vishnu temple right, King's balance right, Inscribed Vishnu temple right.
Take a water bottle from old woman Surya Kumari who is water and cold drinks vendor. Beware of crocodile board comes at 5.03. Sighting Tungabhadra river at 5.05. Tree branches strung with clothes come at 5.06. Temple among rocks/boulders at 5. 10. Varaha (Saiva) temple 5.16. At 5.21 A board shows directions for
Yantrodharak Anjaneya temple left, Kodandavama temple left.
Hanumanthappa tea centre comes at 5.18. Meet Ms Chikanmma old woman selling peanuts. At 5.23 i am at a tea centre run by Mr Ali Saheb and Mr Basvaraj. Take tea from Mr Ali Saheb.
Meet a group from Chitradurga which is in Karnataka. Meet Mr Bhim Gowda. At 5.50 reach Pushpa lodge.
I also get an opportunity to visit Virupaksha temple. In Virupaksha temple there is Mr Shivanand with guide books.
Sightings in Hampi
- Pushpa guest house
- Chill out restaurant
- Travel Agency Authorised agent for booking flight, train, bus, taxi, hotel, money exchange
- cyber cafe high speed wi-fi internet (This cyber cafe remained closed for the entire duration i was in Hampi)
payphone STD - ISD
- Suresh restaurant (I settle for meals on different days from this restaurant. The staff is very humble and the food served is fresh). The tourists should try this restaurant instead of going to places where there is large crowd. Three cheers for Suresh restaurant.
- Satish Achar Purohit
- Srinivas Achar Purohit
- Sri Mohan Chikkabhat Joshi
- Mango tree restaurant
- Moonlight restaurant Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Indian, Italian, Chinese, Continental available
- Money changer
travels - flight, train, bus
We accept cash cards, rooms available
- Beauty parlour
- Sambhu guest house (In this guest house i stayed in 2014)
- Sagar hotel
- Ganesh restaurant
- Gopi guest house and restaurant
- Archana travels: train, bus and air tickets. Daily sleeper bus to Goa, Gokarna, Bengaluru, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad (All places in India)
- Tea, coffee, breakfast and cold drinks. Feel at home
- ISSTA book worm
english, french german books and old books exchange
- Sri Venkateswara restaurant
Masala dosa, fresh juices, fruit museli, set breakfast, coconut porridge, Indian Thali
- Shanthi tours and travels
- internet cafe
- Thilak restaurant
- Akash art gallery and book stall
- 1985 restaurant (here the staff is rude)
- Suma general store
- Suma travels
- Ganga handicrafts Janta plot Hampi 583239
- Vidhnu store Mr Manjunath
- Meet Mr Srinivas from Chitradurga. Meet Mr Bajendri Barnappa. Meet Ms Manjula selling bananas who is very humble
- Hakka Bukka Ape auto drivers union
- Prashant book store
- Ballari police mobile App
Smart police Smart Citizen
- Meet Mr Antonio who took flight from New York to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Singapore, Singapore to Bengaluru. Meet Mr Evan from France. I meet him when i go near Monolithic bull which is on left.
Meet Mr Guy from UK. He has been to Madurai, Bengaluru,Varanasi and Nepal (20 million people reside here). From here he would go to Rishikesh which is somewhat near New Delhi.
Leaving Hampi
The day i am supposed to leave Hampi for Hubli i come across students from Kottayam and Bengaluru. The Bus leaves at 8.20 am. The ride is amidst thick green cover. Mr Lakshmi Kant is bus conductor and Mr Renukappa bus driver. Mr Renukappa has been to Tirumala and he is distributing prasad among passengers. At 8.28 we are in Kamalapura.
Thank you visit again Vijaynagar entrance Kamlapura town. Going past AVK Primary School.
Bus No 302F Hampi going in opposite direction. Hospet 8.50, bus stand 8.51, railway station 8.55 am.
Sightings in Hospet
- Sri Srinivas Bakery
- Hotel Srinivas
- Krishna Palace
- Indira Travels
- Amrutha Residency
- SBI
- IDBI
- The rising stars pre-school
- Hotel Lakshmi Bhavan
- Hotel Hampi International
In railway station come across the enduring message on Swachh Bharat Swasth Bharat.
Manguru Kolhapur train expected at 10.05 am
Hubli Tirupati fast passenger 9.15 am
Bengaluru Hospet passenger 11.40 am
Hubli Bellari Passenger 11.50 am
Taking dosa from Naivedyam
In station book stall contractor is Mr K Hanumanthappa. Meet Mr Abbas Ali security man at SBI ATM. Naivedyam restaurant which is located on bus stand road, Hospet is about 1 km from Hospet railway station. In Naivedyam restaurant i settle for rava masala dosa. It is very clean restaurant with a friendly staff. Perhaps tourists visiting Hospet/Hampi should try this restaurant at least once. Snacks/meals are affordable here. Mr Durga is the automan who takes me back to station.
In station meet Mr Mohammad Jawad who came for madrasa collection from North Dinajpur in West Bengal state. Meet a man from Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh.
My train for Hubli leaves at 10.15 am. Stops, starts again. Mr S M Kulkarni is the TTE.
Munirabad comes at 10.26, Hitha 10.32, Gingera 10.37, Koppal 10.47, Bhanapur 11.04,
Bannikoppa 11.13, Gadag 12 pm, Hebsur, 12.50, Kusugal 12.56 and Hubli 1.33.
On way to Hari Prasad lodge on Gokul Road in Hubli come across
- Hotel Swaarna Paradise your comfort our priority
- Hotel Ashoka Tower
- Hotel Sri Krishna Bhawan Lamington Road
- Big Mishra Pedha
- Kamat Hotel Central Bus Stand Hubli
- Mangalore Lodge
- Sri Balaji Sai Steels
- Udupi Hotel
- Shivsheel multiplex
- Hari Prasad lodge
I take meals from Akshay Inn, Airport Road Hubli. Do story from Chinmaya Cyber cafe in Akshay Park Gokul Road. Mr Praveen Kiby in the cyber cafe is kind enough to book a ticket from Coimbatore to Hyderabad. I visit Hubli railway station to cancel a train ticket. Being Sunday the counters are closed. On second outing in Hubli visit Lord Sai temple in Hubli which perhaps is in Rajnagar, Vidya Nagar. In the evening take masala pakora from Akshay Inn. Monday a little after 5 am i leave Hari Prasad lodge and head to Hubli Airport only to discover the gates are closed. The CISF personnel lets me in after going through the papers.
There are flights to different destinations. Bengaluru 9.25, Hyderabad 11.25, Bengaluru 4 pm, Bengaluru 4.25.
Now fly from Hubli to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad and get daily direct flights at pocket-friendly fares.
- Check-in
- Airport mgr
- Toilets
- Snacks bar
- Security check
- Reserved lounge
Meet Mr Panchaksaraiya Herematta from Gadag which is about 57 km from Hubli. He is going to Bengaluru. For the first time he is taking a flight. Meet Mr Samiel from Madurai. Meet Mr Jay Kumar of Spicejet who is very helpful and so is Mr Shubrajit who is very humble. Meet Mr Ekbote who along with his family members is going to Tirumala. He is a BJP supporter and says in 15 seats the BJP lost by less than 2000 votes in recent Karnataka polls.
The flight takes off from Hubli at 9.45am and lands in Bengaluru at 10.35. The inflight magazine Spice Route has a story on Leh "Juleh". Another story is on Stars of Spicejet Mr Rameez Ansari and Mr Atiq Shanti among others. Meet Mr Prakash Khatri from West Bengal.
At Bengaluru airport Ms Jyoti looks at the ticket before letting me in. Mr Jishnu who hails from Kerala at Jet airways counter issues boarding pass. At Bengaluru airport there are flights to Ahmedabad, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Rajmundhry, Mangalore, Thiruvanthapuram, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Madurai. Take vada idly from a food outlet. It comes for over 150 rs. Later meet Mr Kennedy from Madurai. The flight takes off at 1.37, lands at Coimbatore at 2.16. At Coimbatore airport Captain Pillai guides me to Coimbatore Junction.
Automan Pasha takes me to Coimbatore junction. The woman at cancellation counter in reservation centre in Coimbatore station is very helpful. In the restaurant opposite railway station i have meals where i come across Ms Swetha M, Ms Durga AR, Ms Revathi SV and Ms Aruna A. They have done Mtech in software engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and have secured jobs in HCL Technologies in Hyderabad. I tell them i will keep them in my prayers. At the same place i meet Mr Veil Mani.
Delhi's Gold Hunters by Mr Shiv Sunny in HT was a good attempt. Such stories elicit interest. The piece by Mr Aakar Patel in Asian Age on India lagging behind in football and earlier story on how residents of Japan are simple despite technological advancements were equally good.
It is high time the standoff in Delhi administration is resolved. The L-G is here to work. The L-G should show a big heart and ask civil servants to report to work. It seems and this is what the people are saying the Civil servants are not cooperating as they have been issued instructions to do so. The Central Govt and State Govt should reach a broad understanding. The residents of the city are at the receiving end. Why residents of Delhi suffer because of differences between two political parties? One never knows what the verdict would be in 11 months from now.
Reaching Mettupalayam, reaching Kotagiri
Coming back to reaching Coimbatore it is automan Mr Srinivasan who takes me to Coimbatore bus stand which is also known as Ooty bus stand. Going past Adyar Ananda Bhawan, India Post, Top in Town.
Directions for way to Perur
Going past ST. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral
- Krishnaswamy Road
- Kailash Parbat
- Annadiar cars. Going past Safire tailors, Golden traders, Suryaa bakes, Jio digital life, Round tables watch tower, Annapurna Gowrishankar, Sri Balaji Timber Mart. In half an hour reach bus stand. Meet Mr Paul Ebinazer a student.
Meet Mr Jagan who guides me about Kotagiri bus. The bus from Ooty bus stand for Kotagiri leaves at 4.15 pm. Goes past board of Adithya International School World class hostel for boys and girls.
From 5.05 the ride is amidst greenery. At 5.17 concrete structures can be seen. We reach Mettupalayam at 5.38. At 5.45 go past Sri Sathya Sai Kalyana Mahal. The bus goes past Kauveri International. This is followed by Bison crossing zone of Elephants. We are in Arevenu at 7.50 and in Kotagiri at 8.05. I take room in a lodge where i stayed way back in 2011 when my stay in Kotagiri was for more than three days before heading towards Udhagamandalam. It is Majestic Lodge where i stay for a day in Kotagiri. It is in K.R.E. Complex, Mettupalayam Road.
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