After a lot of holiday cancellations on this long weekend (coorg, ooty etc), we finally managed to convince ourselves that holiday is not meant for us, atleast for now. But my brimming mind never gave way, I suggested my Husband that we should do a day outing to a nearby place on this 15 Aug.
Having lived in Pune for last 2 years, Ghats and hills were our neighbours, so the thought of a hill in Bangalore excited us. Though I am from Bangalore and have visited Nandi hills in the past (the last when I was a kid) the idea didn't seem too bad. But to my horror everything has changed. Located about 60 kms from BEML gate(where I live), I took the longer and no traffic route - old madras road and ring road from there on towards kammanahalli, nagawara, hebbal, yelahanka, doddaballapur road and nandi hills. It was soothing as we didn't fight the regular traffic and were able to cruise through, so we didn;t mind the fuel too. And with my brand new Etios, the drive was quite good enough.
We had started at 12:00 and it took us about an hour and half to reach. The road to nandi hills was well maintained with villages on both sides, vineyards and rose plantations. You would see a chain of people on both sides of road selling farm fresh grapes. Now comes the hill climb. Was simple and boring. It looked deserted with fewer trees and green blanket was torn apart. On top hill looked chopped with its height creating a confusion in my mind about its hill status. We were charged about 80 bucks to park the car which turned out to be wasteful too.
With Pune boasting of some of the western ghat wonders nearby Nandi hills was a sheer disappointment. It looked like a hill top garden. Man made beauty had replaced the natural essence. Lots of stone bricks structure all around. Perfectly manicured garden and some trees. And this is no summer. Rainy season and no greenery! Alas, Tipu Sultan could just pass this place as just another road if he came back to life. So no Photographs too, didn't capture my interest
With a visit to this place my hopes of finding a nearby outing place was shattered and have decided to forgive the humans like me to destroy the nature. But I am afraid if nature will!
Having lived in Pune for last 2 years, Ghats and hills were our neighbours, so the thought of a hill in Bangalore excited us. Though I am from Bangalore and have visited Nandi hills in the past (the last when I was a kid) the idea didn't seem too bad. But to my horror everything has changed. Located about 60 kms from BEML gate(where I live), I took the longer and no traffic route - old madras road and ring road from there on towards kammanahalli, nagawara, hebbal, yelahanka, doddaballapur road and nandi hills. It was soothing as we didn't fight the regular traffic and were able to cruise through, so we didn;t mind the fuel too. And with my brand new Etios, the drive was quite good enough.
We had started at 12:00 and it took us about an hour and half to reach. The road to nandi hills was well maintained with villages on both sides, vineyards and rose plantations. You would see a chain of people on both sides of road selling farm fresh grapes. Now comes the hill climb. Was simple and boring. It looked deserted with fewer trees and green blanket was torn apart. On top hill looked chopped with its height creating a confusion in my mind about its hill status. We were charged about 80 bucks to park the car which turned out to be wasteful too.
With Pune boasting of some of the western ghat wonders nearby Nandi hills was a sheer disappointment. It looked like a hill top garden. Man made beauty had replaced the natural essence. Lots of stone bricks structure all around. Perfectly manicured garden and some trees. And this is no summer. Rainy season and no greenery! Alas, Tipu Sultan could just pass this place as just another road if he came back to life. So no Photographs too, didn't capture my interest
With a visit to this place my hopes of finding a nearby outing place was shattered and have decided to forgive the humans like me to destroy the nature. But I am afraid if nature will!
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