Travel With Koushik

We all wait for weekend and if you want to relax and enjoy the weekend in a hill station within 200 km from Bangalore, Yelagiri Hills is the place you can consider. I have visited twice, first time in 2013 for a day out and recently this year (2019) for 2 days and both the times it was a great fun over there. Yelagiri is a hill station in Vellore district of Tamilnadu, 160 km from Bangalore. This is one of the popular hill stations where many people visit from Bangalore, Chennai and nearby places in the weekends. The road trip from Bangalore to Yelagiri Hills is awesome through Bangalore-Chennai highway, exit to Kethandapatti Road and then Yelagiri Road. Except 3-4 KM the road is in excellent condition. Yelagiri is very good place for both family trip or a trip with friends. Though there are not too many places to visit, however it has enough attraction for enjoying and relaxing for a weekend. Place to Visit Fundera Park This is mainly a bird park. It has severa...

Yercaud is one of my favorite hill stations. It is an excellent weekend gateway. This a great place to relax and you can visit the place with your family or friend. Yercaud is a hill station in Salem district of Tamilnadu. It is 230 km from Bangalore. Yercaud is called as Ooty of Poor, however it is nothing less than Ooty. This is beautiful hill station with many stunning view points. It became one of the busiest weekend gateways specially from Bangalore. Drive to Yercaud from Bangalore will be the first thing to enjoy. Excellent road throughout starting from Bangalore through Krishnagiri, Salem and finally to Yercaud. There are 22 hairpin bend in Salem- Yercaud road. I was bit scared first time when I drove to Yercaud, however I did not face any challenge in any of the hairpin bend as it so nicely planned. One thing I want to mention here is if you follow Google Map if sometimes show an exit few km before Salem and the road goes through a forest. Avoid that as that ...

Temple, the place almost everyone loves to visit. Some visits to pray to god, some visits to see the temple architecture and there are many who visit for both. Whatever category you belong to and if you are staying in Bangalore you must visit Bhoga Nandishwara Temple. The temple is situated at Chikkaballapura, 60 km from Bangalore city center. It is very closed to Nandi Hill and you can cover both Nandi Hill and the temple in the same trip. The temple is one of the oldest temple in Karnataka and constructed in early 9th century. The temple is protected as a monument of national importan ce by the Archaeological Survey of India. I with my family wanted to visit some temple on a weekend and while searching I came to know about this temple and decided to visit on a Sunday. We started around 9 in the morning from Marathahalli, Bangalore and reached there by 11. The route was through Tin Factory, Hebbal, Bangalore Hyderabad highway to Chikkaballapura. It ...

Bangalore is full of resorts for day outing, resorts are of varieties of package, various activities. You can find resort with very cheaper package as well you will find premier resorts with high price package. However if you look for a budget resort with good activities, it is sometimes very difficult to find one and a wrong decision to choose the resort can spoil your outing, specially if you are with family. I was planning for a day outing with my family and relatives on a weekend. I have already visited many resorts in Bangalore and with all kind of experience I was careful to select a good budget resort and I found Elim Resorts. I have gone through Google reviews, photos and their website and it looked good and booked for the day outing. Elim Resort is located near Kanakpura Road, 37 km from Bangalore, precisely 47 km from Marathahalli. It has different day package like Lunch - Hi tea, Breakfast- Lunch - Hi tea, Breakfast - Lunch - Hi Tea - Dinner. They also have ni...