 Flying Neera followed by others |  Resting in the peace |
Date : Saturday, June 06, 2009
Group : Amy, Nitin, Sumeet, Neera, others, and me
Starting : As usual, we started late from cubbon park. Neera joined us from IISc. Amy was leading us but was not sure of the directions. Asked many people and finally we were on the Hesaraghatta road. We were looking for some village roads but not everybody was ready to do the experimentation. The road was in good condition and lead us to the Hesaraghatta Village. After having breakfast there, we rode towards lake which is not far off.
Breathtaking view of the lake The Chopper over us |  Neera and Nitin on the Banyan Tree |
The place around : Mesmerized by the greenery and the cool weather, everybody wanted to ride more. Hence, we moved further. On the road side, there was a huge Banyan tree. Neera and Nitin did not waste time to climb over it.
The yahoo maps with my GPS pointed to a return. After reaching there we came to know that it was only a trail and not any road.
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The return : We took the village road for some distance which met the mail road after some time. Stopped once to have coconut and jack fruit and returned. I was not in mood to take the Tumkur road again which is full of heavy vehicles throwing smoke at face and honking on head. So I decided to take another road. GPS again helped me out and I found a good road to return back.
My Rating : To put it in simple words, The place is awesome! It is perfect place to camp over night and have fun in group. From biking point of view, it becomes good only after coming to less crowded roads. We did not take the village road and the initial ride on the Tumkur road was bad due to heavy traffic.
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Stats :
Distance : 87 KM
Max Speed : 51.2 KMPH
Avg : 18.2 KMPH
super pics dude....awesome place, planning to ride this or the next weekend.
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modi
Sure, go there and ride on the trails on the lake. Its going to be fun
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ReplyDeleteAnd one more thing..after coming to this place after hours of travelling..don't go back without seeing animal husbandry institutes ,cattle farm ,Nrityagram and surrounding places . M sure u r really goin to enjoy it.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading these POSTS, i too am excited to visit this place.
Could you plz suggest if it wud be a good & safe place for a couple instead of going in a big group?
Going early morning and return same day by car?
Sameer,
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely safe and good to go for a couple. There is temple at the lake, a school and govt office. The village people are very friendly.
Cheers!
Paresh
Thanks Paresh,
ReplyDeleteAfter ur feedback, we are 2 married couples -planned for Sunday outing.
how about food & drink near by?
Some more questions...if u dont mind can we speak over phone? My no. is (0)9986050006.
Just to introduce - i m basically from Delhi, hv come for some training assignment to BLR for 2-3 months and want to explore nearby places.
Hesaraghatta Village has places to eat. Idly, Vada, Dosa, Coffee are available all the time. I remember a bakery also. You can carry food from Bangalore also.
ReplyDeleteHi Paresh,is rainy season an ok time to be at hessarghatta
ReplyDeleteRainy season is perfect time.
ReplyDeleteHi guys i want to know more about this place can anyone let me know??is this the right time to visit??what are the places to visit around it??can anyone mail me the details about this place...this month i'm planning to go...Email:- Srinidhijay@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWe around 14 people went to this place thinking this would be ideal for picnic on 1st jan 2011....but it turned out to be a nightmare for us....full KLPD...after reaching this place in 2.5 hrs from bangalore we were thirsty but did not get a single hotel..or nythng...wanted to camp...but dere was no place to camp...nd this lake...i guess our local bangalore drain wich runs in every locality is better....nothing left to us we tried to go to nityagram...a stupid resort is dere which is closed on mondays nd holidays..so we had to just sit on d side of road..had our food nd left abruptly dis silly place...nothin to see here...dnt waste ur time coming here
ReplyDeleteI'm the resident of hesaraghatta. Contact me if need any help. My mail id suhaskaushiksk@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteIt was of great fun we started at 7 and reached at 8 45 then we went to the lake which is nearby . It's totally a safe place ppl are really friendly.. and must say best cycling place ..
ReplyDeleteIt was of great fun we started at 7 and reached at 8 45 then we went to the lake which is nearby . It's totally a safe place ppl are really friendly.. and must say best cycling place ..
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