Oracle Photographs Exhibition

On the occasion of Independence Day, there was an exhibition of photographs in Oracle office.

 Two of my pics were also selected for it. 

My Pic 1 "Happy Feet"

My Pic 2 "Solitude"

The Savandurga Ride

This was 2nd ride organised by IISc Randonneurs , and It was my first 100km bicycle ride. The route they planned was just awesome, they must have put lots of effort in that, hats off to the organising committee. During the ride we came across many beautiful locations like Savan Durga, Manchanbele Dam, ISRO substation etc. but we didn't have time to capture them, because of deadline to finish the trip. Still posting few random pics.

Some points to take out from the trip

- We started at 6.00 AM, I came back at 2.00 PM

- Abhirama was riding slower than me :-) due to various reasons.

- Had some awesome Thatte Idli  at some Village in Magadi Road for breakfast.

- I felt we circled the Savandurga Monolith many a times, sometimes it was on my left, sometimes on right, sometimes straight and everywhere.

- Manchanbele Dam was beautiful and was surrounded by greenary. I recently visited a reservoir with all water dried up that wasn't so good.

- While coming back I drank 4 coconut water, I was searching for all energy sources thanks to Uday's chocolates that helped.

- There was a foreigner lady with us, she had a road bike and was riding really fast, very often overtaking us but every now and then she used to stop. We asked her once, is everything fine ? she replied - Ya everything is fine. I don't know the route thats why I have to follow you guys :-)

- It was like a mini Karnatka Darshan. We covered city, villages, farms, mountains,water bodies, state highway, tourist places etc.

 After crossing Manchanbele Dam, we took a break under this tree for some time.

 Thanks to Varma, his cycle was great

 ISRO substation

 

 These antenna's were huge

Big Banyan Tree

Random

Random 

Can you see the floor of these temporary huts ? They are at a certain height from ground.

Great Design. 

 zoom out...

zoom out... It seems a cool place to stay :-)

Getting ready for cultivation. 

The wood from these trees is used for support during building construction. 

The straighter they are, the better they are.

SFO [Picture Story]

Jan 2010

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Golden Gate

 Pelican

 Bay Bridge

 Performers from England on the market streets

 Musicians at city market

  

 Don't disturb me

 Golden Gate

 Alcatraz Island (It was a high security Prison in past, surrounded by sharks n below zero degree chilled water)

Pacific Ocean

 Reflection of sun light during sunset

Another view of Pacific Ocean

  SFO city view from Golden Gate

You need decent background work, before city tour :-)

PS : I observed that most of the people don't like indirection in the blog,

[when I pasted the flickr link there were very few hits for flickr album].

I simply love these pics and now sharing them in a more direct way,

so that more people can enjoy :-)

Madiwala Lake

Pics n Video is from my Galaxy S :-)

Another beautiful Bangalore Lake

 

Park attached to lake

I went to this kid and inquired what was he eating, I also tried that fruit, It was sweet :-)

Hebbal Lake [Picture Story]

I liked the walking track !

 It was peaceful !

 Good place for Bird Watchers !

 Some small Island's are formed, which attract birds !

Nice place for Jogging !

 One of the oldest lakes in Bangalore !

Boat at lake !

 Good place for Exercise !

I have not clicked this pic :-)

Hang out with friends !

Just loved the lawn !

PS : Thanks to Chaitanya for some of the pics !

My Third 50 Km+ Cycling Trip

This time I went towards Bannerghatta Road. I started at noon :-) actually woke up late. Bad time to start, Traffic n Pollution. Its always good to start as early in the morning as possible. I was planning to cover more than 75km (To n Fro) n goto Pearl Valley, but in the mid thought, its better to get back before it gets dark. So traveled  around 50 Kms 4.5 hrs. Ya I know thats very bad avg. speed. I was on MTB and there was decent traffic on Bannerghatta Road and I am beginner so that seems ok to me :-)

I am considering buying a bike, Abhirama suggested this link and it really is very useful. Earlier I didn't get why good bikes are so costly now I am getting it. One of the good part of cycling around bangalore is climate is bit helpful n you can find refreshing Coconut Water everywhere :-)

During the trip didn't concentrate on clicking pictures, still posting few random pics.

 

The bag he is carrying was Heavvvvyyyyy !

 This is called Resource Utilization !

 Backside View !

 Some Town Market I came across !

 

 Same Market Another View !