Everytime I visit Bangalore/ Mysore, there are a couple of things always on my TO-EAT list:
Tea
Vada Sambhar
Garlic Rice and Dal fry @ Greens Mysore
I just love the way tea is prepared in this part of the country. It is strong without being bitter. Somehow almost all tea shops get it right. I don’t know how. I tried to replicate it myself but I end up making it bitter. Hopefully someday, I will conqer the art.
Vada sambhar is just amazing. There’s no question of missing on this one. However, unlike the tea, vada doesn’t taste the same everywhere.
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It has been quite a while that I am fed-up with all the wires I need to manage for all my electrical and electronic equipments. While we can’t get rid of all wires, some of them can quickly be eliminated. Here’s my wireless story so far:
It started with going wi-fi a few years ago with the Linksys WRT54G (alright, I know I should move to wifi-N):
Linksys Wifi Router (WRT54G)
Then came the bluetooth headset from Nokia:
Nokia bluetooth BH-104 Then came this wireless mouse from Microsoft (yes I have the RED one and I like it!):
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AlBaha
Last couple of days, I have been at AlBaha, the hill station in the desert! It literally is. The temperature during the day is about 30 degrees and during the night, it becomes really cool. Before coming down, I had read about the place and got an impression of it being a tourist place. I expected it to be a lively city with lots of tourists, especially that it boasts a pleasant climate in a region which is otherwise full of desert. But that was not to be. The airport itself looked deserted. Ours was the only [...] Continue Reading…
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Continuing from where I had left the last post, the taxi had to be tracked somehow. But how? How could we track down the taxi without having any clue about it? Suddenly my friends got reminded of something magical. On our way to the hotel from the airport, the entire journey was captured as a motion video in the camera. Could there be some clues in the video? At least it was worth investigating.
The video was long, so we had to quickly glance through it and find clues. Most of the video had captured the mountains and greeneries (yes [...] Continue Reading…
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We reached Madinah airport in the evening. Small airport. Walked out and took a taxi to the hotel. The ride was long, but pleasant. Madinah does not feel like a desert surprisingly. I will possibly describe Madinah in another post. When the receptionist at the hotel asked me for my passport while checking-in at the hotel in Madinah, I realized that I had left my passport in the taxi. Not having the passport literally meant all movements blocked. It would have been tough for me to even get out of this country! A couple of episodes of ‘Jailed Abroad’ [...] Continue Reading…
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