Sakleshpur

This has been one of my most precious trips! Of course all trips are unique and special, but this one happened after almost 20 years of non planning 😛 It was a friends outing - a short and sweet trip!

We left Bangalore around 6.30 in the morning in one of my friend's new car. 

It was a beautiful drive, we took the Nice road to enter the national highway. We stopped for breakfast at Swathi restaurant where we had yummy dosa/idli/vada/coffee and continued our drive. 

The roads to Sakleshpur from Bangalore are very good, and after few quick stops on the way we reached our resort in Sakleshpur - Mookanana Resort by noon.

The rooms here were good, with a nice balcony and an upstairs space. One room could easily accommodate 4 people. 

We had lunch at the dining area, which was overlooking a man made lake. The food was good and after a while we headed back to our rooms. 

With non stop chatter it was soon time for our tea and snacks. After tea we went near the lake, strolled around for a while taking pictures and walked till the gate which was close to 1km. It was dark by the time we headed back to our room. 

During our brave night walk 😛 - Scorpion 

We sat in the room balcony till late in the night chatting and munching on starters and had dinner later on just before they closed the dining hall for the night.

View from the balcony

We were up early the next morning and went for a short walk before having tea with parleG :)

We had a leisurely heavy breakfast which tasted very good. We left the resort around 12 after checking out. 

The drive back was very scenic as we had to stop at Belur. We stopped for lunch at a small place before Belur. After a quick Belur stop we were back on the road. 

Belur temple from outside

We again stopped at the famous 'Swathi restaurant' for coffee and sandwiches 😁

We reached Bangalore around 8pm. 

This was an amazing trip and a rejuvenating one for me! Thanks S, N, V 😀