Chitra Aiyer

Monsoon in the Western Ghats

Chitra — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0000

It is the typical November Bangalore weather now - winter is setting in, it is mostly cloudy with drizzles and there is that nip in the air - you just want to wind down, cuddle up with the family, read, play board games, leave the curtains open and let the dull light stream into your [...]

Review - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - Children’s Book

Chitra — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:29:11 +0000

One of the things I have been wanting to write is reviews for children’s books. I do my best to try and introduce my kids to a variety of books. I have always enjoyed reading myself, but as an adult, I have at best struggled to keep at it. I dont know why that is. [...]

Charukesi’s ‘Itchy Feet’

Chitra — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:59:31 +0000

Itchy Feet is one of those blogs that I completely love. It is written and maintained by Charukesi. I ran into Charu’s work first on flickr; from flickr, I went to her blog. I have known her on various social forums and even met up with her a couple of months ago. There was this 1 [...]

A walk in the clouds

Chitra — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:19:49 +0000

Fog filled mountain lands are so far away from the immediate stark reality that surrounds us in the city. Remembering the moutnains only makes this reality even more real. The weekend that we were away at the Western Ghats in Sakleshpur, the fog rolled in one afternoon right in front of our eyes and enveloped all [...]

Happy Diwali, folks

Chitra — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:50:27 +0000

Here’s President Obama delivering Diwali wishes. He even has a why we celebrate Diwali bit in it. So, I will post the video and wish you all health, happiness, and prosperity this Diwali season.

Wake up Sid - Movie review

Chitra — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:59:28 +0000

I am not one who hits the movie theatres too much, especially now, after the kids. However, there was this little something about the trailer of ‘Wake up Sid’ that I knew I wanted to watch the movie. I had ‘youtube’d the songs quite a bit and knew it had a certain something that I [...]

Ammadi Homestay, Koppa

Chitra — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:51:13 +0000

Oct 2nd long weekend - we had nothing on the cards. But a long weekend, and not go on a road trip? So, well, we got to pouring on the maps. My eyes kept hovering over Sagar in Shimoga - the famous Jog falls are in Sagar. And luckily for us, I thought then, we [...]

Deep in the woods, where a river runs through it - Vythiri resort

Chitra — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:12 +0000

Wayanad, a picturesque Ghat district in Kerala; inviting mountain landscape, almost always very green. It has always been a place that I have wanted to visit. I introduced its landscape in my previous post. This post will cover our stay there. At Wayanad, we stayed at the Vythiri resorts. It is located a good 4 kms [...]

The Western Ghats at Wayanad

Chitra — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:46:32 +0000

We were at Wayanad for a few days last week. Wayanad is a little district in Kerala. Almost all of it lies in the beautiful green Western Ghats. The Western Ghats is a mountain range that abuts India’s narrow west coastal plain. The range is really long, about 1600 km, and runs through the states [...]

Tunneled Train Tracks - Sakleshpur

Chitra — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:25:55 +0000

Continuing from the previous post …. After lunch on arrival, we decided to go check out the tunneled railway track nearby. This is the railway track that connects Hassan to Mangalore and passes through the Western Ghats past Sakleshpur. Since the track runs through the Western Ghats, that entire stretch has many tunnels. The entire [...]