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Namma Bengaluru!


"Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer."

This article is not really about architecture but it is about an architect's love for travel. It's been two years and seven months and Bengaluru has more than changed my life. Living life independently on your own terms and your's alone has it's own perks.

Broadly, there are supposed to be three phases in our lives and so we have been told. Phase 1: When you are a kid-you have all the energy and time but no money. Phase 2: When you are an earner- you have money and energy but no time, and Phase 3: When you are retired- you have time, you have money but no energy.

So what do we do? We manage the little time, save and use the little money we have and all of our energy, in an age when we have almost no responsibilities, no worries, i.e. only if we allow ourselves to.

Life is a celebration. That is what Bengaluru has taught me. It is full of enthusiastic people who earn, eat and travel, experience the rich culture this city has from every corner of the world. If we talk about food... well, it might take me a whole new blog to express about the love for food that Bengaluru has!

As an architect, who works in Bangalore(or a place like this), even site visits to outskirts are a delight, which I haven't documented (perhaps some other time and post). For the time being, I made some effort to document places I have travelled managing time off work, in and around Bangalore, in form of pictures...hope you enjoy the collection and try to travel more, if you haven't been yet and enrich your soul!

Gokarna.. Relaxing and enriching- Not all classrooms have four walls
Open Street Fest. Yes the hugs were free- noble.
Shivanasamudra-My boss's farm
Completed a 14 km trek. Such a Blissful view from the top- totally worth it!
Comic con Festival
Goa- Scuba Diving for the very first time
Mahabaleshwar
Never ending mid-night trips to Nandi hills
Tipu Sultan's Palace
Kannur,Kerala
It was high time I explore my skills in driving the giant-Thunderbird-350. Enroute Gokarna for the second time but with an entirely different experience-2 days 1100km!
Road trip- Antaragange Caves
Riversedge resort- Shivanasamudra
Coorg
Yelagiri
Bangaluru roads
Early morning breakfast ride with Royal brothers- Kolar

Kanakpura camping.. Rapelling for the very first time!


 Early morning road trips- The Big Banyan tree
  


If you managed till here, thank you for going through the images :)

Lots of love,
AB


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