I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.

New Route Update:  

[Bangalore - Srirangapatna - Hunsur -  Gonikoppal - Virajpet - Makutta - Kootupuzha - Iritti - Matannur - Chalode - Kannur]

Follow the route in the map below (map loaded using the track info recorded via GPS on friday 20th Aug 2010). Will update details and road conditions in a couple of days. 

Old route via Gundalpet - Bandipur: 

Bangalore - Take Mysore road

Before Mysore watchout for the Ring Road - Take a RIGHT onto the ring road towards Ooty/Calicut; where the roadside board says Calicut turn LEFT :)  [so much so for the boards!]

The moment you take a right, you should see boards to Ooty and Calicut. Follow the ring road, there are multiple intersections, lookout for Ooty/calicut boards. Finally when you have completed the semi-circular orbit around mysore the 'Ooty-road' turns right. 

Continue towards Bandipur