Mekedatu, Sangama near Bangalore

Sangama is the name give to the place where two rivers – Arkavathi and Cauvery meet. Sangama is around 50km from Bangalore and the flow of water is high only in early monsoon, most of the times The waters here are shallow and wide, its a very pleasant walk on the banks of the river, you can always take a dip and swim around, beware of crocodile, that is the first thing locals say you, believe me there are a lot bad incidents that have happened in the past, so better be careful.

Mekedatu is around 3km from sangama, you can always drive your way to mekedatu but if you like to walk, just follow the river on the banks and you will reach mekedatu, trust me its a walk worth taking, but may be touch risky, if you are in a gang go for it, otherwise dont try, lot of people come out there just to have drinks and have a nice time, so you never know how they can turn on you.

Once you reach Mekedatu, there will be few buses in a very bad shape on the otherside of the bank, to take you to the place where the water flow narows and rips through, its just around a kilometer you can always take a walk.
Once you reach there,  the first sight scares you to the core, if the water is less you can always get down and have a closer look at how water gushes through the rocks, since the river gets narower the speed of the water increses rapily and it just gushes throug the the sorounding rocks. The speed of the water does scare you, you can see holes in the rocks which are carved by the rapidly flowing river, its a sight that stuns you for a moment.
The below snap was taken when the river was running low, checkout the holes in stones, they are actually carved by the high speed of flowing water.




Food - You do get small restaurants but better pack your food before leaving if you don't want to fall sick.

Wonderla amusement park Water Games bangalore

Wonderla amusement park - You are going to have fun, well i can assure you that, i have been to quite a few amusement park including GRS fantasy park, but this one was lot of fun, there is not one game where you don't feel the adrenaline rush, each and every game drives you crazy unless you try all of them, if you are scared better not go there :-).

Note :- Go early to make the most of wonderla, otherwise you will be in hurry to run through all the games.



Go and try all the games, they look scary, i mean it, just go and give a try, it will drive you crazy. Don't miss the vertical fall, that's the best part of wonderla and the most scariest, it just last for couple of seconds but the excitement before and after is amazing, there are lot of other games which are going to crack the nuts out of you.

I don't remember the names of all the games, most of them where very good and scary, they have rain dance to, there is one sport where they blow the waves which gives beach side feeling. Do try the huge giant wheel, believe me that's the least scariest they rotate it very slowly, but you will get a good view of surrounding.



Going with friends would be lot of fun, the entry fee is 500 rs i believe, you can buy the swim clothes there itself, its very cheap, they have quite a lot of change rooms and lockers to, so your stuff are safe.

Food - there are couple of restaurants, the food is quite good.

Nandi Hills near Bangalore

Nandi hills its around 70Km from Bangalore, one of the most popular weekend getaways from Bangalore, the best part of nandi hills is the weather, very very pleasant.



Its in fact one of the picnic spots, you can see lot of families out there and in weekdays its more of couples, reaching there isn't tough there is a proper road laid out, i have been there many times and i find something new every time, its big, very first take a look at the map at the entrance, people normally just checkout the tipu drop and the temple and that's it over, believe just get down the hills on the other side and take a walk its trees everywhere and its very very calm, you can just sit there relax and enjoy the wonder full view. People normally ignore it considering thats the end but its quite a long way inside.

Tipu drop is just a touch tough to recognise no boards out there and its not something which will get you very excited, checkout the temple.



Its not a adventures place unless you try to do something crazy, its a place where you can just relax relax relax.

Balmuri & Edmuri Water Falls - Mysore

Balmuri and Edmuri is on the way to Mysore, it is one of the most popular water falls near Mysore. The best part of Balmuri and Edmuri falls is you have enough place around to play in the water and get under the little falls too, its not exactly falls you will get an idea when you have a look at the photo.



Its a nice weekend getaway, but I won't really suggest you guys to go to Balmuri, it is too crowded and they have spoilt it up completely in recent times, its no more a falls, so dont even think of going there.
When you reach Balmuri take a left turn and you will reach Edmuri. People say its very dangerous but I didnt find it risky. There are two good things about Edmuri when compared to Balmuri. 1. less crowded and 2. Its very much like old Balmuri before they screwed it up by narowing the flow of water, so people can play around.

So go take a long walk on the edge of the mini falls, if you want to have more fun get under the falls, its an amazing experience, take a look at the snap it was great fun.