Places

I was just thinking how many places I have visited in each State. My god! Quite an interesting list I should say! These places I have stayed more than 15 hours and explored the places.

Let me take my dear own Karnataka State to begin with. Bangalore (J), Mysore, Mandya, Madikeri, Chamarajanagara, Srirangapatna, Channapatna, Ramanagara, Maddur. I have visited Belgaum, Khanapura, Bagalkot, Bijapura, Davanagere, Shimoga, Alnavar, Dharwad-Hubli, Jog, Mangalore, Kundapura, Sirsi, Udupi, Kumata. Chikmagalore, Balehonnur, Basarikatte, Handi, Kushalnagar.I can reel off what I did in each of the places.

Tamil Nadu : Trichy, Tanjore, Madurai, Srivilliputtur, Chennai, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Cheyyar, Coimbatore, Valparai ( a lovely hill station where I was stationed for months together during 1995-99), Neyveli.  Kodaicanal, Ooty, Coonoor

Kerala : Cochin, Trivandrum ( I had been to Thumba Rocket Launching Station), Trichur, Guruvayoor.

Andhra Pradesh : Tirupati, Chittoor, Kadapa, Guntur, Warangal (Kakatiya Temple), Karimnagar, Adilabad, oh yes Mantralaya, Vijayawada ( I must have spent more than 2 months here!), Khammam, Vizag, Vijayanagaram, Srikakulam, Samalkota and Kakinada. Ananthapur also I have visited. Of course, Hyderabad!

West Bengal : ooh, only Calcutta

Uttar Pradesh : Lucknow, Varanasi, Saranath

Chandigarh : Chandigarh, Ambala

HP : Simla and Shimla L

MP : Singrouli coal mines, Satna, Bhopal

Maharashtra : Mumbai, Pune

Pondicherry

J&K : Jammu Tawi and Srinagar

Gujarat, the seven sisters, Goa not at all visited.

Germany : only Frankfurt AirportJ

USA : Atlantic City, Washington DC, New York, Virginia

Middle East : Muscat, Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Looks like I have covered many places in the world. Well ,there are many more to visit.

I am eager to visit Venice. I don’t know how is today. But I want to visit before I dieL

I have seen Indians in all places. Yes, even in Frankfurt!

Today’s subject is places. So be it!