I would certainly say (whether I am able to come, or not)...don't go to BR Hills over the weekend. If wildlifing is going to form part of your activities, the tourist crowd at weekends will ensure that it will not be a good trip. And if wildlifing is NOT going to be a focus, then no point in adding to the tourist crowd. One can get as much of the forest ambience in, say, the JLR properties at Bandipur, Bheemeshwari, Galibore or somewhere that is much closer to Mysore. In fact, Bheemeshwari, on the banks of the Kaveri, is a lovely property, and hardly a 2 hour to 2 and a half hour trip...the road to the place leads through the Cauvery wildlife sanctuary, as well.
If you do decide on any JLR property, and since Kalyan is not here from Thursday on....do let me know. The same 10% discount can be done. Deepa. On Nov 12, 2007 11:19 AM, Ramakrishna Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007 11:14 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Danese Cooper wrote: [ on 01:07 AM 11/11/2007 ] > > > > >Okay, so now I must book my airline tix for trip to India. I still > > >haven't seen consensus on FOU (when, where, to what extent???). > > > > Well - I've been meaning to post about this for a while now. Thanks > > to Danese for prodding. > > > > Dates: Dec 1-2 (Saturday and Sunday, in other words) > > Venue: 2 venues are frontrunners so far, we need to pick one. > > > > possibility 1: do it in Fireflies once again. > > > > pro: easy to reach (~1hr from Bangalore), easy to book, low cost (~ > > Rs 500/head/day) > > con: been there, done that > > > > possibility 2: BR Hills > > pro: forest surroundings, safari included in price, Kallu can get us > > a 10% discount > > con: will need to drive 3.5 hours to get there each way, need to book > > in advance (which means we need to know exactly how many people are > > coming, IN ADVANCE), costs (Rs 1500/head/day) > > > > A show of hands, please? Who's coming, and which location do you prefer? > > I'm in. Open to both locations , BR hills seems more interesting. but > will be helluva travel over the weekend. > > > regards > -- > Ramakrishna Reddy GPG > Key ID:31FF0090 > Fingerprint = 18D7 3FC1 784B B57F C08F 32B9 4496 B2A1 31FF 0090 > >
