Musing on Randomness!

Pyramid valley is located on Kanakpura Road in Bangalore and houses India’s first and largest meditation pyramid. The plan to visit pyramid valley had been lingering in my mind for a very long time (a few years) due to my sheer fascination by pyramidal structures. I kept delaying the visit as I am not drawn towards meditation. I am at my most curious and restless self when I try to meditate. Hence, ‘No, thank you – not my cup of tea’ is what my mind always came up with at the initial thought of visiting this place.      On a Sunday morning, I and my cousin who was visiting me in Bangalore finally decided to visit this place on his choice. It’s distanced 43 Km from Bangalore inside a village in Ramnagar district. We decided to opt for two bikes as none of us were interested in riding pillion. We chose the NICE road route as it was closest from our house and also because I always end up choosing NICE road over any alternative routes in Bangalore. After roughly 20 km from the NI

Place: Chunchi Falls, Kanakpura, Karnataka Distance from Bangalore: 90 Km Type: Biking, Hiking, Trekking, Waterfall It was after a long time that I was riding with ‘The Bikerni’ as I was on a work trip to US for a while before this ride was planned. The destination decided was Chunchi falls which is roughly 90 kms from Bangalore. I wasn’t as enticed by the location at first but I was proven wrong, albeit delightfully.       Chunchi falls is fed by the river Arkavati and is enroute Mekedatu and Sangama. This destination isn’t very popular with the locals in Bangalore as it’s dry for most part of the year. The time of visit is the key. June and July also happen to be the best time of visit for most waterfalls near Bangalore. The route from Bangalore to these falls is lush green.  A few patches of roads that we rode past on the way had roads were fully covered with orange colored flowers and overcast by trees on both ends.     The route was confusing as there is ha