During December of 2007 I had been on a road trip to northern, coastal Karnataka and Goa with 2 of my friends Santosh and Pavan. Here (http://lostonroads.blogspot.com/) is a write up on those wonderful memories.
I know we are 2 and half years late in publishing this. In fact Santosh had suggested that we publish a write up soon after the trip. But “Lost on Roads” was not intended to be just a boring blog. We had dreamed for more! Big, colorful dreams. We wanted “Lost on Roads” to be a bible to all those who dare to hit the roads. We also started working towards that. I collected data for more than 50 tourist places in Karnataka. Pavan developed the front end. But the idea had grown so big that our efforts were not enough to materialize this dream. :-(
I had to go to the US for 6 weeks. By the time I came back, Santosh was traveling to the US to take up his MS/PhD course. Pavan was doing his MS here. In all these “Lost on Roads” was lost.
We tried reviving it again last year when our friend Hemanth inspired us to do something on our own. I collected more data. But our busy schedules and laziness again hindered our conquest. I now have data for 100 places in Karnataka!
Last month, we decided to at least publish our experiences of this epic road trip. We all know that “Lost on Roads” can never be what we wanted it to be. I personally feel that this blog doesn’t do any justice to the fun we had during the trip. We had to censor so many things keeping in mind our target audiences.
Writing for “Lost on Roads” was a painful experience because I had to recall how good those times were and realize that it won’t happen again for a long, long time.
As Pavan had rightly put in one of our discussion mail-threads, ನಾವು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಈ tripನ ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳಲ್ಲ because ಕೆಲವು ನೆನಪುಗಳು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ದುಃಖನೇ ಕೊಡತ್ತೆ ಸಂತೋಷಕ್ಕಿಂತ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಆ ನೆನಪುಗಳು ನಿಜ ಆಗಲ್ಲ ಅನ್ನೋ ದುಃಖ (We do not dare to recollect the memories of this trip because some memories, rather than bringing happiness, make us sad; sad because we understand that these memories can never come alive again).
I had to go to the US for 6 weeks. By the time I came back, Santosh was traveling to the US to take up his MS/PhD course. Pavan was doing his MS here. In all these “Lost on Roads” was lost.
We tried reviving it again last year when our friend Hemanth inspired us to do something on our own. I collected more data. But our busy schedules and laziness again hindered our conquest. I now have data for 100 places in Karnataka!
Last month, we decided to at least publish our experiences of this epic road trip. We all know that “Lost on Roads” can never be what we wanted it to be. I personally feel that this blog doesn’t do any justice to the fun we had during the trip. We had to censor so many things keeping in mind our target audiences.
Writing for “Lost on Roads” was a painful experience because I had to recall how good those times were and realize that it won’t happen again for a long, long time.
As Pavan had rightly put in one of our discussion mail-threads, ನಾವು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಈ tripನ ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳಲ್ಲ because ಕೆಲವು ನೆನಪುಗಳು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ದುಃಖನೇ ಕೊಡತ್ತೆ ಸಂತೋಷಕ್ಕಿಂತ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಆ ನೆನಪುಗಳು ನಿಜ ಆಗಲ್ಲ ಅನ್ನೋ ದುಃಖ (We do not dare to recollect the memories of this trip because some memories, rather than bringing happiness, make us sad; sad because we understand that these memories can never come alive again).
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Shashank
