2009 began with me getting enthusiastic about photography... and took the step to go for a Photowalk around Egmore area in February... [Was using my uncle's Canon Film camera..]
Wesley Church
A chariot awaits...
From there, the year saw me fly across the country to Bombay, March end, for nearly a month....
Spending time with my friend, helping them as they moved from Colaba to Karanja ....
Sunrise from the boat as we sailed towards Karanja
The castle near the jetty in Karanja
and then ofcourse the highlight being the trip to Pune in April for "Vipassana"!!
It was time for yet another Photowalk with the Chennai Photowalkers.... This time we hit Casino theater and walked it down a bit...
Next stop was Bangalore for the Hoysala Trail on 29th & 30th May ...[Inaugurated my Sony w220 digi camera :)]
Hulikere, temple tank....
Belavadi
June 1st i was back in Chennai, and on 2nd we were off to Sringeri, for a family occasion- me,mom & dad...
Vidhyashankar Temple
June was also when my Uncle and co came down from Delhi, and off we went to take a tour with Story Trails - Peacock Trails around Mylapore...
The Santhome Church Kapaleeshwar Temple
July had me back in Bangalore, this time for a reunion of sorts with the gang that travelled on the 1st Hoysala trail organised by TravelWise!!
The gang @lunch
Also managed to do a bit of birding at T G Halli prior to the lunch...
And a visit to LalBagh garden before we heading out for a fun Play followed by dinner
August was when Lakshmi & I headed off to explore a few Heritage sights around Chennai. - Chengelpet, Uthiramerur, Kancheepuram, And Mahabs...
Colorful silk threads @ the weaver, Kancheepuram
Kailashnath temple, Kancheepuram
Singaperumal temple,Chengelpet
Was already on the road to Ambur once again before Aug came to an end... Aug 31st was Uncle's 60th bday celebrations...
Uncle - Aunt with gramma n aunt!!
Couldnt wait for September 30th to come.... We were off to Coorg... what a fun memorable trip it was...
Bylakuppe...
Omkareshwara temple, Madikeri
Work kept me busy through the month, and once again excitement was in the air as October 30th came around the corner.. Was packing my bags to set sail to Goa...
Bom Jesus Church
Moon glistening in the night sky, during the River Mandovi cruise
Beautiful sunrise in mahabs...
To finish it off, a short quick trip to Pondy happened over the Christmas weekend... :)
Pillars around Gandhi Statue in the beach
This year has been a definite high in my life... Loved every minute of it, and now,
Am looking fwd to 2010...
Hoping to cross the ocean, and set sail further into new unexplored terrains...
To Fly away...far... far.... far into the horizon!!!
Wowww. honestly, not read thru, but by the looks of it, looks like u've been around quite a bit this yr.. Nice!! here's to more such journeys in 2010...
ReplyDeleteDo a trip to Goa with me in march? what say??!!
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lovely...went back on a nostalgic trip seeing some of our pics..finally done with mine
ReplyDeleteWhat a year!!! Lucky you and you started with a film camera? What days? Huge suspense to actually see how the picture turns out.
ReplyDeletebeautiful trip down memory lane..... realised i had missed some of your posts...have a lot to catch up..... wish u a wonderful year ahead with more photography options...
ReplyDeleteKeep rocking!
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