Author: Thejesh GN

Play sessions of Toddlers 1

Weekly Notes 08/2024

Uma, Pathu, Anju, and I have started going on proper evening walks. We walk around 30 minutes in the neighborhood. Echo gets a special longer walk. For now, it’s difficult for Anju and I to take all three of them for a walk simultaneously, hence this arrangement. Also, Echo can stay alone at...

OSM Tubro Query for Pet friendly places in Bengaluru 1

Mapping Pet Friendly Places in Bengaluru on OpenStreetMap

I have started mapping pet-friendly places in and around Bengaluru. I am considering the newer areas like Devanahalli, Hosakote, Nelamangala, Anekal, etc. Hence, the area I am mapping is bigger than the city of Bengaluru.  For mapping pet-friendly places, there are two competing tags. pets and pets_allowed. Given that Pets is used a lot, I am...

Uma exploring the kitchen cupboards. 0

Weekly Notes 07/2024

The weekend (Fri/Sat) at Dubare was great. The trip turned out to be better than I expected. I miss my team already. I did a picture post about the visit.

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Honda H’ness CB350

The only bike I owned was a Yamaha Fazer 125. After my long ride across India in 2010, I stopped using it, and it still sits unused in my parking. In fact, since 2010, I have not ridden anything at all. I wanted to ride again this year, so the search for the...

Elephant Bathing at Dubare 2

Dubare Elephant Camp with Jungle Lodges

We went out with my team to Dubare this last weekend. Dubare is near Kushalanagar in Coorg, about five hours from Bengaluru. Dubare is known for Elephant Camp. It’s a rescue and training camp for elephants. There isn’t anyone who doesn’t like elephants, hence the choice. We also decided to stay at the...

View from Room at Dubare 0

Weekly Notes 06/2024

This week was working with Team Peppo week. They were all in Bengaluru this week. We are a fully distributed team and meet once a year. I am meeting so many of them for the first time, and some after a gap of two years. We are at Dubare today for the weekend...