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Last week I was in Jakarta for a short visit. Indonesia feels so much like India. Its multi cultural, loves coffee and food. I didn’t get much time to travel but got enough time to interact with Indonesians in Jakarta, their traffic, Internet startups, malls and food. I have some pictures from the...
My last visit to Bangalore Government Museum must have been in 90s, when I was in school. I had almost forgotten how beautiful that building was. I was happy to be there. The reason for my recent visit was an exhibition about Inscription Stones of Bangalore. #InscriptionStonesofBangalore is a civic project to raise...
Day 8th was probably the longest drive in this trip. Roughly around 600 Kms. But the roads were great so we didn’t feel much. We left Lucknow quite late by 9am. We had half tank fuel, so I didn’t think much. Ecosport gives at least around 350 Kms for that much fuel. Only...
Varanasi to Lucknow is not very far. Its about 300KMs. But road isn’t great. It took us more than 7 hours to cover. But its all worth it. Lucknow is a beauty or at least the area we saw. Traffic is so much better than Allahabad or Varanasi. We reached around 2pm, so...
Sarnath is one of the four holy places for Buddhists. This is where Gautama Buddha gave his first public lecture including Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Otherwise Sarnath also has one of pillars of Ashoka. Its broken and the Lion Capital of Ashoka is for display inside museum. Lion Capital is also the state emblem of...
We left Allahabad after breakfast at Coffee House today. We covered the distance of around 130 KMs in about three hours. The road is two lane but without divider. There was quite a bit of traffic and people dive quite rash here. We took a single break to have great tea. We reached...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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