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I wish I had more days in Coorg!!

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I wish I had more days in Coorg!! After last minute delays and confusions, as usual, we used our first Uber ride and travelled to Pune Airport for free. We arrived from Pune to Bangalore just one day before we started our journey. We stayed in a friends place in JP Nagar enjoying late night chats and delicious food. Next morning we left for Madikeri. We first thought of travelling by KSRTC bus, but later chose to hire a cab as we could enjoy the beautiful road to Coorg. Coorg is name of a district which is also known as Kodagu and Madikeri (anglicized as Mercara) is headquarters of the district. Coorg is a beautiful region in southwestern Karnataka and can be reached by road from Bengaluru via Mysurur or from Mangalore. We went by Mysuru highway although bypassed the Mysuru city. It takes nearly six hours to travel from Bengaluru to Madekeri non-stop but we decided to stop at multiple places on the way and thus we reached Madekeri after nine hours. I was surprised to know abou