It was Parth’s fourth birthday. My parents were coming over to celebrate with us. They wanted to go on a short road trip from Bangalore – the plan was to cover Jog Falls and Sringeri. I hadn’t been to either of them and I invited myself to the plan. Nam had a workshop to attend (which couldn’t be rescheduled) – so it was my parents, Parth and me. We started prepping for the first leg of our Bangalore to Jog Falls road trip. 

I sent a message to a friend who I believed would have good recommendations for our route – and he came through! Using his inputs, we planned the Bangalore to Jog Falls road trip itinerary.

• Day 1: Bengaluru – Tumakuru – Chitradurga – Shivamogga – Jog Falls (420 km)
• Day 2: Jog Falls – Kollur – Sringeri (200 km)
• Day 3: Sringeri – Chikkamagaluru – Halebeedu – Hassan – Mysuru (300 km)
• Day 4: Mysuru – Bengaluru (160 km)

A total of 1025 km in 4 days. We were going in my dad’s new car – a Honda Elevate. He wanted to test out the car as well – it was the first time he had got an automatic car. They would be going to Kochi via Coimbatore after Mysuru – a total of 1300 km in 5 days.