Sunset at Nandhi Hills

With a lot of complaining and pressure from my wife for not having the attitude to explore the city (I call it as the zest to roam around the city and to while away time), I was forced to accept to the proposal of visiting Nandhi hills which is around 70 Kms from Bangalore. My brother had earlier suggested Okenakkel, but we had to withdraw from it for the reasons of bad road and the travel time.

We started at around 3:30 PM in the afternoon and reached Nandhi hills by 5:30 PM. We parked the car at the Sankey junction and walked about a KM to the top of the hill. After reaching there I thought it was worth having gone there that evening because of the scenic beauty and the fresh air that the place had to offer us.

The Sunset was awesome, with a surprising element attached to its foreground. There were three guys who were parachuting (not paragliding) amidst the hills. I was wondering from where they might have taken off. It could have either been from one of the hills around or from a flying object.

Though we did not have enough time to explore all the tourist spots over there, we came back with a pleasant "nature"al experience. We though we must again make it to this place some time in the winter and get lucky by getting to see the sunset as well. Here are some of the pics that I clicked. I experimented with the last snap by applying a few filters.