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Bombay Zeenat. Scowling Budhhas. And Rolex Monks.

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The last hours of the year gone by saw me sprawled out on my mattress, the result of a relentless menu of chicken and chitra bannerjee's books. The first day of the new year saw me trudging through the deserted alleys of bylakuppe at 5 in the morning with my comrade in distress, Arun. And just to give you an idea, the next day saw me bumping around like a bag of apples in the last seat of the village bus squashed between shiny schoolkids and dusty farmers from madikeri. I wanted to go around coorg, and what better way than to rough it out first thing in the new year. And thats how the first night of the new year saw me and Arun at the mysore road satellte bus stand,trying to keep awake and catch the 12 pm bus to kushalnagar (400 Rs for two). Why kushalnagar, because according to yours truly, that represents the staring point for anyone starting on a exploration of coorg and the sorrounding vistas. And that's how we endded up getting down in kushalnagar at 4 in the morning. We w