Idle musings

VIRAJPET ========     On 7-May-10, our family went on a trip to Virajpet. A friend of my wife had stayed at King's Cottage ( http://www.homestayiq.com/coorg/kings_cottage+8 ) and my wife felt it would be a good change for us. We invited our respective parents - and in the end it was a large group of 9 of us that set out for King's Cottage ! The group of 9 comprised my parents; my mother's brother whom we stay with; my mother's sister who came down from Mysooru for a week long trip ; my wife's parents and brother (Raghu) and my wife (Suma) and I.         Suma and I had reserved the rooms after contacting Deepthi, the lady who manages the place along with her husband Viju. Deepthi provided us directions on the phone and Suma also downloaded a detailed map from http://www.palaceestate.co.in/images/PALACE_ESTATE_ROUTEmap.pdf which served as a useful guide.         We had booked a Tempo Traveller (TT) for the trip and it came at 7 a.m. to our house, bringing my p