Its December again and time for our Pallava cave trail - If members can advise readiness on 9th ( sunday) december - we can plan a day tour. we have in the past covered many of the Pallava caves around chennai - but still a few are left - like Mahendravadi. Depending on number of people we can fine tune.
Tentative start time ( crucial) - 7 am on 9th Dec - kathipara junction ( suggest to avoid multiple pickup points)
I agree SPS sir, that was the first field trip for me and I enjoyed that to the full, Of course no knowledge of Tamil was a drawback at that time however we all tried our best to converse in English and I was not disappointed :) I will try to join for 9th Dec trip,
ok, time to set agenda and planning. We have not covered Mahendravadi so far - so i put it up. Arvind - can you suggest an itinerary for day covering surronds around mahendravai ( we will all miss you - since you off on work !!)
Couple more are interested in joining too! I will pass on the itinerary once I get it from you, and confirm. If they join, is going by two vehicles a possibility? maybe once of us can bring a car..
Dear Vijay... Absolutely! We want to be hearing you and all others share the knowledge during the ride! I will also ask my friends to confirm by today.
We absolutely need to be at Kathippara Junction at 7 am. Would like to avoid any more pickup points as in the past this has led to lot of delays - i hope all can understand and support. Shankar /Satish please cnfm where is the starting point for the vehicle - if so you can locally liase for that pickup alone.
We plan to go to Dadapuram - where there are kundavai period temples n one jaina temple of hers. We can also cover Ennayiram n couple more which Shankar is checking and in the evening we can round up via Panamalai if we have time.
we should return back to chennai before 8 pm latest.
Satish please take a final roll call of confirmed participants and maybe send them a private email with ur telephone number.
We will split the costs of the vehicle amongst us.
I was not well for the past few days and could not write earlier. I messed up with the dates and realized that I cannot join this trip on 9th :(...I am driving down to Kattumannar koil with my parents to attend a marriage on 9th and somehow was thinking this trip is next weekend...my bad..
Below is the list of people who have confirmed..
Vijay SPS (Tentative) Ganapathy Subramaniam ( +2 to be confirmed) Nandakumar Saurabh Venkatesh Arvind Sankaranarayanan KS Balaji
Sankar - I just spoke with Vijay and will call you shortly. You might have to coordinate as I am dropping off...:(
As mentioned in my earlier mail, I might not be joining. A goof up from my side on the dates :( Spoke with Sankar and he said if everyone confirms, we can proceed, otherwise it will be left with only a few people.
I think the below is the list we have as of now:
Vijay Sankaranarayanan KS Ganapathy Subramaniam ( +2 to be confirmed) Nandakumar Saurabh Venkatesh Arvind Balaji
Request all the above members to send in you confirmation again to confirm the list.
Sankar - since I am not joining, can you please coordinate for the vehicle. Thanks.