Cubbon and Lalbagh parks with Dan

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Makalidurga ruins

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‍ Combo of type 1 and 2 fun on this hike. Ascended the front and most common route up, which climbs about 300m in less than a mile and definitely gets you sweating. Wasn't able to book a permit in advance but the nice guards seemed to be open to "selling" us permits at the entrance. 

At the top was the runs of a 17th century fort and held a temple as well. The views were really nice but wish the pollution levels were lower to see farther into the distance. 

We decided to take the trail down the back of the hill to return which had a Strava segment and marked trail, but it was ROUGH. We got part way down when Jason asked if we were sure this would get us back and if we were still on an actual trail. About then he said something like "well at least we aren't the only ones going this way" and we turned back to see someone else following behind. It was our hotel driver in his slacks and dress shirt and loafers! For some reason he decided to accompany us on the hike and had managed to catch up and find us. I think in retrospect he probably regrets this decision! 

Further down the hill, the trail got very overgrown and way finding was getting challenging. I used the Strava map to keep us roughly on track but when we got to the bottom, I should have trusted it's placement and our gps location better. We ended up bushwhacking in some very tough and thorny brush for a while. I think we all left scraped and bleeding to some degree. We finally managed to hop a ditch and barbed wire fence, cross a lentil field, and get into a dirt road.  Our driver was merry this whole way and just went along with it probably thinking we were nuts and what had he gotten himself into. 

After the road it was smooth sailing the rest of the way, but I think many of our clothes didn't survive that, except somehow our driver looked like nothing had touched him somehow. He got a really good tip when we got back!


💪 4.15 new miles

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