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Guys, This is an attempt to record my experiences about the longest drive in my life on Wagon-R . I drove along with my family (My Parents, wife and my kutty 7 year old daughter) on Friday (25-Dec-09) morning. We started at about 09:30 hrs from Chennai and decided to take the NH45 route to Trichy and it's adjoining places. At about 13:30 hrs we reached Perambalur , had lunch @ New Vasantha Bhavan. The drive was absolutely refreshing, excellent smooth road (except for those troublesome toll gates). Rudrapriya was at her best jumping on the seats for all the cheer she was having during the drive. We came to know that there is a small water falls in the vicinity of about 15 kms, decided to venture. It is named " Myil Oothu " ( near ladapuram ) on the road towards " Thuraiyur ". The drive going inroads into the small villages was a splendour. Only one car could be barely on the road at a time and if there is another one, we obviously have to step down on to the mudd...

Hi, This is about an satisfying weekend trip we had planned and achieved visiting a few "Navagraha Temples" in the vicinity of Chidambaram. We had made our mind to cover from Chidambaram, Thirunallar, Suriyanar Koil and few other temples. We (Swami, Jagdish, Arun and myself) started our trip on Saturday morning @ 5:30 AM from Chennai driving (Hyundai Getz) on the excellent GST road towards Dindivanam. We had planned to reach Chidambaram via Dindivanam - Pondy - Cuddalore. Arun drove @ exhilarating speeds which I did not see him driving earlier. Chidambaram was the first intermediate milestone. Even though I had been there earlier but this time it seems more satiating to me, reasons known only to the divine. We offered our prayers to the lord (Natrajar and Govinda Raj Perumal) and had an opportunity to have a look at the abhishekam done for "Spatiga Lingam". Swami told me about the "Thanga Bhairavar" varlaru. We came out of the temple and our hungry stomach...