Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Wayanad Trip

Over last weekend we did a 3 day trip to Wayanad. In a nut-shell it was an awesome place to be at. For a travel buff, the place gives you all the varieties.

Stay:
Stream Valley Cottages

(This resort offers very comfortable and peaceful stay amidst a stream. This resort is not a very posh property but offers very good VFM. There is no restaurant in the resort but they have a kitchen to serve the guests. There are other restaurants in the vicinity if you would like to taste the local authentic food.)

Commute:
Swift

Route:
Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundalpet - Sultan bathery - Kalpetta - Vythiri
750kms (both to and fro with local roundup)

Places to see:
Must see sites...
  • Pookot lake
  • Valley view
  • Chembra peak trek
  • Soojipara falls
  • Edakkal caves
Photos:

Bandipur reserve forest route


Golden chariot


Cottage


Evening in pookot lake


Water Lily


Picturesque Pookot lake


Valley view point


Dawn in the valley


Chembra peak panaromic view


Misty mountains


Rustic view in chembra estate


Photos from the trek


















Tea estate enroute to falls


Soojipara falls




Edakkal caves


Pre-historic carvings in Edakkal caves

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Feature Request in MS Outlook

I manage my official mails in MS Outlook. I have setup "Rules" to move the messages from my Inbox to designated folders. Apart from these rule based categorization of mails, I have certain manual categorization as well (done at the end of completion of tasks in those mails).

Request for feature:
When a new mail arrives with the earlier categorized mail subject, there should be an indication in the Inbox that earlier mails with this subject has been categorized in a particular folder. This way I could get
  • I could get related mails easily
  • I can perform manual categorization easily