Sunday, March 20, 2005
Pictures from the Nagarjuna Sagar Trip, over the weekend.
Saturday March 9th 2005 : set out for ride to Nagarjuna Sagar, about 160 KMs from Hyderabad. Nagarjuna sagar is the site of one of the largest masonary dams in the world and is built across river Krishna. The Sagar itself is an artificial lake covering an area of about 380 sq. meters.
One thing I regret is not taking my swimming trunks along, the water was cool and inviting.
The Thapas - round boats at Nagarjuna sagar. These things are hard to paddle, I failed fairly miserably at trying to row them in any one direction. Our boatman got the boat to spin round really fast; it was just lucky that I hadn't had my lunch yet.
The Boatman : He described himself as a "Gaja Ethagadu" or master swimmer. Apparently the Govt. employs him on occassions to dive to the bottom of the lake to retrieve any articles of interest. The lake reaches about 500 ft in depth and as can be imagined, diving at those depths can be pretty hazardous.
My Bike - Thunderbird
Sunset
