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Air Niugini Destinations Loyalty Program continues to increase its program partners as it welcomes back on board Axellerate Sports. Axellerate Sports is offering members of Air Niugini’s loyalty program the opportunity to earn and redeem Destinations points for specified products. Items include wheeled luggage bag, travel gear bag, runners, polo shirts, trucker caps, soccer balls, rugby league balls and netballs. Air Niugini Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Alabaster welcomed back Axellerate Sports to the program highlighting the need to have a variety of avenues for members to earn and redeem points. “The Destinations Program now has a total 10 corporate partners for earn and redemption of loyalty points. We are grateful to have Axellerate Sports on board providing a wide range of products where members can earn and redeem their points. The program aims to establish more corporate partners throughout the country,” Mr Alabaster added. Axellerate Sports Executive Director, Mr Anthony T

Housed inside a cave of boulders, this temple dates over a thousand years. It enjoys a rustic location surrounded by pristine farmland and nature of the Dakshina Kannada region of Karnataka. I am referring to the Kallu (stone) Ganapati temple, a hidden gem located near Saibrakatte, Udupi district. During my 10 day monsoon motorcycle ride across the Western Ghats of Karnataka, I happened to reach Kota, the hometown of my friend and popular travel blogger Shrinidhi Hande. It was he, who recommended visiting this offbeat temple and that’s how we planned an evening visit to this temple and the nearby Mekkakattu Nandikeshwara temple. It was drizzling when we started our respective motorcycles from Kota and the 12 kilometer green route via farms, streams, rivers, paddy fields and villages gave us perfect company. State highways turned into winding village roads and we finally reached this place full of boulders in the middle of absolutely nowhere. A narrow passage (I had to duck n crawl at m