Friday Saturday Sunday..vow 3 days continous off…so what can u expect from me..as usual I was out of town…I went to kemmangundi. A place which is around 300 kms from Bangalore and is a beautiful hill station.
We started on 25th March, Friday for Kemmangundi. We planned to start at 5.00 a.m in the morning but I think some thing was really bad that day...My friend (Amit) who was suppose to drive cud not find his DL and then finally he got one after a search of 2 hrs. We started our journey but we cud not exceed the speed limit of 60 as the vehicle (Wagon R) was new and he had not given it for first service. But the drive was not all that bad…we took a sexy way and reached some hill…we climbed it and then finally reached another one…we enjoyed the twists and turns of the roads on the hill…now when we reached the plains…we were wondering where the hell is Kemmangundi??? But we did not loose our patience...and finally reached to another hill…started climbing roads again...again twists and turns…but these ones we cud not enjoy …too much of it…finally we reached down…again we were wondering how far is it…on the net we saw the distance as 260 kms …but we had already crossed 320 kms. Now we got little impatient…it was 5.00 and we were on the hills…we wanted to reach the place before the sunset to avoid any mishappening…
Seems like god was on leave and left us on the mercy of jungle and its inhabitant …some thing hit the tyre and one strange sound started coming…we tried to figure out the problem but cud not find it L. The milestone infront of us was showing that place was still 20 kms away and the last town we left was some 40 kms behind…we were in dilemma as wat do do...then we decided that we will go further 20 kms…we drove the vehicle at a speed of 10 km/h…even a bicycle wud have been faster…somehow we reached there…we stopped at a point where a tea stall was there. We all got down in the hope that we will find some person who will be able to sort out the problem. A group of ppl approached and one among that group knew how to sort it out. We all sat on a wooden bench and waited for the person to repair. Then he asked Amit to take a test ride to see whether everything is fine or not? They both sat inside and vehicle was out of our sight. We four were waiting for the vehicle near that stall…15 mins…20 mins..1 hr…but it did not come back…we got scared…we started cursing ourself, thinking that why the hell we let him go all alone...wat if something is wrong...all our luggage is in the Car…the person who repaired the car wud have seen so many purses and …
But getting scared was not the solution. We started walking in the direction where the car went…it was getting dark…but the guys were scared to take us along with them in the jungle…so they made us sit near the second shop…
After 10 mins when I was sitting with my friend in a lawn we heard a horn...that was our car...we rush towards it but this time the two who went to find him were missing…me & unnati both started looking at each others face…what’s this...gosh…we were expressionless…then Amit told ” I have booked a room on top so lets go and put our things there”…I asked “ where are the others?” he told that they are coming…good relief for us…we had no reservation in the guest house...it was an unplanned trip…we managed to get a store room…it wasn’t all that bad…it was a big carpeted hall room with TV in one corner…table and chairs in the opposite direction, they gave us 5 mattresses, pillows and bed sheets. It was a decent type...later staff told us that this room is supposed to be a conference room of this guest house but they have never witnessed a single so they are using it as a store room for keeping extra mattresses…pillows TVs...and whatever they find which they can not accommodate in other guest rooms. Anyways that was fine for us…but only problem was food…they were not providing any food in that guest house …we came down in a restaurant which was exactly 368 stairs (down) from there and had our dinner…we ate like monkeys…as if we had never seen food before…we skipped our lunch coz cud not fine any good restaurants on our way…(how can u expect any restaurants on the hills with jungles?)
After dinner climbed those 368 stairs again and reached our guest house which is called as RajBhavan but I call it Krishna cottage due to its location and the scary environment . My friend she gave me a tight slap when I uttered this name…L we slept of as we were really tired.
Next day morning we all got up at 11.00. We did not take bath as the water was ice cold…and we had plans for Hebbe falls...we knew we wont be able to resist that and will definitely jump in that so avoided bathing in that stinking bathroom. We approached the local authorities and they told us that its not wise to take ur vehicle on that road…its pathetic…so we believed them and hired a Jeep…a jeep which was just 3 years younger to me ;) I mean ancient kinds manufactured in 1985. We sat in that and realized wat a mistake…falls were some 12 kms from Krishna cottage…About the road…I guess pathetic will be a decent word for it…too much of dust, rocky mountains…and not to forget those big jhatkas which almost displaced all my bones and stuff inside for fraction of seconds.
We reached there in half an hour. The place is extremely beautiful. We went near to the fall...then played holi there...it was fun playing holi and pushing each other in water and then slipping on the rocks ;)
We came out after 3 hrs that too when we saw cheap crowd coming in our direction. After reaching Krishna cottage we waited for the sunset as the Krishna cottage is little above the Sunset point. After that we climbed one more point that is the topmost point. We sat there and started talking to each other. It was dark and we enjoyed talking and all of a sudden we saw light coming from one direction. We were wondering how come they have switched on one tubelight that too behind a mountain but the light started taking the shape of a round object...then we realized it was moon, which came in the sky with Mars.
First time in my life I saw Moon rise J. Next day we planned to see the nearby points…thankfully Krishna cottage was centrally located…we 3 went to see shanti falls and Z point. Don’t wonder as what happened to rest 2 of them, they were half dead (sleeping)...lazy bumps. We came back and started back for Bangalore. This time thankfully we took the right route and did not climb 3-4 mountains ;). Reached Bangalore at 7.00 but that was not enough for the Lazy ppl they wanted to swim…we then went to a resort at Mysore road. Had our dinner and reached home at 11.45 p.m. After reaching home I did not see in any other direction…just went to bed and let my body fall on that…
Beautiful place...
Fun filled Holi and
Wonderful Trip.
3 comments:
Wow !! Very interesting. I should have been there... am feeling jealous :-( ....btw I suggest you next time u make such a trip, try out on bikes.... you dont know what u missed by making the trip on wagonr rather than say a pulsar ;-).
Pulsar..god i am tired of it...have freaked on it too much...and to be frank i dont like its advertisement..."definately Male"..i hate when i see guys riding that...Male on a Male..means all gays ;)
never saw a single gal riding it..its Sad :( nobody is normal here
Now that u have challenged my love for pulsar, I cannot be silent ;-). "Definitely male" doesn't suggest that its a male and gonna be a gay affair when a male rides it :-)... its called so coz of its bold looks. I dont know what u meant by **freaked on it**, but definitely its not meant to be driven by gals for the same reason that scooty is not meant for guys. Now dont take me wrongly, it has nothing to do with man-woman equality rather for the simple reason that not everything that suits men can suit women too and vice-versa. I quoted Pulsar in the comment coz ur trip was a long one and except Pulsar and Royal Enfield, no other bike has the balance and guts (in more romantic words) to make a long trip of say 500 kms. Just weeks before I left bangalore we went for a very long trip on our bikes(all pulsars) and we just loved it.... but I am sure on other normal bikes it would have been a nightmare to drive on the N.Highways at speeds of 80-90+.... Now, please dont be sad coz u cant see any gal driving a pulsar, to me it would seem ugly , just as I used to find it ugly seeing the guys in bangalore driving scooties :-)
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