Kodachadri - Exploring a New Route

The View of Beauty...

Hi People,

How y'all..

Let me start this blog by explaining why I needed a break.

Joined a cool job, was engrossed in it for 3 months continuously with minimal break. Hence decided to break free and planned a trip which would get me rejuvenated..

The initial plan was to go to Ombattu gudda (tough route – an amazing and mind blowing trek, but unfortunately there were permission issues and decided that I would reconsider this place after a little more planning)

Finally decided on Kodachadri (I’ve been here before but I wanted a break so bad!).

After a short planning, I got my backpack ready and headed to the bus stand.. Spoke to the conductor in the bus and got info on new route. Direct Bus to Nittur and a new route for the trek.. Damn I was up for it…

Boarded a normal KSRTC red bus (not really that great, but since I was excited I didn’t feel the pinch). The bus started off @ 9:15PM(the bus made a looooot of pit stops ahead in the journey, making it a loooooong trip).

I slept through the journey, woke up couple of times to check how far I was and returned back to my sweet slumber.

Finally the bus reached Nittur @ 7:00AM, I got down from the bus and went straight to the closest hotel (Sri Vinayaka Hotel) to jump on the food & re-energize myself. Had amazing Mangalore Buns in the hotel and freshened up.


After some walk I saw a board – “Hidlumane Falls”, was curious so asked the hotel staff for more info. He informed that the falls was enroute to Kodachadri and it’s just another route to the hill.

The Turn to the Start

I was all ears to everything he said and asked for his help for the directions and started my journey towards it..

He had asked me to head 1.5 kms in the tar road and turn left after the newly constructed bridge… (I walked for more than 2 kms).

2 way

Started the trek finally, the jungle, the soothing music (birds chirping, sound of the wind kissing the leaves, movement of the thin branches etc etc).. Found a 2 way road and took the wrong route (ended up reaching a house and they helped me with the right direction, although they were surprised when I told them that I was alone and planning on Hidlumane falls route)


After being guided to the right route kept walking, until I met a small store which had some snacks and butter milk to drink, I bought some snacks and asked directions to the Waterfall..

The Route I walked on

Tough Rote Walk

This was a little tricky as I went to the falls 3 times and returned, I assumed that there was a route from the falls. So I returned to the shop and asked him the route, he said that I would have to walk across the falls itself (Wasn’t that a very steep climb!). I went back and started trekking across the slippery rocks helping the water fall down, I fell couple of times (its a rock that’s slippery!A fall is a must), then I decided rocks weren’t the option, so I headed out to the jungle attached to the falls and it was quite steep. I was trekking by holding on to the tree branches / roots etc, couple of times those barks and roots broke or got uprooted and I almost fell (wow that was scary, my heart skipped a beat as it was a direct fall on the rock from quite a height, picturing this gets me the chills!). Somehow I reached the top and to my surprise it was a thick forest with no route, I was exhausted climbing (or running up rather), and to add to my misery there was no water to rehydrate myself. I was out of breath and water, started seeing black spots, but I had to complete the trek, so I started walking ahead trying to figure out a way into the thick forest. I had no intention to climb down the tough path I had just taken (a fall would mean serious damage). Thus went to explore the forest. Took a lot of rest as I was already exhausted and my mind was playing games with me (simple dried leaves looked like a wild animal) and I had to console myself that it was safe and kept walking slowly.
                     


I just kept walking with the hope that, once I reach the top I can figure out a way back, jumping fallen trees and squeezing myself to get myself out of that thick forest.

I was dizzy and tired, I needed water so desperately. The Sun was also at its best, hitting the right target. So used a towel to cover my head to prevent the sun's ghory cruelty.

My Saviour...

I sat down for a while as my lips n mouth had gotten dry. I opened my backpack to try n see if I get something to quench my thirst and to my luck I found pomegranate seeds and started munching on them (a little sour, but had the water in it).. That kept me going.


I reached the top finally and it was beautiful. Clouds were passing the top of the mountain and it was mesmerizing. I felt that this scenery was worth all the risk and trouble.
Enjoyed the ups and downs of the path.

Once I reached the path I dint find anyone there, no noise at all. I walked on the path and to my luck found some used bottles (lucky because people have passed this route), so i went on the path for a good 30 mins and tried searching new routes to make it easier as the pomegranate seeds were almost consumed.

After walking for 45 mins, I heard a jeep pass by,yelled out whistled and made a lot of noise for them to respond, but tough luck, went towards the last heard noise and started walking towards it... and after sometime found the jeep track and asked one of the jeep guys the direction to the top. Once he showed the route, I started walking in the jeep track for a while then tried shortcuts :-)

Finally reached the peak and to my surprise many things had changed, what was once a haunted house had become a guest house, there were caretakers and a chef who helped me make my stay comfortable. Reached there and settled at 2 PM... Its a looong stay from there.. it was continuously drizzling and rained heavy in between. I rested (slept, watched a movie in my mobile) and then took bath in a cold water (brrr.. )cold weather and cold water aint a good combination.

Slugs

After freshening up went for a trek to the peak (had missed this last time). Mist was everywhere and it was close to zero visibility and windy too.. kept walking till I reached the highest peak (the temple), stayed here for a while, observed the sky, surroundings etc and was lost in it... the wind was carrying water (Mist) and because i stood against the wind there were droplets of water in my eye brows, eye lashes, my devil beard etc (couldn't take a picture as it was too windy and my mobile aint waterproof so din risk it). Got some cool snaps of wild life (2 slugs mating).

After standing there for a good 30-40 mins headed back in the slippery track to the guest house to rest (btw- there is another stay zone, never really stayed there as the owner doesn't allow single people to stay - says they might kill themselves, for people in group can try this place).

Guest house Panaroma

I reached the guest house and had a long time-pass chat with the caretaker, after a while the guesthouse was almost full, people (lots of people) came in and wanted to stay. Well it was fun watching people check rooms, examine the area, group chats etc. The time ran faster after this and had dinner and slept like a baby. (had a plan to get up early and try catching the sunrise- was tough as it was raining and cloudy all the time).

The Top...

Got up around 5:30 am and headed out to check if i get a glance, to my luck nothing was visible, still went to the top and got back around 7:30 am. Had a fast breakfast (lemon rice, and real yummy too) and decided to walk towards Nittur. The caretaker suggested to take a jeep and go as he will charge a minimal fare (was tempting as i had couple of falls and my legs were begging me to go in the jeep ).
Went to the Jeep area and checked if there was a seat, Luckily found one and told he is expecting the passengers to come around 9:15 am. so i waited as it was only a half an hour wait. it was more than an hour and people hadn't returned, i was almost dying of boredom (just waiting doing nothing, looking at the clock for the journey to begin).

Finally people showed up at 11am and we started our journey. Reached the bus stop at 11:30 am and boarded a bus to Shimoga (as the one to Bangalore was unavailable). Reached Shimoga and boarded the Bangalore bus. Enjoyed some mini meal and back to bengaluru @ 1am; boarded a local bus and reached home safe and sound.

Thank you For reading, Enjoy...

Amazing Journey into 2013 - Binsar (Almora)

New Year Bash…..

Have you ever felt “I want to be alone, where no one talks, but nature… nothing distracts, but nature” well I've had that feeling for quite some time now, hence decided to plan a trip to Almora (Binsar) for the New Year :)

I din do any kinda research for this trip, although had booked my tickets to Kathgodam from Delhi. So this trip was pretty much unplanned.

[Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is a beautiful, quiet and wild Himalayan destination with rich natural surroundings among dense forest. Binsar is perched on top of the Jhandi Dhar hills. This place is situated 33 km north of the Almora town in the Uttarakhand state of India.

Binsar, which was the former capital of the Chand Rajas of Kumaon, is now home for a pristine mid altitude wildlife sanctuary. In the older days people came from far-flung villages, trekking on paths they themselves created to pay homage to Bineshwar Mahadev. Unlike Shimla, Nainital and Ranikhet - north Indian hill stations discovered and developed by the British, Almora is a truly Indian hill resort with its own unique flavor. (Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binsar_Wildlife_Sanctuary)]

It was 10:15PM (dated 30^th December 2012) when I boarded the train to Kathgodam. Lots of people chatting and having fun, I on the other hand, was busy reading a novel and passing my time. The train journey was easy – one night’s sleep to Kathgodam, during that journey I found out about Binsar, from fellow passengers and got down @ Haldwani around 5AM. From Haldwani it was one direct bus to Almora, took some fruits and got into the bus and off I went (it was very cold brrrr).

The journey was amazing with the beautiful landscapes and natural beauty; it took approximately 4 hours to reach Almora. I reached around 9AM and boarded another bus towards Binsar (it’s not a town, just a forest reservoir). It was an hour’s journey from there, with all the hill paths (snake turns) that made my stomach wooosy. 

Finally reached Binsar @ 10AM, spoke to the forest guard & paid the entry fees (150rs). Forest guard called me back and warned me “Don’t leave the road route, entering the jungle might turn dangerous as there are leopards, STICK TO THE ROAD”. I understood what he said by the tone he used for the last four words.

Trek Begins

From the gate the “0 point” (highest peak) is about 11 kms, so it was one hell of a walk. I started the journey by capturing few pics of myself (It was a beautiful place and I wanted a new profile pic for FB :)).

I was expecting to find few birds on the way, but due to the road and movement of vehicles it was difficult to see any bird or animal…

There were few villages inside the reservoir, not on the road route but somewhere interior I guess. I met few people from the village (called themselves “Kumauni” – People from Kumaon region). They had a unique language (Kumaoni) was hard to grasp anything. I spoke to them for a few minutes and continued my journey.

It was too much to walk and though I was tired and hungry I din stop to rest, bcoz I wanted to reach the top or get a glimpse of the Himalayan ranges before I rest. After couple of hours I grew a little impatient as I dint find any animal/bird in the jungle, so I took a detour into the jungle. 

My conscious had a conflict-

Jungle detour..

“dude, what are you doing?? Don’t you remember what the guard said??” 

“Relax if we encounter a leopard we’ll play ‘fetch’ with it, u worry a lot…”

In the jungle the mighty jungle...
the lion sleeps tonight...

Well at first I found a path leading into the jungle, so followed it. After walking quite a distance the path disappeared into a thick forest, I decided to explore a little more. 20 mins later I found Spotted deer running for its life, at first I thought “guess I must have scared the poor animal” but after sometime I wondered “was it really me that scared the deer or is there another predator”. The thought scared the soul out of me… I din know if it was my instincts or my fear but all of a sudden the forest became silent (too quite) as though any minute a jungle cat might attack. I turned white with fear, but later gathered up the courage which was shattered on the ground and walked slowly ahead. Followed the same path and to my surprise found few caves… I told myself “No fear no fear no fear” and turned back and took a different route towards the road…

My body relaxed and loosened up once I reached the road… The fear and shivers had made me hungry; I walked for half an hour and had my lunch (Couple of parata’s brought from home).

The First Glimpse

After lunch, energy was restored in my body and I continued my trek. After 20 min of trekking I caught the glimpse of Himalayan Ranges. It was AMAZING, real treat to the eyes… I spent some time getting a good picture of the Majestic Himalayan Glimpse and continued the journey. After the first glimpse I saw many more in the journey…

The time was 1PM and it wasn’t hot as such, but I was exhausted. The moment I thought of taking another pit stop, I heard chitter chatter of children and guessed I must’ve reached the top… To my surprise it was the temple and I went in got some supplies (chocolates, groundnuts etc.) and filled the water bottle with fresh water. I asked the shopkeeper about '0 point', he told “there are 2 ways, 1 is a short cut but it’s a steep climb, the other is 4 kms and it’s a easy route.” I thought “ who’s gonna walk another 4 kms, lets finish it with a 1km hard trek bonanza”… and so I went through the shortcut and after an hour I reached the “0 point” all tired sweaty and legs swollen and almost numb… 

I took some time off; enjoyed the view, a little bit of sun’s heat and rested my numb legs… The sight was Amazing… one could see the entire Himalayan Ranges from there and it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen… I enjoyed the view for a while and started the trek back to the starting point. 

Snow...

Some interesting things i saw

While heading back I took a different route and found some interesting things, found snow (very little). Took that route until I reached Kumaon Tourist Rest House, looks nice and good price…I started walking back to complete the journey… after walking for an hour in the new route I was certain that I’m lost and I have to return back to the ‘0 point’ and take the initial route… but luckily I met a stranger and he told me “you’re right, you are lost, you have to take another route” I asked him if there was no way at all, as I din wanted to return so far and start afresh. He told me “well this path leads to the road but there’s no route and it’s a tough trek”... That was a treat for my ears, I told him that’s good enough and started walking (falling on the way also :)).As I left the good stranger also warned me “as soon as you reach the road take the right hand path as it leads to the temple…DON’T take the left hand path it leads to deeper jungle”.

I reached the road after 20 minutes and took the left hand road “why not try this it might be shortcut” walked for some time and realized that the time was 4:45PM and its best if I don’t try new routes. So came back to join the right handed route... Finally I reached the temple and realized that the route is in the opposite direction... was glad that I din't take the other route…

I rested near the temple saw the time 5PM and decided to walk… Later I realized that it took me 3 hours to reach the temple and if I leave at 5PM will reach only by 8 PM (Dark, Leopard hunts at night, danger, am jungle food) such thoughts were running my mind… In any case I thought to continue walking… 

Every time I saw the sun sinking slowly, I was speeding up… It was 6PM and it started getting dark and there were no vehicle anywhere around… I thought I might not be so lucky this time and started walking faster… But as luck would have it, my right thigh had ideas of its own, making me stop my trek and rest.

I lost all hopes and started walking slowly converting pain into motivation for survival… after 20 min when the darkness had almost conquered the jungle. I heard something… “Is it my mind playing prank or is it actually a car”… I waited patiently and silently trying to listen to the sound again... “Yes, yes it is a car, thank god; I will live to see New Year…” I immediately waved my hand and asked for a lift… They were very kind enough to offer me a drop till the Binsar gate.

I reached the binsar gate and enquired with the guard about the bus timings... He said there are no more buses towards almora... I had to request for lifts again… it was dark and I started walking. After requesting couple of vehicles, a 2-wheeler stopped to help and advised me that it’s not safe to walk this jungle, as there has been news about tiger… He dropped me to a hotel and I rested…

Next day the sunrise was beautiful... enjoyed the warmth and started back to Delhi… my whole new year's day went travelling to Delhi… 

But for me, my new year began on 31^st December, 2012…

I loved it :)

Trip to Himachal (took us for a ride)

Hi everyone….

Hope you’re good…

Well, I have shifted to New Delhi and hence decided to explore it.

This blog is about the crazy trip I had (Kalka, Kasauli & Shimla) on this weekend!! J

Well.. I’m slowly getting adapted to the climate here… Travelling is an energy booster and I always have the need to recharge myself. And thus evolved the idea of a trip.

Delhi is hottttt, people do say this is nothing compared to march (gets me the chills I tell ya).. So I decided to search for a cooler place to go.. after a little research here and there, I found that Kalka-Kasauli trek is about 15kms and is supposed to be a wonderful trek. So I looked for the train availability and made a rough plan about budget, (told my roommate cum colleague, he joined along).

Trip was planned for a Friday night travel to Kalka. We boarded a bus from Munirka (place where I stay) to New Delhi Railway Station; we were already running late, the scheduled time of the rain was 21:25. So we hurried and somehow reached the station by 20:30. We went inside and saw that  there was a long queue, got the tickets to Kalka, and we relaxed.. (little did we know about what was ahead!).

We started searching the platform where Kalka train was supposed to be boarded from, we asked people in uniforms and laymen, but no one (NO ONE!!) had heard of a place called Kalka. We were in a dilemma, because the ticket was to Kalka and no one knew the place! It was 21:00 and the train was in 25 minutes and we were running around asking for directions,! Luckily there was a good Samaritan who told us that the train is from old Delhi station, once we got that news, we both ran like crazy towards the metro station. I had low balance in my metro card (11rs) and there was no time to wait in line for the token in any counter, so I took my chances and swiped it anyway and boarded the metro.

It took 8 minutes to reach Chandni Chowk, and we ran again (the time then was 21:10), we didn’t even stop to take a breath(metaphorically of-course! We breathed heavy alright!! :D ), we were sweating and gasping, but neither of us wanted to miss the train (Metro charged only 7rs getting my balance to 4rs,  lucky huhJ). 

Train Delhi - Kalka

Finally we entered the station at 21:20, with only 5 minutes left and we had to still find out the platform! So we spoke to few people got to know that its platform 5 and ran (remembered the movie Bhagam bhagJ). We reached and saw that general compartment was packed… it was 7 hours journey and we didn't want to stand in that compartment, so we boarded the sleeper and got 2 seats, so occupied those and slept as though we owned them J…

Kalka - First Destination...

Now that we got the time… my roommate (Mayank) told me “Next time thoda planning karke ayenge”…I smiled (laughing in my head.. thinking ‘when do things happen according to our plan anyway! :D’ )… the train started its journey at 21:30 and we were all set. After an hour or so the TT came to check tickets.. I smiled at him and handed him our general tickets… he looked at my face and informed that we need to pay 200rs for seats, we bargained and got them finally. After that I slept like a baby, the next morning around 4:45 we reached our destination.

It was early and around 5:30 when we started walking, we asked a few for the route to Kalka by walk and they looked at us as if we were out of our minds! Coz it was more than 30kms. They suggested that it would be better for us to take the bus. We anyway got the route and started walking, the view was good.

Snake route

It was a long walk after which we found people and they showed us the way. After walking more than 7 kms we realized that it’s just the road route and that there’s no path through the thick forest…even if there were any people, they did not know about it. So our trip got boring.. (boring coz I love walking through the forest!), the view was amazing and the feel was great, but.. it was still a road trek.

Bus - Shortened the trip ;-)

Mayank and myself discussed and decided to cut short the trek as the “Thrill” factor was missing, we boarded a bus to Kasauli. After  40 minutes we reached Kasauli and the climate was AM AAA Zing.. loved it... drank tea and had a light breakfast and then..off we went to see “Manki point” (its Mann Ki in hindi, lord Hanuman’s foot print can be seen there).

Church of England

People told its 4 kms to Manki point… but as we walked, the view was soo beautiful that we didn’t know when we covered 4 kms. We reached the place and it was within Air-force vicinity so no photos could be taken. Sad part was that only one was allowed at a time, as there was no locker for mobile phone (which was strictly not allowed btw).. So I let Mayank go ahead and waited outside the gate..all alone.. looking at the beauty of creation and day dreaming… after 30 minutes or so he returned and it was my turn to go…(lot of formalities ID proof etc) it was quite a walk, I met few army folks on the way, spoke to them, got to know the history of the place saw the temple on top. The view from there was mind blowing (one could see entire Chandigarh from there).. stayed there and spoke to few people and returned back to Mayank and we continued our journey back.

Nature en-route to Mann-ki point

We reached the bus stop, saw the Church of England which was built in 1884. We had to plan ahead as there was an entire evening to be spent. So as we sat in the bus stand, we decided to go to a new place. Boarded the bus to Dharampuri (40 mins) and then from there.. to our new destination - Shimla (2hrs).

We reached Shimla around 15:00 and din know any places so we went to the old bus stand and started walking to find some place to eat (till then we were living on minimal food).we found a Chinese restaurant (simply Chinese ka board, actually hard core desi), had 2-3 Paratha’s and with the help of android application started exploring Shimla.

Church in Shimla

We went to the mall road and saw lot of pretty girls J then visited the Church. After which we saw a temple (Hanuman ka) there was an open challenge

    "below 30 years if they reach the temple in 30 minutes they’re absolutely fit, in 45 minutes then only fit etc".

So we took up the challenge and started walking faster, after some distance the climb got steeper. We took some rest and asked few people about the distance and they told we had walked only 5% of the climb L.. We were looking at each other when we saw an old man carrying a wooden bed to the temple.. that boosted our energy and we started running.

en-route to hanuman temple

We met a lot of monkeys made few pit stops to get nice pictures and kept moving, finally reached and saw the time, we had reached in exactly 24 minutes (yes a record J). We were happy, Mayank visited the temple when I waited outside listening to the tales of mischievous monkeys.

Once he returned from the temple we started our journey back to the Shimla bus stand (had decided to try the bus). Boarded the bus to Shimla bus stand and from there bought the tickets to Delhi (bought deluxe tickets; nothing deluxe about it baaad experience; push-back seats doesn’t work, charging point doesn’t work & there’s a TV only for showcasing)..

Somehow managed the journey partial sleeping, partial fighting for a better (comfortable) position to sleep. Once we reached Delhi we had smiles back on our faces….

Well I hope you guys enjoyed reading this blog...Thanks all…have fun J

Kodachadri...an eye opener...

 “Too often. . .I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.”

Journey to Kodachadri

 The Month was July and the date was 23^rd (of 2010) I was pursuing my MBA, stepping into 3^rd semester… college had not yet begun and I was bored…by bored I mean BORED…

So I decided to go for a trip… went to the internet searched for some places where I can go… and found Kodachadri as a nice place..so asked couple of friends whether they were interested to go…but they were in their own world and din want to go… so I decided to go alone..

I packed few stuff and started the journey… went to Mangalore bus stop at 6:30 in the morning…reached there at 8. There was a bus to Shimoga at 8:30 so went and booked the ticket immediately…

Bought something to eat and boarded the bus.. was listening to music and munching on few food items… the bus left at 8:30 AM… the journey was good went through agumbe was lost in the hills and the beauty.. (Sometimes I wonder why we don appreciate god for his creation and all we wanna do is work)

It was a good journey to Shimoga… after 5 hours I reached(am writing this after 2 years so kindly bear with me if the details are not precise)..

When I reached Shimoga the time was 1:30 PM the first thing I did after I got down from the bus was, asking the conductor about Kodachadri and how to commute till there..

The conductor took time and explained that there are 2 ways one is wait for a bus which drops u to the trek point (it’ll come at 2:30 pm) and second one is hire a jeep which will drop you to the trek spot.(problem is the jeep charges 800 rs). So I found the bus idea better, so waited for the bus and boarded once it came..

Got down at the point and saw that there was no one but me there…and started walking into the Jungle there were Jeep tracks, so thought that if I had hired the Jeep would’ve lost the fun…

King of the Jungle :-)

When I was walking I saw an Oriental giant squirrel (golden brown tail) could not take a pic as it was a glimpse and I din find it again although I searched for a while…

As I walked further I had a strange feeling me alone in the jungle no one to talk to and stuff..

Well after a while I heard a bunch of monkeys fighting at a close distance… for a moment I got scared as I’d heard there are flesh eating baboons in the jungle… so I walked silently without making noise… and nothing happened :-)

I walked a lot…. Saw couple of jeeps en-route.. but felt I did a better job walking…bcoz in the jeep it wouldn be fun per se..

Finally after a long time I reached the trek start point.. there was a tiffin spot.. I went and asked him the distance I’d walked.. the shopkeeper informed that the distance from the bus stop to the guesthouse on the peak was 11 kms and from his shop to the guesthouse was 6 kms… So I’d walked almost 5 kms…Phew… but it was fun I tell ya..

Well after drinking water and filling up my bottle began walking…it was a decent trek…moderate u might say.. was a little moist so the leeches were ready to attack :-) After the tiffin spot I found many people returning from the trek as it was almost 4 PM… most of them were from Kerala (they spoke Malayalam) most of the time I din understand so simply nodded along and smiled :-) (believe me it works).

Lonely Tree!!!

Well I was walking continuously as I had to reach before the light disappears.. I found a tree a lonely tree…The resemblance was uncanny :-) I saw myself when I saw the tree..

Well I walked ahead and saw a cute girl walking towards me with a surprised look on her face… She came upto me and started speaking aggressive Malayalam…did not understand much but buy her expression and worried look guessed that she was worried as to when I’ll trek and return as it was almost 5PM and soon it’ll get dark… so I replied “ Malayalam ariyile” listening to that she burst out with laughter… I din get it…(but later when I returned from the trip and asked a friend she told me that I asked her if you don’t know Malayalam…I got the joke then, asking a mallu if u don’t know Malayalam!!! lol)

Well after an amazing laugh she bid farewell and left… I started walking faster as the time was almost eating up...

After a long journey I finally reached the peak.. it was amazing.. I saw a temple and asked shelter there but they were scared to let a person alone, as there were cases of suicides.. so I had to stay in the guesthouse… when I reached there I felt that i can finally rest and continue tomorrow peacefully…little did I know whats coming ahead…

Guest house (pic clicked in the morning)

I booked the guest house and the caretaker gave me a mat and a blanket… he took me to show the guesthouse…and there it was..wow.. I’ve never seen anything like that..old worn out house… real scary…

Well it was dark soon…and I went to chat with the caretaker as I was bored… the caretaker was already asleep…I looked at the time it was 7:30 PM….i was like people do sleep very early :-)

Well I was bored dunno what to do so sat out in the cold chilly weather.. looking at the sky… talking to the sky..asking  few questions running in my mind.. When you are bored I guess even time gets bored so it moves very slow..

the room and a mat...

I had a tough time passing  time.. so I went and lied down thinking I’ll fall asleep… but it took a long time before I fell asleep.. but soon I slept like a baby..

Itsy Bitsy Spider... got into my pants

In my sleep I felt a hand feeling my thighs… I suddenly remembered that am all alone and who’d it be… I opened my eyes and saw there was no one but I still felt something moving.. I jumped up and started dancing ( believe me I put in lot of amazing break dance moves), and when I did that.. something fell and ran towards the wall I took my mobile and captured an image…it was a spider…huge spider in my pants…damn.. I was still under shock so couldn sleep..

It was 01:30 Am and not feeling sleepy.. so I went out..it was cold… so came back and rolled myself in the blanket.. I just sat on the mat and without knowing what to do started exercising :-) ya I do that wen I get bored :-)

So I did my regular Push-ups and sit ups etc and sat quite again…saw the time.. it was 2:30…well this is when things got freaky…

I suddenly heard the creaking sound of the door… the door when closing and opening makes a weird creaking noise I heard that… I got goosebumps… I was like where was the sound till now? Was I fast asleep when there was that noise? I had absolutely no idea.. I did what others would feel best “IGNORE”

After a while around 3 AM I heard anklet sounds….i frankly don’t know whether it was my imagination or actual sound.. I din have the courage to go out and check.. I told myself I’ll check it in the morning…

Low visibility

I couldn't sleep..the sound of the wind was adding to my miseries… well I just sat and starred at the door..without knowing what to do… I sat like that for almost 1 and a half hours and fell asleep…. Got up at 6:30AM  and rushed outside to check which door made the sound…found out that there was a door with the creaky sound.. din worry much packed and got set to travel back…

I saw that the mist was covering the mountain.. the visibility was bad… so waited till the mist reduced… found a person who was also planning on trekking down…

Finally a leech got what it wanted...

He knew only Malayalam so couldn't communicate well…although he got annoying when he started wasting my time by chatting with each and every passer-by…dam I felt like pushing him…don’t worry din do it :-)

So we reach very late and finally meet the shopkeeper.. I eat puttu (kerala dish) and leave that friend I came with and start walking… when I reached the bus stop where I got down and began this wonderful journey.. I found out that buses are not frequent…. So started walking…. It mentioned 11 kms to Kollur the place I had to board bus to mangalore..

The lift in a lorry :-)

I walked for almost an hour and then saw a lorry requested for a lift… He was happy to drop me… I reached Kollur in no time and boarded Mangalore bus…

Met a friend: Name-"Slow Joe"

The journey was awesome when I think about that night I still get goosebumps…

Thanks for your precious time…..