This is the second trip of
G.P.U.C. Hiradka friends. First one was to
Nandi Hills in 2007.
We are able to arrange one more after 2 years.
So after 3 months discussion we are able to finalize the date to
27th & 28th of Feb 2010.
Destination is nothing but God's own country.... i.e
KERALA........
Many guys showed good interest in organizing & planning the trip. :-)
So finally 10
soldiers were ready to rock
Wayanad,
Kerala.
Here they comes
- Guruprasad - Ravikiran - Rajesh Shetty (Myself) - Vasanth - Rohith - Rajesh Nayak - Krishna Prasad - Nithyananda - Sandeep
And last not the least Dr.
Sukesh
Appreciate
Rajesh Nayak coming from
Hyderbad, Guru from Chennai after completing his seminar &
Sukesh from
Mangalore.
It was the first get to gather of these many friends after almost 9 great years.
First regarding Wayanad, Kerala,
Wayanad, in the north-east of Kerala , India , was formed on November 1 , 1980 as the 12th district, carved out of Kozhikode and Kannur districts. The meaning of the word Wayanad is Vayal (paddy) Naad (land); 'Land of Paddy Fields'. There are many indigeneous tribals in this area. It is set lofty on the western Ghats with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 Metres above mean sea level.
Ok. Lets start now.
We have planned to depart
bangaluru at mid night. But due to timing constraints of some of our friends,
we thought of starting at 5AM on 27th Feb.
So booked Tempo Traveler for our journey.
We (
Rajesh,
Vasanth,
Nithyananda,
Sandeep,
Ravikiran & KP) Started from
Padmanabhanagar (
Thats where i am staying) towards
mejestic to pick Guru &
Rajesh Nayak at 3.20am.
Reached
Mejestic at 3.45am & picked our Mitsubishi Guru, who just finished one seminar at
chennai & directly flied to
bangalore.
Then waiting for
Rajesh Nayak, who has to come from
Hyderbad. he reached at 4.30am.
During that time we had a very hot tea near mejestic railway station!!
Then we moved towards
vijayanagar to pick
rockstar Rohith!.
We left to
mysore at 4.50am from
vijayanagar.
Most of the people half of their sleep when we left. You can see that in the pic.
Previous night hardly had 1-2 hrs sleep.
Everybody had a formal greeting as they got into
TT.
Then started towards
mysore to pick
Sukesh. Most of the guys had a small nap on the go and
TT was enjoying high way road.
We have reached Mysore at 7.15am. Some of the guys were busy in rinsing film posters!!!!!!! one was
targetting latest release
Suryakanthi, other
Aptharakshaka & police quarters. We thanked god that there were no
Vishnuvardhan fans.....
People who has done this hard work will understand what i meant. others may not. Leave that for time being.
Lets move on....
I forgot to tell there was a serious discussion regarding mysore palace shift as we didnt see the palace where we have parked the TT. So we thought it must have shifted to some other place!!!!!
Later some guys realized that palace is not shifted anywhere........ ;-)
Next we moved towards
Gundlupete, where we had breakfast @
Udupi Upahara at 8.15am. Food was good.. Recommended for any future trips..!!
Next reached
Kerala border at 10am. there need to pay tax.
It was taking too much time, so we thought not to waste time. So started our best game.. CRICKET ... on road cricket..
It was fun as lots of fielders surrounding bat & have to play 2 overs....!
Atlast at 11am we crossed border..
Then reached
Sulthan bathery, where we have planned to stay. Hey guys we have seen some deers on the way in
muthanga..
We have boarded at 'Eastern Home Stay' in
sulthan bathery & got refreshed & got ready for
Edakkal Cave at 1pm. Reached base of
edakkal cave at 1.30 as it near to
suthan bathery. Had lunch over there in one mess with fish
frys n all.
At 2 started trekking to the
edakkal. It was steep place, as our stomach was full it was taking time to climb. It was nice and cool place.
Edakkal Cave: This location of breathtaking beauty is 25 kilometres from Kalpetta. The Edakkal cave in the Ambukuthy mountain, is not a cave in the real sense. As stated in the India Antiquary (Vol.XXX, page - 410) and quoted in the District Gazette, Kozhikode, it is only'a cleft about 96ft. long and 22ft wide in the rock'. It is a fissure made by a corner of rock splitting off from the main body due to some natural causes. The depth of both the cleft and the fissure is 30 ft. What makes it a cave to the ordinary observer is the fact that in the other portion of the large cleft, an enormous rock, weighing several tonnes, has fallen forming a roof over a large part of it. The rock wall contains some interesting carvings, which represent human and animal figures and objects of human use and symbols. These carvings speak of a highly civilized people of pre-historic age and inspires the archaeologists and historians to rewrite the history of Wayanad and Kerala as a whole.
At 4pm we completed edakkal trekking.....
Then we moved towards MEENMUTTY Falls. When we reached there everybody told it has been closed. But we were not in the mood to come back. so requested there with the guards & finally very excited to fall onto cold water.....!!!!
Meenumutty falls, located 29km from kalpetta in wayanad district, is a three tiered waterfall with a height of 300metres. meenmutty falls, largest & most spectacular waterfall in the wayanad, is a 2 km hike through the jungle from the main ooty road. It is Kerala's second largest waterfall & one of most unspoiled falls. The path is quite dangerous & tiring but the waterfall makes the strain of the trek more than worth. We were tired like anything. We came to know what is tiredness as we were not feeling that while sitting in AC & hitting keyboard.!!!!!
We got into water & fell under falls. It was unforgettable experience as water force was unbearable. Some time we felt like our bone will get fractured. that much force. ITS Amazing............:-)
Ravi had nice experience as we drown him in water for some time.;)
Again while coming back it was sweating like anything in the evening at 7pm!!!!
But we had a nice experience, everybody enjoyed a lot.......
We reached room at 8pm. Brought parcel.. Had Party.. Sorry cant write in detail.
it was very interacting session as the discussion topic was 'marriage'...
we hit bed at 2am, 4am....!!!
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Got ready at 9am & moved towards pookot lake. its around 50kms from sulthan bathery. It is a natural fresh water lake, brimmed with ever green mountains. Boating facilities are also available. Handicraft items were there for sale.
On the way we went to Karapuza dam at 10.15am
& reached pookot lake at 12.20pm. Enjoyed paddle boating. First & best experience........ we have taken 3 boats together.
Again it was a wonderful experience.
Spent lot of time there by bird watching!!! most of the birds were in pair ;-)
Left lake at 2.30pm
Some on the way scenarios
then moved towards Soochippara waterfalls. In middle had lunch at Pravasi restaurant, Meppadi.
Also in middle stopped to fill water can & watched superb scenario nearby
Soochippara waterfalls: its near Meppadi is really a treasure of nature. the pool below provides for swimming, bathing etc.
We 5, vasanth, Nithyananda, Guru, Sandeep & myself went under falls... it was also nice like meenmutty. More force here..... still enjoyed.................:-)
There were many scenario other than water falls. most of the guys enjoyed!!!!!
My finger really paining by hitting this keyboard....
ok.. lets wrap up the blog.
we left there at 6.30pm as we heard kerala-karnatka checkpost wont allow vehicles after 9pm. Coz we have to travel by forest region.
We had dinner on the way to mysore. Had a small party....
Reached mysore at 11pm?
then sukesh left to mlore & dropped rohith at his place. & reached blore 2.30am.
By dropping all the tired bodies, watch was showing 5am!!!!!
Finally at Padmanabhanagar at 5am.....
Guys.. Comments are accepted.
Request all of you share your experience
- Guruprasad
- Ravikiran
- Vasanth
- Rohith
- Rajesh Nayak
- Krishna Prasad
- Nithyananda
- Sandeep,
-Sukesh
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