A Trip to the Mountains

Last weekend was spend in pure bliss. A much delayed trip with few folks from office finally materialized !The fact that we made it to the trip was an achievement in itself since i hold the record of planning the max number of trips and never ever making it to even one. So finally to everyones delight we set to kemmanagundi, the land of red soil and vast stretches of greenery.




















It was a two day trip. we reached kemmanagundi by Saturday afternoon. After a quick lunch we kept our baggages in the modest gov cottage and were all set for the afternoon activity .Task was to cover a treachery terrain to reach what they call the Z point, the plan was to reach there intime to catch the sun setting.Albeit the guide's assurance , the terrain was not at all a walk in the park. Springs , waterfalls , exotic flowers and a narrow path ..with high mountains on one side and deep forested valley on the other side gave us company all along. By the time we reached on top the sun was gone and we could only make out eachothers face in the twilight . Relying on torch light and the guide we started downhill .It made even the most enthus a tad nervous .Zillions of stars and a perfect full moon led us back to the cottage for some steaming coffee and pakodas. Later they drove us to the forest where the campfire was set and a tent to sleep in .Games and fun around the fire followed and when the darkness grew and the moon played hide and seek we had our dinner and retreated to the tent . News that four beers were set loose in the forest by the authorities dint stand in our ( two share a tent ) way of having a sound sleep .























Second day of the trip !! woke up by 5 in the morning and we were driven back to the gov cottage. post a quick shower and a good breakfast , we were briefed about the days activity . Unlike previous day it was downhill climb of about 12 kms through coffee plantations to reach Hebbe falls.We had to take a jeep halfway and rest of the climb by foot. By the time the roller coaster jeep ride thru red soiled path ended we were all painted red from top to bottom and all ecstatic to start the climb down . The trees , sounds of birds everything were so breath taking it was as if time stood still there. Crossing three streams on the way , we finally reached the water fall. After spending some time there playing in the ice cold water , we started back and by the time we took the jeep back, it started drizzling slightly exposing us to teeth chattering cold breezes and the damp clothes were not helping either.


















By afternoon we had our lunch and bid adieu to kemmanagundi, the place i spend two wonderful most adventurous time of my life. Will stay in m memory for a long long time :)