Every IT slave admits with the quote "The first five days after weekend are very hard"
We wanted a change, wanted to spread out our arms and shout "Life is Beautiful" and we decided to go on a 3-day trip.
After surfing through the places that fall under our desired schedule and budget, we found out "God's Own Place" would be the best option, in no time we zeroed in on Wayanad and started our journey to the Land of Paddy Fields on 16th Jan 2014.
Since we work as a group and reside scatteredly we had multiple pickup points, after passing it all we finally left Bangalore late in the midnight. Call it "Over Excitement" or "Deep Curiosity" most of us had sleepless overnight to read the navigation from Bangalore to Wayanad.
As a matter of fact, we were aware that Mysore comes on our way, we did not miss the opportunity to spend sometime outside The Mysore Palace. We got down, had couple of shots(camera :P) and got in quicker than "Quikr" :D
At 4am,our Tempo Traveller halted near a CCD(Cafe Coffee Day) somewhere in the forest. My GPS told me it's 2kms away from Gundlupet and 20min away from Kerala Check-point.Since those check-points open sharply at 6(atleast few Govt. employees work) we had to spend couple of hours in that CCD.But a few of us spent sometime there and opted to take a walk upto Gundlupet, because we never wanted to sit in a CCD and kill flies when on trip.There was a light drizzle on the way and we enjoyed our 45min walk to Gundlupet.
It was 5.45am when our tempo reached the check-point (after picking us from Gundlupet),spending sometime with those Govt officials, our sim cards received a "Welcome To Kerala" message, which indeed was taunting "You are on Roaming,You Moron".
We checked-in into a beautiful homestay at half an hour past 8 in the morning and the homestay manager greeted us with a ear to ear smile on his face.
Day-1
We were given "Pooris" for breakfast and the whole load vanished within minutes.As per the initial plan,our first place in Wayanad was Chembra Peak. We sticked on to the plan and headed straight to Chembra Peak right after breakfast.On our way, we crossed many Coffee estates and it was a very beautiful sight, we stopped in few places to increase the snap counts and we reached our destination.
CHEMBRA PEAK
Chembra Peak,it's a trekking spot which has a "Heart-shaped"(not for medical students) lake atop hill.
We began our trek and when we reached mid-way we started wishing "Kaash!! ek lift hota". It was a herculean-task for all the lazy-pot bellies like us and lifetime achievement for few malnutritioned.We trekked for 90mins and reached the lake, the water was so cold that it was so tempting to jump into it and spend the rest of the day there,but since it was "too" tidy, we ended up just washing our faces.
After spending sometime atop the hill and spontaneously increasing snap count, we realized some drums rolling in our belly indicating it's time to trek back.For people, who beleive trekking down would be easier than trekking up Chembra Peak would break your belief. It becomes almost impossible to trek down with steep land and shivery body(HUNGER).
Pot-bellies(We) lost the battle by sweating profusely while trekking up and malnutritioned group lost the battle on the way back,their team members were levelling the ground at regular intervals.
After a heavy workout(Trekking), we were too hungry to travel so we decided to eat in a hotel nearby.The hotel/mess/whatever was very different from normal ones,the seats,the tables,counter everything was built using bamboo woods.The ambience was so mesmerising that we were lost in our thoughts,only when our tastebuds were shouting for help we came out of our day dream.
If you recharge a machine,it starts working better but it is the other way with us(humans).
We all were fully recharged and started feeling very sleepy,but our driver had other things in mind.His way of driving not only deprived us from our sleep but also made us nauseated.It was an hour long journey from there to the next spot.
SOOCHIPURA FALLS
Since we had a tireful day, we were really excited on reaching the falls. Packing the spare clothes,we started walking towards the falls from entrance.It was a mini-trek to reach the falls and our already punctured body started aching badly,finally we were at the falls.Jumping into the falls and soaking our bodies in the cold water was refreshing.We tried to headstop the falls and had a very good natural massage.
Coming out of falls,we had a hot tea in the shop
nearby and headed straight back to our homestay.
Trekking-Heavy Meals-Fall Bath-Hot Tea,
ended our first day happily with a perfect combination.
We wanted a change, wanted to spread out our arms and shout "Life is Beautiful" and we decided to go on a 3-day trip.
After surfing through the places that fall under our desired schedule and budget, we found out "God's Own Place" would be the best option, in no time we zeroed in on Wayanad and started our journey to the Land of Paddy Fields on 16th Jan 2014.
Since we work as a group and reside scatteredly we had multiple pickup points, after passing it all we finally left Bangalore late in the midnight. Call it "Over Excitement" or "Deep Curiosity" most of us had sleepless overnight to read the navigation from Bangalore to Wayanad.
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| Cafe Coffee Day, Gundlupet |
At 4am,our Tempo Traveller halted near a CCD(Cafe Coffee Day) somewhere in the forest. My GPS told me it's 2kms away from Gundlupet and 20min away from Kerala Check-point.Since those check-points open sharply at 6(atleast few Govt. employees work) we had to spend couple of hours in that CCD.But a few of us spent sometime there and opted to take a walk upto Gundlupet, because we never wanted to sit in a CCD and kill flies when on trip.There was a light drizzle on the way and we enjoyed our 45min walk to Gundlupet.
It was 5.45am when our tempo reached the check-point (after picking us from Gundlupet),spending sometime with those Govt officials, our sim cards received a "Welcome To Kerala" message, which indeed was taunting "You are on Roaming,You Moron".
We checked-in into a beautiful homestay at half an hour past 8 in the morning and the homestay manager greeted us with a ear to ear smile on his face.
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| Homestay in Wayanad, where we spent 3 days |
Day-1
We were given "Pooris" for breakfast and the whole load vanished within minutes.As per the initial plan,our first place in Wayanad was Chembra Peak. We sticked on to the plan and headed straight to Chembra Peak right after breakfast.On our way, we crossed many Coffee estates and it was a very beautiful sight, we stopped in few places to increase the snap counts and we reached our destination.
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| Beauty of Wayand - Coffee Estates |
CHEMBRA PEAK
Chembra Peak,it's a trekking spot which has a "Heart-shaped"(not for medical students) lake atop hill.
We began our trek and when we reached mid-way we started wishing "Kaash!! ek lift hota". It was a herculean-task for all the lazy-pot bellies like us and lifetime achievement for few malnutritioned.We trekked for 90mins and reached the lake, the water was so cold that it was so tempting to jump into it and spend the rest of the day there,but since it was "too" tidy, we ended up just washing our faces.
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| Heart shaped lake atop Chembra Peak |
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| Bamboo Hotel |
Pot-bellies(We) lost the battle by sweating profusely while trekking up and malnutritioned group lost the battle on the way back,their team members were levelling the ground at regular intervals.
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| Best Place to Relax and Meditate, you can find this on the way to Chembra Peak |
After a heavy workout(Trekking), we were too hungry to travel so we decided to eat in a hotel nearby.The hotel/mess/whatever was very different from normal ones,the seats,the tables,counter everything was built using bamboo woods.The ambience was so mesmerising that we were lost in our thoughts,only when our tastebuds were shouting for help we came out of our day dream.
If you recharge a machine,it starts working better but it is the other way with us(humans).
We all were fully recharged and started feeling very sleepy,but our driver had other things in mind.His way of driving not only deprived us from our sleep but also made us nauseated.It was an hour long journey from there to the next spot.
SOOCHIPURA FALLS
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| Soochipra Falls,Wayanad |
Coming out of falls,we had a hot tea in the shop
nearby and headed straight back to our homestay.
Trekking-Heavy Meals-Fall Bath-Hot Tea,
ended our first day happily with a perfect combination.
More to come in following days. Stay Tuned ;)
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