TREK TO BEAUTIFUL KEMANGUNDI

AUG/14/2010

I & MY COLLEAGUE RAVI PLANNED 2 GO SOMEWERE ASUSUAL.
I PREFER TO VISIT ANY HILL STATION FOR ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF MONSOON.
SATURDAY EVENING 7.30 I LEFT MY FACTORY REACHED MY ROOM.

      I CALLED RAVI  & A SUDDEN PLAN TO GO FOR KEMANGUNDI. WE WENT TO KENGERI RAILWAY STATION FOR CATCHING THE SHIMOGA EXPRESS .GETTING SEAT FROM MAJESTIC S A DIFFICULT ONE DURING SATURDAYS.

     V GOT WINDOW SEATS COMFORTABLY, HAD OUR DINNER & SLEEP WELL.
EARLY MORNING 4.30AM WE REACHED BIRUR STATION.
   WE WALKED TO THE BUS STAND IN BIRUR, LOCALATES SAID THERE S ONLY 1 BUS AVAILABLE TO KEMANGUNI & IT S @ 9AM. WE SEARCH FOR SOMEOTHER BETTER WAY TO REACH THERE. V FIND OUT A MILKVAN (407 TEMPO)  GOING UPTO KALATGIRI GATE.
V SEAT ABOVE  THE MILK CANS & STARTED OUR JOURNEY. ITS SUCH A NICE ROAD.
GET DOWN @ KALATAGIRI GATE TIME IS 5.45AM.

    V ASK LIFT IN THE VEHICLES COMING BY THAT WAY. NO ONE STOPS.ON  LUKING THE MAJESTIC WESTERN GHATS , V STARTED OUR MORNING WALK.AFTR WALKING FOR 4KM V REACHED KALATIGIRI FALLS.

 AFTR PLAYING IN THE WATERFALLS & STARTED CLIMBIING ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN TAKING SOME SNAPS, V GOT FREE BRAKEFAST FROM THE TEMPLE "THANK U GOD".

   V STARTED WALKING 2WARDS THE MAIN ROAD TO GET THE ONLY BUS AVAILABLE IN THAT ROAD. TODAY S MY BEST FRIENDS BDAY ,I SEARCHED FOR TOWER & I GOT IT.  WHILE TALKING WITH HIM  IN MOBILE I HEARED THE SOUND OF A BIG VEHICLE APPROACHING BY THAT WAY. ITS A TIMBER LORRY. I SHOWED MY HAND. DRIVER STOPPED THE LORRY. V GET INSIDE THE LORRY CABIN.

ITS BEAUTIFUL TO VIEW THE VALLEY FROM A LORRY.

      AFTER REACHING KEMANGUNDI, V MADE ENQUIRY WITH JEEP DRIVERS TO REACH HEBBE FALLS "13 KM DRIVE WILL COST 750 RS".
       I PLANNED TO WALK TO HEBBEE FALLS. I MET A MAN & ASK HIM THE SHORT ROUTE TO REACH HEBBEE FALLS. LUCKILY HE S FROM MY HOME TOWN PALGHAT.
HE ARRANGED & GAVE ME A LOCAL BOY AS GUIDE.

       THAT GUIDE 'SHIVA' TAKE US THROUGH SOME BEAUTIFUL VALLEYS.

 I HAVENT SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL PLACE EVEN @ MUNAR,KODAI,OOTY,COORG,VALPARAI. IT LUKS SOMETHING NEW. MIGHT BE THE MONSOON WHICH MAKES SUCH GREEN.

AFTER CROSSING FEW STREAMS, COFFE ESTAES & BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES V REACHED OUR DESTINATION-HEBBEE FALLS. PLENTY OF WATER THERE DUE TO HEAVY RAINS.

V LUK 4 SOME JEEPS ON OUR WAY BACK. OUR GUIDE BARGAINED & HELP US TO GET A JEEP FOR 400RS. WHEN  V GET INSIDE THE JEEP IT STARTS RAINING HEAVILY.

V HAD OUR LUNCH THERE & MADE ENQUIRY FOR RETURN BUS. ITS AVAILABLE @ 4.30PM. TIME S 1.30 PM. OOPS V HAD TIME TO CLIMB ABOVE THE Z-POINT. V GOT SOME CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO TO PROTECT OURSELF FROM LEECHEES. V START OUR WALK 2 Z-POINT. I CANT SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD DUE TO MIST.

SLOWLY V PROGRESSED TOWARDS Z-POINT. ON THE WAY THERE S ONE SMALL WATERFALL.

    WALKING TOWARS THE PEAK OF Z-POINT S A UNFORGATABLE ONE.ITS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SEE.

FINALLY V REACHED THE PEAK OF Z-POINT TAKE LOT OS SNAPS, "RAVI SAID "I DONT WANT TO GET DOWN FROM HERE".

 MIST COVERS THE ENTIRE PLACE SUDDENLY.ITS STARTS RAINING HEAVILY. WE WALKED SLOWLY REACHED THE BUS STOP.GET  THAT ONE & ONLY BUS & RESACHED BIRUR. WE WAIT SOME TIME IN BUSSTAND & GOT 1 BUS TO BANGLORE & REACH BAK ROOM BY 12PM.
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