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Trip
Details It
was a cool Christmas morning 5Am, 25th Dec 2004.The air was cool and
not a regular cold morning as it used to be in Bangalore, the
weather was cozy, started the trip from our house in Bangalore at
5:30Am.
The team consisted of four guys including me, all my room mates,
Shyam, Ameen Khan, Venki and myself.
The main reason we purchased a bike in Bangalore is to tour places.
Mine is a shiny Black Victor (completing nearly 6000Kms) and my
friend Ameen Khan's is a firey Black Chrome Fiero Fx (new born, just
finished 1000Kms).
We headed towards Kanakapura road, chose this road instead of the
shorter mysore road bcos of the
heavy traffic in mysore road. The Road was excellent and we were
ripping, suddenly to our amazement we saw the speedometer showing
some where between 80 and 90........(cant resist driving slow on
good roads).
Reached Kanakapura by 6:45, and the sunrise was awesome, took a
couple of shots of the sunrise, the lakes and the trees lining them,
we had a gooey temptation to capture every scenary we could see, but
consoled ourselves, "saying we got many more on the way......."A
little more into the town and it was already 7:30 and we all could
hear the bells ringing inside our stomach. We needed some fuel for
ourselves....I wish we were like Camels (fill it once a
month???)Stopped at a Hotel had some idly vada & Tea. Started form
there by 8:00AmThe Road has a "Y" junction with a board saying turn
left for Sangam, head straight for Shivasamudram.
After a couple of bumpy town roads, entered the highway, it was very
smooth, i guess its due the skiny amount of traffic... on that
way.....My friend Ameen Khan as a pavilion rider, was not able to
resist the temptation of the winding roads lined with beautiful
trees, had a couple of them caught inside his HP digicam.
After burning some more rubber through the mallavalli town, reached
a junction which had a turn left for "Gaganachukki Falls", also
called as BLUFF (don't ask me why??...).....Took this road and a 20
minute drive took us to the top of the falls.
 The
disappointment of not being able to get into the water was more than
the scenic beauty of the falls, took some snaps there and were on
our heels to know the route to the base of the falls, went back the
same route upto the same junction and had to take a left turn to get
WET in the "Barachukki Falls". Reached the place by 11:00Am and our
friend Ameen sensed the place very much familiar, he started
recognizing the place and said he has come there 3 times before and
this is his 4th visit.
We just felt a bit
relieved when he said we can get to the water and he knows the route
to the base
of the falls.....
Cant Imagine a Trip 125 Kms away and without a dip into the
Water....NO WAYyyyy........
We were at a moment of ecstacsy when we saw the water, and
immediately changed our clothes and went into the water, it was so
cold and freezing even at 12 noon. Had fun in the water for 2 hrs,
ate some haldirams alu Bhujia that we took along with us.
On the way back took a diversion to talakkad some 20Kms from
Shivasamudram, the road was totally bad and had to tread at 10Kms/Hr
just to make sure we don't burn a hole in the tyres.
We found a Tree with a pond nearby which was the apt place for some
bread and Jam that we had packed before starting, the bread was
already out of shape and was like small crumps.......
Reached talakkad by 3:00Pm took some rest in the sand, as we already
had enuf water, this water wasn't very much attractive.
Finally started our journey back to Bangalore by 4:00Pm and reached
home by 7:30Pm.In short the trip was an exciting and a wonderful
trip and shivasamudram is a wonderful and scenic place to visit.
Pictures speak more than words, if u believe this, then u must have
a look at the scenic beauty, Here is the link to that......... |