When it pours, it pours and pours to make the place I visited last weekend a heaven , and thats what has happened with monsoons playing spoilsport in few places like my native Gulbarga , and floods in malnad, the home for JOG FALLS .
Let me start my saga -
What can you expect from a lazy software engineer on a weekend ? Yes, you are right-on the spot, I was sleeping nicely when the sun had already come over the head and half the day was over. But for me , it was a still happy hours :) A sudden call from my friend Nings as we all address him woke me up from my sweet dreams.
"Are you coming to Jog Falls tomorrow with us or not ? If yes, board the train at 1.50pm from Blore city else sleep again !" - Bossy voice woke me up completely from my dreams by now, and checked my watch . It was 12 noon already . I suddenly gushed to bath room , finished my chores and was ready to reach railway station by 1pm. As expected, traffic jam in Bangalore never allows a lazy guy to enjoy the Bus journey peacefully. It was already 1.45 and bus was still in Mysore Bank Circle. I ran for life when it reached Majestic, then underground in station. The moment I stepped , train came. Thanks to Indian Railways for their punctuality. It was right this time i.e as usual 10 min late, not like, last time, when I missed train to Salem during Yercaud trip. If you are wondring ,what I am saying, read my previous post .
Back to my train journey, well. I had already booked a seat throwing my bag on a seat with a old handsome man assuring to take care of it. But by the time , I boarded and reached my seat, bag was somewhere and seat owner was displaced uncontroversially. Yes, a Patien aunty had occupied my much-guarded seat. :( What can I do apart from standing dumb-faced and searching for a seat. Luckily, old man who was guarding my seat got down at Yeshwantpur and I got a seat . Bliss started now. I enjoyed the whole journey glancing here and there to check out the girls sitting in front and back and even sideways. Fun apart, the moment I crossed Biruru, the nature welcomed me with rains and amazing views , long coconut trees, green grass, also paddy sprouting up lavishly and sunflowers struggling to find sun who was lost among clouds. I reached Shimogga at 7.30 pm, papi alias Papu ,its his pet name received me at station. We went straight to his home. finished our dinner after meeting his parents and watched TV, discussed few matters together and slept at 12 . Let me remind you we have nt booked any vehicle, there was a gang waiting to be joined next morning along with us . But we just slept after sharing the reminescences right from last day of college till date.
I woke up at 5.30, yes, I know you are surprised after reading above that I woke up at 12 the day before. Even I wanted to sleep still but all had to be ready and catch bus at 7.15 on a rainy sunday morning. We assembled at 7.10, took bus and started shimogga from 7.30 am . Reached Sagara by 9 or 9.30. The whole lot was hungry , we had our breakfast, as usual, Idly-vada to be at a safer side. Started at 9.45 an reached JogFalls at 11 am . We roared, watched a Kannada movie Meravanige in Bus and were too excited , after all we were going to see the splendour blessed in this part of the world.
We were dumb-struck seeing the majestic falls laced with clouds . The sunday crowd was unbearable on a rainy morning at a splendid spot by tourist authorities, yet none dithered our zeal to trek down. Last year, we had come here. Steps were being constructed but this time , entire 1388 steps were ready ! Shouted , screamed, captured pictured of this blissful spot , nothing less than a real treat to eyes. As we moved down, clouds disappeared and the view was more clear , with falls sprinkling water like heavy rain on us. We were drenched completely, still we marched until we reached the goondi or the bottom of the falls where falls dipped the earth making horrendous voice. The milk-like river water was gushing and the boys were on top of the world screaming and dancing taking the crowd along with us and engaging them in our excitement . It was tota l gala time over there. The view which we watched, I feel that we were blessed enough to have such a view and return safely with no single accident on the way, considering how far we had gone into the waters . It was 2 pm and there were no signs of Sun god appearing . We realised even he is having a nice time sleeping on a lazy sunday except rain god and us ! :) We returned to the top by 3. Rats were fighting in our stomachs and a just before soccer game was about to start, Hotel Mayura , KSTDC saved us .
What we plan, and what happened ! Yes, you were wondering how the script is going so smoothly ! Story is not yet over , my friend :) The famous SRK dialogue from OSO translated to all my brethrens across globe. We took tickets back to Shimogga at 3.15 . And take my words, the bus moved only 100 m in 2 hours. The crowd and traffic jam sprang up . And if we would have compared it to Blore traffic jams, it would beat by 20 - 1 difference. Finally, the jam was softened and after such a hue and cry, banging on top of the bus and a near riot, we reached Shimoga at 9.30. I bid bye to all my friends accompanied throughout with such a memorable trip . I quickly finished my dinner, and had to rush back to Bangalore, to start earning my bread and butter. Boarded a bus and reached in time by 4 am and room by 5. I checked my mails early morning and jumped to my bed without disturbing my roommates. When I woke up it, it was 11.35 am and office ! ? !
What happened next ? We will catch up for coffee and discuss about that !
But the trip came to close and I was relieved ! Yes, my dream of witnessing Jog Falls in full glory is fulfilled ! I can assist you in your next Jog Falls trip anytime , before check out the amazing pictures of my friends and Jog Falls , and do comment, how was my journey and blogpost :)
