Have you ever wondered how to take an off in middle of a hectic week for a great day ahead ?
Well ! Here is my tale where I narrate how graciously I enjoyed the day to the fullest at Shivanasamudra .
In middle of the week and one fine evening , my cousin called up and made a proposal " Would you like to join tomorrow with us on a road trip to Shivanasamudra on a bike ? " At first instance, it was an offer which I can never ever resist , specially I have nurtured a strange kind of weaknes in recent past i.e I hardly say no to trips , and this was one hell-of-a-kind trip which I always wanted to be part of. But you know, life has changed . Bunking in college was far easier.I need to request for leave here! :( I guess there are many supporters to me out there, where they definitely ponder upon a day missed means huge burden next day or sense of personal responsibilty to finish assigned work on time. I requested them two hours time to decide , but already , I had up made my mind to take off from office next day and explore the mighty rain-blessed Shivanasamudra falls.
But I made sure that all pending work is finished and I was awake till 2 am to wrap it up. I kept an alarm of 5 am and here the journey starts .
As usual, I missed alarm and slept but my cousin had the task to wake me up at sharp 5.15 am [ Have u ever woke up so early, I never to say truth ] , they made me to get up , even though I stayed 10Km away from them . Finished the chores and reached their place taking cab around 6.15. Honestly,Bangalore in early morning has far more splendour than at any other time of the day - fresh air and low traffic . What else you ask for from this great concrete metro ?
A hot mug of tea was awaiting me , sipped it and then took off our bikes to start the journey .We were a gang of four cool guys, well thats what I thought . :) On the way , we had a sumptuous breakfast at Kanakapura and the ride was so blissful with the excitement intact. The greenary around , small mountains with mist still covering them, and a serene country side view added joy to our 110 Km ride .A trip on NH 209 to0k around 3 and a half hours to reach the destination i.e Gaganachukki around 10.30 . The water was gushing with an amazing thunderous sound and splashing waters made the surrounding next to heaven. But as always, the gang of boys resorted to photo session till the end . At once, it made me ask myself that this is what I came here for from so far , but later , even I joined the party and forgot all the doubts and cherished every moment. After spending good time, we planned to visit Bharachukki falls which is located at the other side of Gaganchukki falls. We travelled about 16Km again and went to other side of the falls, watched the falls very closely and took snaps with poses you never expect but can have a glimpse of all those here. Later, we made our way to Bharachukki falls , the view at once made us spell- bound and also , Tamanna and Surya's brother Karthik starrer tamil movie Paiya shooting was going on. The whole crowd was mad to see Tamanna rather than the uncomparable falls where the falling milky waters enticed us to jump into water right away . But , to our disppointment, it was restricted because of the movie shooting. I was wondering what those guys were doing. We were watching falls and even shooting for more than an hour gobbling chips , and to our amazement, they were repeating the same shot again and again ! Tamanna was good but the hero needs to go a long way to earn the reputation achieved by his elder brother .Anyways, we headed to Talakkad at 1 and reached around 2 pm. We were already hungry , and lunch was awaiting for us, instead we rushed where lunch stalls were present. The gang batted nicely , and instead of taking nap, all of us jumped into the river Kaveri to swim and play in water for which we were yearning for so long from morning . All had a jolly time over here . I dont know swimming and cousin Shiv, his friend Shiv and their common friend tried to teach me a bit, and I was totally exhausted after making worthless efforts tapping my legs and hands in the river .I came out from water sooner than others and took a small nap at the river bank . Until I woke up, all were in the wierd poses and capturing each other's snaps for their Desktop screensavers . Yes, really , it's so funny but yet so relaxing to be a part of good gang of boys who love to relish every single moment. I am always blessed to get such gangs wherever I go and thats what drives to plan for next trip before it's over . :)
Later, around 5 , after having stomach full of snacks , we left the splendid place around Kaveri river and headed way back . The ride was tiring with exhausted shoulders, but continuous boy-talks on the way back kept the trip alive . As expected , it's not the end until it ends . Two drunkards blocked the way and created a scene at the outskirts of Kanakapura, to extract money from us. We were a bit surprised, a bit tensed and bit adventurous to experience even this and come out . We tackled them and reached Kanakapura. But to our surprise, there was a bigger gang waiting for us who blocked our vehicles . We asked them to smash us if we had done anything wrong , as we knew , we were innocent . Few good guys among them rescued us and we zipped off from that place , and finally reached Bangalore around 9 .
The day was simply great. Amazingview of one of the best waterfalls in Karnataka and bit of uninvited adventure at the end mad us doze off after having our dinners immediately . Two days later, CM and his gang planned to visit the place to celebrate " Jalapatotsava - celebration of the gushing waters " . Why not even you plan to visit their soon, before that do comment the post right now !
