The last time I was on vacation with my friends was to Kerala during the summer holidays. Before that we had been to a trip to North India. Both of these were too long. No one had so much time to spare now, so, we decided to go to Coorg or Kodagu or Madikeri for short weekend Holiday. It turned out to be an awesome plan. :)
Each time we took a trip we always used to go through travels owned my one of my friends but this time we decided to take our own vehicle. So we had to plan everything - food,lodging and itenary. My friends and myself are not the best planners, but you get expertise only when you experience. Before we even got to getting the itenary done, a couple of my friends dropped out and another was close to jumping the ship. But thank God four us confirmed for the trip;Prajwal V,Sushil R S, Karthik V and myself were the lucky ones :)
Since we had only the weekend for sightseeing we couldn't see everything.
All in all this was one of the most fun-filled trip I had ever been. And I would love to go to Coorg again. From next time onwards I will not miss a chance to stay at a home-stay.
Each time we took a trip we always used to go through travels owned my one of my friends but this time we decided to take our own vehicle. So we had to plan everything - food,lodging and itenary. My friends and myself are not the best planners, but you get expertise only when you experience. Before we even got to getting the itenary done, a couple of my friends dropped out and another was close to jumping the ship. But thank God four us confirmed for the trip;Prajwal V,Sushil R S, Karthik V and myself were the lucky ones :)
Since we had only the weekend for sightseeing we couldn't see everything.
- 26th Saturday
- 5:00 am: Departed from Bengaluru
- 10:30 am:Arrived at Home Stay ,Madikeri. It takes less than 5 hours to Coorg from Bengaluru but we ran into some problems on the way.The Home stay we stayed in - Ram's Hill Top,Jodupal, Mangalore-Madikeri highway, 12kms from Madikeri Town.
I had never been to a home-stay before, so I was a little worried about it. But once I saw it I was very happy I agreed to a home-stay rather than a Lodge. You will have a secluded house all for yourself. There was Cook/server/maid who stayed nearby and served food when we wanted. We could reach him through a door bell. (No network coverage near our Home-stay, it was near the top of a hill).
- 12:00pm: Done with the Breakfast - Neer Dosa with Chutney. Left for TalaCauvery and Bhagamandalam.
- 3:30pm : Finished with Talacauvery and Bhagamandalam. Decided to skip lunch for Abbey Falls (I hope I won't repeat this mistake).
- 5:30pm : Saw the Abbey Falls. Worth the time but couldn't stop my stomach from grumbling.
- 6:30 pm: Back to Home Stay. End of first day proceedings :)
The view from the home-stay after it stopped raining.
- 8:30 pm :Camp Fire along with cool breeze really hit the right notes.
- 27th Sunday
- Had a good sleep everyone got up really late - 9am
- 9:30am: My friend Prajwal and myself went for exploring the environment and we found ,to our astonishment, a small stream which later joined the river. Then went for what I suppose they call a Nature Walk.
- 10:30 am: Everyone were ready to roll. Departed the Home Stay
- 12:30 pm:Arrived at Nisarga Dhama. Strolled the place for a while, enjoyed the walk in the cold water until I lost my sunglasses :'(. Afterwards, went for a Boat Ride, my friends were too generous to let me paddle the boat ;) .
- 3:30 pm:Had Lunch at Hotel Caravan, Kushalnagar. Very nice hotel, good ambience and food also tastes good.
- 4:30 pm: Journey towards Bengaluru begins. We reached Mysore by 6:15 but the journey became very slow from here on. I was unaware of the fact that on a Sunday , Mysore- Bengaluru will have huge traffic.
- 9:00 pm: Reached Home safe and Sound :).
All in all this was one of the most fun-filled trip I had ever been. And I would love to go to Coorg again. From next time onwards I will not miss a chance to stay at a home-stay.
