Weekend at Wayanad . . .

                      When it is may, rain becomes desperate to play hide and seek and we become desperate to travel. Result is Wayand trip plan . Despite of last minute changes, we 7 started at 3 AM morning on Saturday and we reached Bandipur highway by morning.  Morning life of animal kingdom is quite a spectacular display to see through the car window.

Caring mother

                       First, we started our journey from Historical Edakkal caves. Pictorial writings as old as 6000 BC, stone age writings and that walk inside caves to unleash mountain view. Burning effect of afternoon sunlight and rocks as cold as barf - what a contrast.  Any heart would wait to feel the rain.  While coming down from caves, as expected, rain arrived - with a shock - that none of the waterfalls are open.Well, no need to panic, still many places are there - we convinced ourselves. 

Edakkal caves

                     Who cares? When trip itself is full rain, what is the point of having a waterfall?  Water droplets dropping down from car window and blurred image of nature outside, reflecting in the eye of every drop - life should stop of a second - in pause. Melody of "Bhuvi kenne tumba, mugilu surida muttina gurutu" - by Jayant kaikini and sonu Nigam, felt like they are guiding us in rainy paths, through music.

Feel of air

                      Pookut lake scenic walk in muddy paths followed by crazy talk with Aloo chips enriched taste. That moment not lasted long, as we headed towards our most favorite destination, Chembra Peak. Tea estates soaked in rain, curved paths covered in mud, scenic mountains surrounded by mist - Journey to remember. It remainds me of a quote " If travelling was free, you would never see me again".

Pookut lake in background

                      We thought to give some rest to our Innova buddy and walked towards mountain. It felt like Bangalore and Chembra are two different isolated worlds. Yes, they give same feel, when showered by rain. Small butterflies falling in love with rain, couples taking Selfie and there goes, a gang of 7 disturbing them! Heart lake is something we missed due to rain, but our heart lake was already bloomed with lotus of feels.  Boiled corn was complementary to the feel.

View from Chembra peak

                    And we booked a resort in the night. Cheapest, with all 7 people in room. For bachelors no special requirements needed - when it comes to stay. Night went with crazy discussions, stories, childhood memories, broken love stories - an infinite night it seemed like. We slept like tired buffaloes. Morning breakfast - Dosa, was something to remember for lifetime. It was like pizza, except taste!

                    Early morning we started towards Banasur Sagar dam. One beautiful location ( in terms of humans beings too), followed by adventure Fast motor boat ride. Everyone made fun of New look with Life jackets. A sudden twist n turn by boat, hair blown by wind and mind blown by thrill, drops of water suddenly sprinkling due to water humps, fully surrounded by water and islands - One should experience before imagining it. Movement was so random, that someone in our group held gear for grip!

Banasur Sagar Dam

                   We continued our journey towards Talakadu. In rain, with songs, a long journey - long lasting journey like journey of life. We encountered an angry elephant near Bandipur. It scared the hell out of many vehicles. Escaping that, we immersed ourselves in Talakadu river and then played there till sunset.Thanks to Malli, Amrith, Kerure, Naveen, Lohith n Arun for fun filled ride.  Evening hot Masala puri and Chai - a perfect end for a journey, within this journey of life, gifted with memories to cherish.

A group Gesture