Sunday, March 25, 2012

Trip to Coorg

One fine Saturday morning along with a set of office friends we started from Bangalore in two Tempo Traveler towards   Coorg or Kodagu(Originally called Kodaimalenadu) means 'dense forest on steep hill'. Dubbed as the Scotland of India!!! 


On the way, first we went to Balmuri Falls. It is a man-made reservoir 150Kms from  Bangalore few kilometers away from Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, eighteen kilometers away from Mysore on the way to Krishna Raja Sagar Dam. As the river turns to the right at this place it is called as “Balamuri”, “Bala” means right and “Muri” means cut in Kannada. We went for ride in a Coracle 'parisal', which was a fine exprience .. You will get fresh fried fish and crabs here, believe me it will be awesome to have it hot and spicy after playing in water.


Next came the Tibetan Monastery located near kushalnagar towards Mysore. This Tibetan settlement seems to be the second largest settlement out of Tibet. There were 40-ft tall Golden Buddha Statues and the walls were decorated with beautiful paintings. When u get inside the monastery along with calmness, you can smell the fragrance of incense sticks, candles and flowers.


Then left to Nisargadhama Cauvery and visited Nagarhole National Park  where we happened to see rabbits, deers, elephant etc..


After that we went to the place where we spend our night, it was a nice resort in Coorgi Style called as 'Misty Heights'. As its name says its in topmost position ....on dinner we were served with Coorgi foods like Kadambuttu(Steamed Rice Dumplings).... It was great...... and we had Camp Fire with the Dancing performance by our Colleagues......

Next day started with a hot Coffee and Coorgi style Breakfast.Then we went to a beautiful waterfalls called as 'Abbey Falls'. The roar of the falls can be heard from the main road,from where a path goes through lovely coffee and cardamom plantations right up to them. The chirping of innumerable birds which are easier heard then seen, fill the air with sweet music.After having a very nice time and shooting lots of snaps in the falls we went to Raja Seat, a well maintained garden with a great views of the hills. We spent some time there and left to Bangalore. 



But while coming back our van had some problem in the engine we have to wait there for 2 hrs.. meanwhile guys started playing cricket and since there was no mechanic we all 25 people were packed in a single van and it was full mast teasing each other.... and finally reached Bangalore at 11pm in the night. All together a superb weekend with my colleagues.......