Sakleshpur – Kukke Subramanya Rialway Track Trek

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Trek Trial : Sakleshpur – Kukke Subramanya Rialway Track
Trek Path : Donigal === Edukumeri === Guniya - Kukke Subramanya.
Trekkers :Ravi,Sankara,Anil,Sankara,Amit n Amits Friend,Sridhar,Arun ,Hari(Me) ,Jatin,Bennet n Murali.

Quick Tour on the Trek Trial:
Day1:Bangalore to Hassan, sandwiches,ptistops,beer,'ek duje ke liye'hindi movie..hotel suarna..
Day2 : Donigal to Edukumeri , Scary Bridges...Dark Tunnels...Campin, Maggie..Vodka Tonic...
Day 3: Edukumeri to Guniya to Kukke...Mother of all Bridges...Long winding dark tunnels....streams..wildnerness trek trial...Natures Bounty...tired bodies n spirited souls

Day 1 : Jan 13th- 7:30 pm.
The trekkers parked their packs and themselves in to a Tempo Traveler ,started off from Aditi Office on Makeri Circle Road,Bangalore.
Then started a series of Pitstop's....
Pitstop-I : Picked up Sandwiches n partially hogged , myself n sankara were like...abbe..we r not gonna eat that much while on trek..so possibly fill peat now itself.We got almost more than 2-3 sandwiches per head packed up n spent sometime waiting for the chapattis..which didnt make up to end in our trek...

Pitstop -II : Fill in Disel n pickd some booze....maan heavy traffic in the roads towards tumkur....after clearin thro a shit load of traffic we hit a small pit stop to pick Beer ..n proceeded...Movie time..."Ek Dhuje Ke Liye...started off with some kickass hindi movie...
Ravi isnt tht fluent in Hindi...but his intrest in Hindi...kept me awake...'aye'..."Voo Kyaa Sayin Haaai" maan...

Pitstop -III : PetPuja, on the road to kunigal found a Road side Resturant...done with the peat puja there n started off the drive with the movie on.

This ws the fastes ever hindi movie i have seen , but it did make sense...thing is whenever the cd gets stuck we move over to the next cd.this way we had pushed both the 1st n 2nd cd's halfway thro...
Film me tho...Scene: Sapna (Rati Agnihotri) was giving gaalis to her Madrasi based lover Vaasu(Kamal Hassan)..Ravi was very inquistive about whats happenin out there..n he ws in the same situation like our madrasi hero trying to figure out whats the yell about....:-D..Then we had reached Hassan...after small fight through the local town street we hit our Hotel-"Suarna Residency" to find out tht our bookings were taken away by other ppl....thanks to the pitstop's ....thn we spent an hour to strike deal with the sleepin crowd of hotel managmnt..and checkd into the cozy 4 bedeed suite...(it had a bathtub u know!!!)...

Day2: Jan14th 7:30 am :
Alarms kept ringin...woke up...we did the usual crap...n get set to hit for the morning trenchin(trenchin - hoggin)with lots of Idlis n Loads of Sambar for it...:)We then hit Sakleshpur from there another 6 kms...to Donigal ,winding roads through mountains , we then got down at our start point-Donigal Railway station.
Around 11-12 our trek started, awesome location..surrounded by so much of greenary, but phela hour or so..we were getting used to the rialway track, which prevented us from njoyin the natures bounty...as the sun started its movement across...we had to hit on some of thesandwiches,were dry but were yummy... to compensate n we started heading towards edukumeri ....after our lunch breaks...n first ever encounters of bridges n tunnels..Bridges...maan..they r freakin kool..the rialway track bridge ,100-200 ft above the land...no side railings to hold on to...winds hissin pastyou at that height n some had streams in the bottom... ws a kickass fun..:)..breath takin..rmbrd physics too...the sleepers jst pysches ur mind ,u feel like they are movin maan...relative motion...should hv heard of those terms durin school days...finally around we had hit the edukumeri rialway station...then we proceeded on further a km and found out our campin site...awesome palce maan...a water fall on one side of the track which leads to a Tunnel and the side bend to the tunnel in the woods were we camped out...3 Teams...A,B n C...we split across , i learnt the art of tentin..(erectin 'tents')...was too good...Then went ahead to get a short dip in the falls....n wnt ahead starting to prepare our dinner..Dinner...yipee..Magiee ...cooked from the fire created out of wild wood..with some ingenious ideas in preparation of the stove..Ravi,'Gentlemen of the Jury' ws there always...round 1 to 10 r n whtever..he ws always there ready to gobble down the maggie..dinner done...couple of rounds of magiee n some social eatin ..outta da same bowl...People were lined up then to get massage from Sankara..those heavy hands trained on the beatn up bodies...to give some relief n life..then we made this roaring raging ripping fire with help from the Kerosene....thn the booze hour...Vodka Tonic...no glasses...no stir...simple.. take a gulp of orange juice into ur mouth n add to it a large or small of Vodka...rinse it up n push it down...:)... slowly teams...went off to catch up some sleep...the big tebt turnd out to be Crampy ...big fellas maan. ANIILLLL , Bennnet , MEEE n SANKAAAARA n the Baaaaggs....caught between Bennet n Sanakara..maan...Bennet ...vo to pyaar karna suru kardhiya...kabhi haath dal tha hai upar..nahi to taange...

Day3: Jan15th 6:30 am:
Wowwww!! what an awesome morning...hearin to the sounds of the wild birds...awesome clean air...yohoooo.....took a nice ,soothin...sauna ...jaccusizd bath from the water fall...n filled in with some apples n choclates n biscuits..started off the trek...Me , Arun n Ravi were the Laggards....maan..then came the 'SCARY BRIDGE' ever seen , broken ,movin,worn off sleepers...ooof...it ws damn scary......we had to pump our pace today to hit lots of KM's today...maan..this day's trek trial had lots of crazy stuff..

Dark Long (481m) TUNNELS....scray withered off....wooden sleeper laid bridges....streams.....breath takin view of the Mountains n vegetation around...no words to explain natures bounty...wish i cld get a remote connection here to start workin amidst the woods with 'Chopper'service to the city once a week...after covering 12kms...we had our lunch break n hogged on the remaining food stuff packed up...felt lto more to shed load off ur back..then a part of the gang....some who were hurt n tired ( jatin ,arun , anil n bennet) broke off in the middle...towards the so called pleasant way to the road down the hills to go to kukke..had some kickass fun with the 45deg slope plane...through the woods n some crazy slippery river with waist level water..wading to the shores to reach the road...what was thought as to be as a break from the tired soles...ended up addin a kickass thrill n kill to it...then rest of us...proceeded thro the track path towards Guniya...hearin from the few habitants of the palce...once sayin 2-3 kms..others estimating the distance to be some 10-12kms..n some to an extent of 20 odd kms...we finally felt the pain of what now seemingly a Never ending track trial towards Guniya...awesome lunch again...Teplas , thanks to Jatin...maan i just love them....it ws tasting as if like amruth...

finally found the guniya station n got to know that another 10-12 kms still to kukke...thn we decided to ditch the railway track n take the dirt track route through the woods to the main road ....tht strech ws some 6-7 kms....we found out some heavy earth movers working their way out to clear n make some path in the woods...n some kool streams on the way...
It feels like Heavenly to have you feet dipped in tht flowing crystal clear chill stream...thn after some ascend n descend we finally descended n hit the road....after some moments spent in figuring out the way n means to proceed thro...we found the busstop(place where bus will stop)..caught a ksrtc to Kukke...n boarded our dead bodies....n proceeded towards Kukke...20kms...30 mins...through mountains..we were at Kukke..,caught up with rest of the trek folks..boarded the tempo there to get down couple of hundred mts away to take a dip in the stream...thn we had a gud dinner...halfboil(sunny side up r Bull's eye) n some parota...n coffee from the local shop...n picked up some beers

got on the tempo....dead bodies...n spirited tired souls were put to rest n with some crashin speed we had hit bangaleore(300 odd kms) far in 4-5 hrs..throught the ghat roads...awesome drivin by Vinod....Back in Aditi...around 1 or so...n took the bikes...back at BTM house....crashed heavily on the beds with dreams of tracks,Sleepers,Tunnel,Bridges...

KICKASS...EDURANCE Testing...Thrillin....Wilderness Trek .

Ran De Basanti>>A Generation Awakens

A good package..of fun n Modern age Patriotism-The Fight (Modern age Voilence).
It potrayed the feelings of the normal (se thoda upar) youth...
The same heated discussion we have ...'after a drink or two'....about the politicians…Indian government and their slow progression society benifftin activities...

The feeling..of Modern age patriotism is the underlying concept of the movie which portrayed the same in the period of the Old days of Indian Independence struggle to the modern age...moj masti doin youth ....doin acts which is not just about bitching...but goin to the extend of making a statement and as the tag to the movie name states.."A Generation Awakens"....not sure though if that’s what happens effectively in the Real world as tht of the Reel one…wish something ...some more awakening occurs...

Colors of the movie......
Music..A.R.Rahman...has rocked again...Loose Control!!!, Rang De Basanti!!! n some more intimate soft songs..

Amir Khan(DJ)....MAAAN....he looks one among the 20's , n the same feelin of Papa ke the hai……..kuch kar ke dikhana hai.--Uske tho Javab bhi nahi hai....

Atul Kulkarni (Laxman)...as usual....his intensity n the depth to which he is absorbed in to the characters he is playin...inspiring!!!

Soha Ali Khan(Soni)..'Soha Aaaha'..:-D....Vo Masumi chera...dil cheen raha hai...;-)....

n the new people on the cast ... Siddarth(Karan ), has done a good job,
Sharman Joshi (Sukhi), Macha types...the kool normal masti karne vala...
Kunal kapoor (Aslam),the last bit to the this package.Has started off the scripting of a successful career...even at a commericial levels.
Adding color to the package...'Gori'... Alice Patten (Sue)...Uiii Maa...Haye..Hindi AC'hii Se Bolti Haii..the story begins with her n ends with her..
Madhavan (Ajay) n Waheeda Rehman ..few others complete adding the final touches of to the film....

Worth the buck spent….on the movie….”Koool dudes >not so> Cool Men”

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Vision with a '15M' reach....

My Experience for 2 days without numbered glasses in this awesome world...

"Someone" is winking at me n "Someone" is sporting a grin...signaling 'Dude...its me...' interestingly
i can see a 'Human Form' wheatish colored face,blue shirt,black(Dark) colored pants...oho..."Kuch Clear Nahi hai"..

The day dimmed out...am on the bike out on the streets...trying hard to keep a tab on the details of the road...road signs, traffic signal timer, babes on bikes...never mind if 'SHE' is a driver or a pillion...:-D. After a long wait,the signal turned green (poof am not colorblind)
the vehicles started squeezing out on their pole positions...like dogs getting independence from of the corporation vehicle( that bad is the scene on the streets)…….its my time to sqeeuze out…..traffic light is turning Yellow ..am fleeing under the blessing of my beautiful 15M clear world...could see the other vehicle,more than seeing ...i can hear...Yamaha 100cc for sure....i cant go wrong in recognizing the sound of the engigne pumping up … crazy adrenalin rising bike of youthful indian crowd. On the other far end of the junction...having its headlight turned up with a indicator turned on.....all I could see is a sort of an image , image of a sunflower..bloomed up fresh n with its head facing the enticing the life source..(intrestin thought for an evening).....blurred yellow light..with its aureole of orange
of the supposedly flickering indicator light....ooo.....with bit of a raise murmuring prayers...I missed out being thrown out in air with a merger between herohonda n yamaha..
I reach the other end of the road...thanking 'He-The Dude' ...Yelu kundala vada...thapichean da...(Lord of Seven Hills...Escaped..)poof..

The most interesting one...was the fascinating n heavenly subjects created by "He- The Dude"..ulti creator ...were on a prowl in the night on the other side of the road with their platforms on the platform....we (roomies n me ) were taking a stroll post paratas for dinner...n..my N-friendly(N:Nature) hormones n instincts turned my head towards them..OhO...blurred images....no glasses....no clarity of definition of face n figure....Oh Maaan...i am left like a
blinded bird..(what happens whn birds gets numbers..??do they??.Dr.Salim Ali se pooch..)...squeezed my eyeballs out to check them out....to the not so well lighted streets
of BTM Layout..didnt help much in getting a CLEAR picture...'Friend in Need -is-Friend in Deed'...Dosth,dheke batha na..Kaise hai vo..:)),my roomies burst out in laughter n started consoling me...its 'OK'...Jana dhey...

The next day was out for lunch....passed through the Forum...the most colorful part of the day to be in forum..amidst the college crowd ....i figured out my path to the other end....once thro' forum i got a call from my friend..sayin...aabe..
haath dhikya .. dekthe ke bhi.. chalagaya tu....trust me...i "didn't"(couldn't) see anyone waving towards me.i 'swear'......thn was outside a restaurant waitin for my friend to join me..she cameby...i didnt notice. She started sayin...how awesome i look...red eyed....sleepy face...without glasses....as if just out of bed after a couple of hours of disturbed
sleep in days...narrated the whole episode n left to office cursing myself through the colorful corridor –Forum.

Dude...am smarter...my hit rate increasing...my calculations are working out pretty fine....my accuracy is improving...do I sound like mimicking marketing lines of an intel processor..:)....sort off..its just tht...i am becomin more efficient in figuring out the distant strange faint figures as my friends

Oh yea..i remembered that today is the D day for this tamasha...that evening went n picked up my glasses..."Subhe Hogya Mamu.."..:)..

;-)

;-) :: At First my topic heading was Vision with a '5M' reach.... improved that to 15M...even that started of with a Blurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr …….;-)...Hehehehe..

New Year 2006 @ God's own country

3 days n 2 Nights trip to Allepey( Alappuzha) & Cochin in Kerala.
Crew of the Chaos : Rajesh,Pankaj,Arun,Huzefa,Vijay,Mani n Me
Route:Bangalore - Hosur - Salem - Coimbatore -Palakad - Cochin - Allepey

Trip pics


30th Night : Left Bangalore in a Qualis,bit packed but was OK.
Reached Coimbatore around 8 in the morning,bcos of heavy traffic in the Dharmapuri road and got flat tires 4 times.

31st :
Reached Cochin in the afternoon around 2 and hit Allepey around 5.
Boarded the House boat around 6.
First time seeing and being on the house boat,ws admiring the House Boat...
Got freshened up ,had lunch at 7pm..:)..Trench started...:)
Awesome lunch,cook Shipu is rockin...
Started of the ride through the canal, stopped by a lake side "KariMeen" shop to buy Fish n Lobsters.
Moved from there...deeep in to the Vembanad lake ..lone place...anchored the boat and the party began..:)
Music,booze,fun -Partied till the midnight,at the stroke of the midnight, a silent new year in some years...
Peaceful and Dark night in between the water...ws gud fun..could see up the fireworks in a distance in the shores of the allepey.
Got on to hog the lovely food pretty early in the morning 2-3 pm...n crashed into the beds of the luxury boat-"House".
1st :
Took a tour around the lake from 7-10:30 am , in house breakfast ..again Idali(Idli) n chaya(chai-tea),coppe(coffee)..:) ..
Docked the boat inthe shores...and thus the house boat experience comes to an end...
Went on to Allepey Beach..too hot to take a dip..found a new friend from accenture there...got a boat (trubo prop engine as claimed)
and took it to the islandic bird sanctuary - Pathiramanal , in Kumarakom.
Came back in the evening after a finding our more predominant crow in the sanctuary...gettin defied by the sounds around,cant find any other
bird species sadly..but the boat trip of 30 odd Kms..ws fun...kool...relaxed...
Hit the Allepey Beach in the evening 5,awesome beach,salty to an extent..(beach n salty expected ,but this was salty to a greater level)..
Then...got in touch with our houseboat manager and got a Home called 'Pamba House' to stay up for the night...
2nd:
Trip extended for some unforeseen causes and proceeded towars Cochin for the Themepark in the outskirts of the city -Veegaland...
Had some excitement in the rides n roller coasters..thn hit the water games...yohooo..ulti fun...maza ayaaa...:)...
spent the day there...thn packed off to bangalore in the evening....12 hrs with 2 breaks....we came to Bangalore on 3rd morning 6.
Ultimate driving by the driver (Basavaraj) in the return trip...

Ultimate experience overall ,Backwaters ,House Boats,Beaches,Theme Parks...Kerala rocks...truly Heavenly n Green..GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.

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Jan1st...<< Dec 31st...One more year passed by....

Poof....one more year passed by.....i feel much younger (i am..have also got back into the shadows of my trim shape) n enthusiastic.... :-) ....
While beginning the Count down to the new year....there are lots of things i remember of this year of mine....
Ctrl+ v - from my post the same D day of the last week of the last year - TradeMark

Jan 1st - Was at home...FULL BASH...ROOMIES,FEW COLLEAGUES N FRIENDS of mine...after finally bitchin about Bangalore n our state on the eve of new year...gathered around with booze n booth's josh...hit the party floor of the drawin room of my house with music banging loud to keep the entire street entertained for thro the night...

Jan - Clam start...getttin more used to the job...things movin on...u know like the normal say..."chaltha hai" types..:)
Met MY MECHI MAMS n MACHAANS in Alumni meet of my college...

Feb ,Mar ,Apr,May - Did sth happen....whts happenin to me...am a self proclaimed guy sayin "my RAM capacity is much higher"..
Oops.....got in new friends...guys from the doc team arrived...noise and color filled the floor...

June- Yohoooo...News about my trip to US started....i ws bit lucky to get the approval ...doondo Passport...thinkin back on the dreams of college...MS in US..how the worlds most richest and oppurtune country would be...all smiles...news spreads...family n friends happy about it...preparin a list ...
  Calcutta (Kolkatta...bolo jai Dada ke naam pe)...visa stampin.......first flight experience...looks weird...but yea..mostly traveled around in trains....stay at "The Park"....Yohooo....AWESOME place...a day in park...could write the craziest n wildest ideas which ran thro my head as i spent the day in calcutta...( :-X Didnt implement any though..)
 Packed off to US on the 30th..

July -  I was there in the US ..."maaaan....wassup??....howdy partner...?? this place rocks..) flew thro Paris...ultimate Villas....landscape too green...pure air....reachd up to SanFransico.....spent 3 weeks..."as i claim it ws more of a Trip to me..thn work at the place ( worked for a week on a full scale...rest all masti..)....ULTIMATE place...i just LOVE it..the very thought of it excites me...theme parks...indian,chinese,mexican,italian...tried all FOOD...found my relatives in SF0 - PPP*....Hari"prasanna hogya Panna"....with iconic BackPack tagged my image.... big Jai to RTC DUDE..he got us ALL SET"to the env...next week at my Bro's place in Florida....one of the most excitin experiences i have ever had in my life....
 

Aug - Back in place..."Bang"lore...freed from the disastrous One Day Game of Rains "HE" played in Mumbai...(devastatain)..
all talks about US filled the stomach ,air n time for the month...and so my bills...al over the place...sweepin all my bank balance...
 My "Jaddi dosth"relocated to bgl...:)))...
 My Bday cam..i am older by a year..am gettin closer to my looks...am sheddin some fat too....:)

Sep - Took a deep breath..n dived into the ocean of numbers and gambling -"INDIAN STOCK MARKET"....what there in stock for me from it..."Yet to realise"..am possibly not that focused. or ....not tht confused.....i have a Invstmnt Guru at home

Oct - Hunted down two prey's for our enchanting villa at BTM..CHADDI n MF.com....kool...one is an enturpnr other...workaholic...
 Had a Masti diwali.....rode bike towards chennai 2 days...400 kms...:)...i am bike freak...i am realisin my passion for the Metal..

Nov - 2nd ROAD TRIP - sunny(my jaddi dosth) ayaa..bakra bangaya...pulled him into the plan...rode 928 kms...ultimate experience...i hit kithna -928+400..kms...tht week...yohooo....am fit...
  
 Rains ..rains...rains...all washed away...i ws a part of the show tht happend in bangalore...waist high water on a bike in Hosur road...."HE - The Dude"...thoda "shower ko cover karna"

So cruised thro the year....new year..my plans r to hit Kerala..Allepey , House boat, yohooo...hoping to have a bash...

Got New Friends.....lost touch with few (for them..."guys...just givin u time to MISS ME..;-)..:)..)
Exciting experience.....new found ideas ,plans.......(soon have to implement them)....and i march towards my mission of M(Masters..#%*&?)) n  MissonK*

WISH U ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR......