To travel is to be
free! And when those who are closest to you, join you for one such
venture, it's the most beautiful journey ever. I am writing this one
as a guest, because the owner of this blog is the best sister in the
world, and this particular journey gave me so many memories with her
to cherish. The destination is Chikmagalur-Mullayangiri, the highest
range in Karnataka...and when hills are calling, there is no second
thoughts to it! My base is Mysore and we booked a small cab for 4
people. The cab companies usually charge by kilometers and for small
cars, it is Rs.7 per kilometer (Driver charges and other charges
excluded). Distance between Mysore and Chikmagalur is approximately
140 Km.
Since it's a long
distance and takes almost 4 hours to reach, we started from Mysore by
5.00 am in the morning. Karnataka is at its greenest best during the
monsoon months and any hill you decide to visit during the months of
June-July will surely give you a sight of what heaven must be like!
The drive was super relaxing! Everyone let themselves loose and
didn't even mind grooving to stupid Dhinchak Pooja songs! The entire
road trip was full of scenic beauties and included wind-mills!
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| Awww "The wind Mills"..... |
We crossed Hassan and
Chikmagalur before finally hitting the hills! Almost 45 minutes of
topsy-turvy curves and we were finally a-top! Veiled by clouds,
Mullayangiri was no less beautiful than a goddess!
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| Way to Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Way to Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Way to Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Way to Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
And once on top of the
hill, the feeling of letting the reality go and embracing the utopia
was eternal! Of course, it was followed by a lot of silly pictures
too! But that's how we mix serenity and fun!
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| Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
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| Mullayangiri-Chickmaglur |
After spending around
an hour there, we resolved our journey to another hill,
Bababudnagiri. By the time we reached there, it was raining very
heavily and we could not explore the caves located there. However,
that did not stop us from making pit-stops on the entire route and
click beautiful pictures!
Since we planned to
complete the journey in one day only, many places were cut from the
list. However, those willing to stay longer can opt for any home-stay
and make it a two-day trip. Trekking from Mullayangir to
Bababudnagiri will be a good option if there is a day's time. Since
these places are not that commercial, there is no ticket for anything
and the cabs can go till the highest point, unlike Coorg, where
special jeeps take you to the top-most point.
The next stop was
Dabdabe Falls. OKAY! Unlike the two hill-tops, reaching these falls
is a hefty task! We had two trek almost 2 Km, amidst the forests and
narrow paths which were all mushy, because monsoons!! It's a
down-trekking to reach the falls, and was not very tiring. However,
the path was slippery and the shortcuts that others were taking,
appeared dangerous. We reached the falls in about 15-20 minutes. The
falls are not commercialised and there is no facility of change rooms
available (like we assumed) and hence, we could only touch the waters
and not go under the main falls.
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| Dabdade Falls-Chickmaglur |
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| Dabdade Falls-Chickmaglur |
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| Dabdade Falls-Chickmaglur |
One big tip is to
keep salt ready with you. Because the water is full of leeches! And
when they stick to your skin, grabbing and throwing them off is not
easy. As easy it was to trek down and reach the falls, it was equally
difficult to trek back up to reach our cab, especially after knowing
the fact that leeches were not only near the water, but everywhere in
the forest (Scary)!!
It was almost evening
when we reached back to our cab and tired by all the trekking and
leech-fighting, we decided to head back home. There is a spectacular
sculpture of a goddess made out of grass and plants on the foot
hills, where we stopped to click pictures and then straight to
Mysore.
This day was as
beautiful as all the travel stories I have heard so far. The route is
so admirable that one can feel all the Rumi quotes coming to life
right in front of their eyes! The final destination is ultimate
heaven! Karnataka is a treasure! Exploring this state completely,
should be on everyone's list. I will surely do one article on my
one-day trip to Coorg too, very very soon! I hope I have done justice
with my words, to the beautiful memories, the blog-owner captured
through her lens! I will always remember this day as the most prized
one!
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