They reached Srimangala by around 2 in the afternoon and were received by Arun, who took got them via the Tata Tea estate. By the time they arrived we had the food ready and waiting for them. They rested till 4-5 in the evening and then went on our short trek to see the sunset. They were joined by, Manju and Murari, the other guests who were with us on that weekend.
Everyone was able to the mild trek comfortably, everyone except Sambhav, that is. Sambhav needed the classic trekker guide encouragement method, every time he would ask how much more to go, Rakesh who was their guide would say “Just two more minutes to go”. Two more minutes, two more minutes, two more minutes ….till finally the exasperated Sambhav burst out that this two minutes were just never ending :-) . To his credit, he did make it to the top.
The campfires were lit and ready when they returned from the trek. They had dinner and partied late into the night.
The next day morning they went down to the stream, and left after lunch to Bangalore via Dubare and Kushal Nagar.
Every now and then a group comes in that is fun loving and jovial — this was one such group, constantly ribbing each other, friendly, it is a pleasure to have them around and very hard to not join the fun. Rakesh got himself a title of “Mr. Bhuddiman” from Sheela and Norma, whose full name “Norma Mendonza”, Rakesh decided was too complicated to pronounce, became “Normal Samosa”
It was nice to have them around. Thanks for coming guys!!
Here are of the photographs of their Coorg trip, including Dubare and Kushal Nagar.
Inside the Golden temple, Kushal Nagar
Iruppu falls, a distant view
Lined up in front of the bamboo cottage, Bethel home stay
Nagarhole jungle, Coorg
At Iruppu falls
At the hanging bridge on the way to Iruppu falls
Coffee, laid out for drying
Coffee plants
Elephants at Dubare elephant camp
Following Rakesh in blue-t for the-trek
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