“When the world seems dreary and without promise, and one thing after another has gone wrong, just walk up, step to the edge and see the world below. You will realize the true meaning of life.”
Booking for the trek alone was the best decision I had ever taken at that moment, having gone through a lot for the past three months. How much ever hard I tried, I ended up thinking the same thing which I badly wanted to forget.
Sometimes you feel life is not so fair. You would start to feel all the negativity. You would feel that the world is not a better place to live. Just hold on for a moment.
“Your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.”
Paths may be harder. But the beautiful scenery down there is just worth the strenuous trek. One thing which I learned after this trek is “World is so big. It’s we who narrow down to few. Just let yourself enjoy the ride. It’s all worth it.”
Here comes the day 0 of my trek
I was the first one to report at BMC, Indira nagar at 09:00 pm. It was a small modular office with enthusiastic faces. I even saw a women trek lead for Kunti betta.
At 9:15 pm, I was inside the Tempo traveller alone. At first, three guys had entered (I had no clue that I would make good friends with them the very next day). Further two couples had entered. Then four Tamilians had got in. I started listening to songs wondering at my decision of travelling alone. “Will I end up travelling without a company?” I badly wished I would see one solo traveller like me. But there wasn’t one. Finally two girls had turned up and one was generous enough to sit next to me. I switched off the music to have some conversation with them. We talked for some time and then dozed off.
Next day morning 6 am, we got down in Shimoga for refreshments. There I met another two girls with proper trekking gear. I was wondering whether they were avid trekkers. I was little hesitant to start the conversation(But at the end of the trek, we turned out to be very good friends). After interacting with them, I got to know that they were also beginners. Just that they bought trekking bags exclusively for this trek. After breakfast, we started in TT with packed lunch to the trek starting point.
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| 3 kms of walking in plain terrain |
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| Holding on to roots to trek down |
We started trekking down the valley. We were holding on to the roots of trees to get down and fellow trekkers were helping one another in descending down, we finally reached the veegi falls after an arduous trek.
As soon as we reached, I rushed to the falls and took shower directly in the soothing chill water of the falls. Gushing descent of water from Veegi falls was worth the strenuous trek. After spending an hour in falls, we had our lunch enjoying the view of the falls.
Yeyyy!!! Off to Jog falls now.
Long pending wish of mine to visit India’s second highest waterfall - Jog falls had turned to reality finally. But since it wasn’t a monsoon season, jog falls was not in full flow.
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| Jog Falls:):) |
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| Crazy Steps :P |
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| And the Gala Night |
Around 2 am, we went back to our tents to sleep.
At 5:15 am, my mobile went abuzz. I peeped out of my tent to check whether the sun rose. It was full misty outside, so I decided to sleep again.
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| Tents facing waterfront |
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| Three Musketeeers |
"The real beauty lies in the simplest of things around you. It’s you who don’t find time to appreciate those."I returned back home with mind full of memories and heart full of content.
Month of Trip - March'16
No of days of Trip - 2 days
Overall Trip cost - INR 4100
