Hey
Here I’m after a short excursion and I’m gonna share my experiences with you. It’s gonna be long and I’m sure you won’t regret it.
Last few days were really stressful and I feel like I’m being crushed due to the office pressures. All I wanted is a break. How can I dare to ask leave in between of due dates? Would they allow me to leave for 2-3 days? A chain of thoughts started running in my mind. Anyway somehow I managed to get leave of 2 days. I need to thank Venkat Rao Sir for this 😃
Here the journey begins…..
Day 1 | 01-01-2021
I reached half an hour early at Nampally so as to avoid missing the train. Anyways I’m too excited for the trip.We all gathered and boarded the train hoping one could atleast conversate.And the sister trio(Monica-Pratyusha-Meghna) joined at Lingampalli.
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Seems all the people are above my ages. I’m in doubt that whether I’ll get along with these or not. Then our facilitator (RamaRaju from Backpackers and City Freaks) started his part. He made us to play games like Donkey so that we can remember each other names and it was fun. We don’t even understand how fast we remembered each other names. In that one night journey itself I learnt and enjoyed playing games like Donkey, Mafia and UNO.
In the game of Donkey you may become a DON first. Don’t be proud too early coz you have better chances of being a donkey later.
And the magician of UNO award goes to Rahul(swap card)😉. Nidhi and I, were watching his falthu game from aside.
Day 2 | 02-01-2021
At around 12 or 1 am we departed so as to call it a day. My Berth was S6 which is around 4 compartments away from where we played games. We picked our bags and moved towards S6.Syed Bhai, CA Shashank and Yogesh got along with me to S6. Shashank, Yogesh and me had conversations till close to 2 am. Yogesh watched silently most of time as we were discussing much about the life in our CA course. Sorry brother.
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They told about their Manali experiences and I too shared about my Pune solo trip which I had done an year earlier. Then we leaned on our berths expecting to sleep at least for 3-4 hours which turned to be hardly 2 due to rhythmic snores by some co-travelers.
We thought only we are the one who didn’t sleep. The situation is the same with everyone. Thank GOD. 😀
We de-boarded the train and took our first group pic with half slept faces.
We got into the minibus and moved towards Gokarna expecting to reach in 2-3hrs. We just reached the breakfast point in that time where the Gokarna is half-way left 😜 We filled our tummies with some south Indian (Idli Wada Dosa) and Ramaraju bro called us for another new game called Leg touch. We ended doing some critical stills and it was fun 😃
Then we got back into bus. And along the way we again played Mafia and some Tambola games. Ramaraju bro took care so that we are not bored In that long journey. After a long Journey at around at 12pm in afternoon we got down at Gokarna. After getting down from the bus the sea breeze gave an instant glucose to our bodies. But the sun didn’t stop showering his heat. We applied sunscreens so as to avoid the Tanning problem.
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We walked through the streets of gokarna and on the way we watched people’s selling dry fruits and all other special homemade spices and its very cosmopolitan where people from various states and countries are float.After a walk of around 1.5km we finally arrived at sea
Boom!
Without any delay, we rushed into the sea to dive into that water and get refreshed. We played and played and played and also clicked some cool pics even.
Then Ramaraju guided us to Kudle beach where there were shacks so that we can have some good food. On the way there were some good view points and they looked great and we also had some coconut water on the way and continued to Kudle beach.
Kudle beach is also cool enough as the shacks on one side and the beach on another side. There are some water sports also but we decided to try them in Murudeshwar. The food was ok but looked way good. Don’t try Hyderabad biryani at Gokarna, it’s not biryani even
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Better try some Chinese it will be better somehow.
Then we started to OM beach for sunset. Then again we entered water again. But this time the water wasn’t clean as Gokarna’s main beach but who cares. Its time for sunset and we need to get to nearby mountain type structure to feel it more better way. Some people came along and other stayed there itself so that they can play for more time.
Keep the sunset aside I personally liked the forest way. It was hike through deep forests and it was just 1km most probably. We enjoyed the sunset and its time to leave. RamaRaju bro said that it’s just 200 meters from here where the vehicle is ready to pickup us. We ended up walking around 2km. Not so cool brother. That’s where his management skills worked.
We boarded the bus and the Music began.I donno how to dance but I want to dance. Somehow I got up and danced like manaic till the end with some falthu steps.Anyway I’m not a Pro-dancer.Here best dancers award goes to Nidhi and Gaurav(the silent guy).
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9:00 PM
Murudeshwar arrived. From the bus itself we are able the see the giant lord Shiva and it’s a great view. And we got down the bus moved to Home stay just beside the beach. Then barbecue followed and we Non-veg people can relate way better 😜😜. That will remain as a memory Deepak bro😃😃
Its already 1 am in the morning. Even though RamaRaju bro asked so that we do bonfire we said no as it was already late and we need to get up by 5am.
Me Rahul and Abhishek got a shared room. Don’t know why but I felt these people like minded.
03-01-2021
We set our alarm at 5 am. We woke up and snoozed it and it snoozed us to sleep till 6 and even though our friends tried to wake us up. We got fresh up with that chilling water and moved for Sunrise.
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Sunrise was something that I felt deep for the first time.
I tried to capture it in some goodway.
There we got our gang at the temple and we took a selfie.
And we went for Darshan of lord shiva and came back.And its time to get onto 18th floor so that we can view the beach and shiva better.There I watched that lift guy opening the lift with his hands.That was way too funny.We got up till 18th floor and trust me the views from here are worth watching. Here for you.
And we continued to water sports. I didn’t try many as I already tried few and for some issue I’m on budget. Abhishek bro caught over it and asked me that he could sponsor. I denied it with a Smile. We went on Speed boat and that’s a wrap at Murudeshwar.
Time for breakfast. I tried this chachu bath expecting it to be some new taste only to know that it is combo of one cup upma and one cup Kesari bath. Hey Karnataka what the cheating huh !
We then packed our bags and moved towards Vibhooti falls. Thats a long way along and people decided to have some rest along the journey. Deepak bro started to play some 90’s songs and I was like ‘Kaha se Lerey ye gaana’.Pavan bro and Haritha sis looked to me and said ” you are 2000 ryt,Shayad ap nahi sunahoga. Ok I listened to them and they are good though.
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And then I got back into backseats of the bus where the sis trio been setting from the beggining of the journey. Nothing in particular but I enjoyed talking to them and shared few words.
After a tiring journey we are finally at the base of falls where we need to trek around 1-2kms.Shirts to slevesless and tracks to shorts and we started hiking. I made sure that I didn’t get tired for anything throughout the journey even though I’m a lazy person in routine. We arrived at the falls and I’m great fan of falls as I have been to 2-3 falls and this became my personal favorite.
In the lush green forests admist the mountain rocks it was nature lovers paradise. I dived and tried to do some stunts even though I don’t know many.But I liked this place better than any of others in this trip.
Abhishek and Meghna I believed you guys are ready for some adventure through our talks and then you just watched falls from distance.
After returning from falls I expected we could have something to eat but its already late and we need to move.Rahul handed me some cocum sharbat which I never tried earlier but that was gud enough. Tummy felt better.
Yeah that’s the last place of our organized trip and its time to go back to Hubli and catch the train to Hyderabad.
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And few points I missed mentioning.
Zarbaf brother your magic with Playing cards left me with no clue find the trick.
Haritha Sis-Akka ee thammudu manchodu.Vellu cheppina matal nammak !
Harish & Pavan bayya-Ee age lo blood alantidi…Ala chusi chudanattu vadiley.
Rahul Nidhi & Abhishek : I can’t thank you enough. we will catch up some how.Kaluddam !
Ramraj bro – I want to do proper trek with you.Podam
Syed,Idris,Venkatesh,Dheeraj,Shyam-I didn’t get chance to interact with you but you guys are cool.
Ok guys that’s a end of the story.
At the end note tried to write it up as interesting as possible. And If I hurt anyone In the trip forgive me. I want all you guys to be in touch.
I initiate to be In touch and its your choice whether to be or not.You guys been awesome.
Thanks for reading
-Nanda KNKR
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