Kodachadri...ಕೊಡಚಾದ್ರಿ ...!! ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಮಾತೆಯ ಮಡಿಲು ...!!!

Kodachadri...!!

Me, My Bro, sis-in-law, 2 year old kid Pranav, Gopi, phani, varu, Naren, Viji planned for a weekend to Kodachadri, Contacted a Person named manjanna who is the Head of Nisarga Viharadhama about the accommodation, as soon as we got confirmation started looking for reservations, Since it was already Thursday no seats were available in any of the buses going towards Kodachadri, So finally we decided to get the seats reserved to sagara in KSRTC rajahamsa and arrange a jeep to move further. This idea was suggested by Mr.manjanna who also arranged for the jeep. We accepted his suggestion promptly since we had 2 years old kid “pranav” was also traveling with us. As per the schedule we left Bengalooru at 7.30 Pm, Everyone was so excited to spend time enjoying Nature. I even forgot to have my dinner, it was a Friday night and the traffic was hectic, it took us nearly 100 mins to cross yeshwanthpura, I felt there was something wrong but couldn’t guess what that was?? Finally realized that it was that I missed my “dinner “, I was damn hungry and was waiting for the driver to stop for dinner. Bus stopped near Second toll booth at 10.30, We all finished our dinner, I got bit relived and carried on myself to be a part of photo sessions, cracking jokes etc, again we started traveling and reached shimogga around 2.30 Am. Everyone was awake by that time ,since none of us were aware of the distance and the time needed to get to Sagara , though conductor had given us a rough idea of the time needed to reach there, we continued talking to Each other till we reached sagara at 3.45 Am. It was too cold, we had nice hot Tea with a Bun, by then the jeep was ready and we started traveling towards Nisargadhama, It Was around 4.04 AM in the morning. , 5 door open jeep with shutters on, Road was totally covered by Mist, fog and bit of rain, but it was really a great experience to travel in that jeep. Cold breeze was blowing from everywhere, the thick fog was making the driving difficult as things were poorly visible, hence the driver decided to open the front glass….my god, Earlier it was five sides open and now one more side adding up the chillness..!!We were 11 people including the driver and a helper along with our luggage in the jeep. Everyone of us were trying to hide under the luggage to get rid of cold...hahah it was an unforgettable Experience, we traveled all the way cracking jokes, chatting ,teasing…umm it was really awesome. We would have really missed this if we had got direct reservations..!!Thank God..!! We started walking towards a Unknown Fort, there we experienced a Beautiful Sunrise..!! Again camera’s started Flashing every corners of the fort. After a nice long break we started moving towards our destination and finally reached around 8 Am, There was a kuteera waiting for us that was made up of bamboo sticks, Awesome interiors. We got fresh, played some pranks over each other. Till we were served the breakfast everyone was hungry by that time. They served a nice cup idly covered with palauo leaves, Sambar and Khara Chutney which was really delicious. Mean time Manjanna was back fresh and energetic to arrange the vehicles for us.