Day 3

Day 3

Then in the morning, it was as usual, hunting for a good place for potting… :P I and Nandu climbed a hillock beside the camp. It was far away and I figured few would want to climb up there in the morning. It was far easier to climb down the waterfall into the valley. So, it was a safe place… :)

Later, we got our morning cup of tea, and we were ready for yet another trek. One thing you notice in a forest is that you never run out of beautiful places. It was one more waterfall with a beautiful pond. There were many other water bodies around as well.

Beautiful Scene - Day 3

KSREE went out of his way to record stunning images of nature in his camera. He climbed down the waterfall alone in a secluded place to bring us this beautiful snap…

Beautiful Waterfall, thanks to KSREE - Day 3

Shree Ganesh was so thirsty, he wanted to drink the entire waterfall… :)

shriganesh_waterfall

Then, some member of the group decided to climb the waterfall. It was classic rock climbing, without any safety harnesses… I was stuck at one place. There was no grip… KSREE and Aamer helped me up. Unfortunately, Mamiko slipped at that same spot and was lightly injured at hands, feet and stomach. But she is tough. She got up and was ready to go… :)

Rock Climbing - Day 3

A View from the Top - Day 3

The Waterfall Rock Climbing - Day 3

We have reached the Top...

After that, we had a few more photo sessions on the top and then returned, this time from another route, as the first one was very risky.

Then downhill, we had another surprise… :)

There were small fishes in the water. When we put our hands and feet in the water, they would come and start biting. But they were so small, they would only eat the dead skin of our hands and feet. It was a great tickling sensation and we throughly enjoyed Natural Fish Spa!

Natural Pedicure - Day 3

Enjoying the Natural Fish Massage...

Free Natural Fish Spa and Pedicure

Free Natural Fish Spa and Pedicure

Then, it was time to go back.It was very difficult to leave those fishes behind. I and all others really enjoyed the massage and pedicure provided by the fishes. But it was time to go home…

Going back to Camp2 - Day 3

We reached Camp 2 and had our breakfast. We were ready with our backpacks to move on… We were going back to Tirupati city. Finally, we filled up our bottles with fresh stream water, and mixed a fair amount of Glucose into it to last us for the trek back to the starting point.

We had some last minute fun, video shooting and masti… and then we set out for home…

'Gandhiji-ka-dhoti-me' and 'In my Aunt's pink panties' readout - Day 3

Looking at the distance we walked, I would estimate it was easily between 12 to 15 km to trekking that day.

Going Home through the Jungle - Day 3

Abhimanyu, followed by Kranti

All Set to go back Home - Day 3

Resting on the way back Home - Day 3

One the way, we encountered a few things where it was obligatory for all of us to pose for a few pictures… :)

Trekking back through the Jungle - Day 3

Super Ant Hill - Day 3

From Left to Right, Me, Naren, Mamiko and Ranjan Sir

We found a few animal pugmarks. We suspect it was a Panther… There are about 45 Panthers in this jungle.

Animal Pugmarks - Day 3

We found a fruit bearing tree… and we plucked a few for ourselves… :) It had a sweetish-tungent flavor, but made the tongue dry…

Jaee enjoying fresh forest cherries

Jaee enjoying fresh forest cherries

We were back at the Dry River bed that we had encountered on Day 1. It hadn’t changed a bit… :)

Dry River Bed - Day 3 - Going Home

Finally, we were back to where we had started from… the Railway Tracks… Time for a few more pics… :)

A few Snaps near the Railway Tracks - Day 3

End of our Trek - Day 3

From Left to Right, Ram, Gauhar(me), Jagadish, Mamiko and Ranjan Sir

After that, we found a highway. The rest of the guys were still back there, exploring… taking snaps. I, Mr Ranjan Sood, Sudhanshu and Mamiko were the first to reach the highway and found a cool drink shop. Mr Ranjan was kind enough to buy us all large cool drinks… :)

After resting for a while, the rest of the group caught up with us. Then, we were hearded into cramped vehicles and dropped back to the railway stations…

vehicle_day3

After reaching Tirupati, we decided to have lunch. While waiting for all the cars to arrive, we had to put down our heavy backpacks someplace. We found just a solution for it.. :) A cart, the same cart, that had greeted us on our arrival at Tirupati, was still there… ready to carry our loads… :) Good luck…

Load carrying cart near the railway station at Tirupati - Day 3

From Left to Right, Shivanksha, Chaya, Ranjan Sir and Srimanta

Then we looked around for a restaurant. It was almost 4 pm and we were famished. It was hard to find a decent place to eat. Everyone wanted to eat non-veg food, except 4 of the trekkers. We found a restaurant and got in.

The food was very expensive, and terrible according to Hyderabadi standards…

Food at the Restaurant - Day 3

After it was all over, we headed for an ice-cream parlour, while a few went to drink some tea and coffee. I had a scoop of Belgium Dark Chocolate… It was awesome… :) And I didn’t even have to pay for it… ;)

After that, we headed for the railway station and waited for the train to arrive. The train was late. It was also going to take an alternate route as the mail route was under water due to flooding.

Finally, we got it… and the train started moving. Everyone was tired, but their enthusiasm had not waned. We had a lot of fun… :)

Aamer also wrote a song about the trek and Kranti is going to sing it during out next meetup in 10 Downing Street on Sunday, 11th October 2009.

All in all… the experience was Awesome… :)

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