We started for Mangalore from Mercara early morning...6.15 AM (17th June '05).The distance to cover was around 130 kms..but the road was not too great .... we reached Mangalore by around 11.. and were welcomed by a steady drizzle. Anil took us to a gr8 icecream parlour...."pabba's"..........The rain wrecked our plans a little....St. Mary's Island was closed due to the rains..so we canceled going to Malpe. We instead headed to a nearby beach "Panambur beach". It was a nice little place...surprisingly empty and also pretty clean. We practically had the whole beach to our selves. We decided to be brave and venture out into the sea..we walked a stone path which was roughly 2 kms into the water..then Pradeep experienced a HUGE scare..due to sudden rain and winds the waves got BIG on him all of a sudden and nearly knocked him off the rocks and almost into the water. ..hehe and he got bruised big time!...but the brave-heart pradeep refused medical attention! We went to Anil's house ..had a nice bath ..lunch and then shot off towards Kudremukh.....another 130 kms of journeying.
This time the journey was very pleasurable..amazing scenery. We stopped a few times to let the shutter bug- Rithesh- take a few shots of mother nature in all her splendour.It felt like we were in paradise.....greenery all around..cool winds....nice roads(hehe).........The best part of the journey was the stop-over at Hanumangundi falls. It was a damn steep climb down and an equally difficult climb back up. But the effort was worth it..the waterfall was breathtaking to say the least! After a 45 minute break at the Hanumangundi falls we moved on to reach Kudremukh by 7 PM.
..................The rest of my journey is another story........for another day another time.
