A Trip to Coorg

What do you expect on a trip made on a holiday weekend, with only travel tickets, no proper accommodation booked, destination you have no idea about, cunning tourist agents (who throng any tourist place nowadays) and local language alien to you. Yeah!!!, you are right.. Damned!!!. But wait! I dint make this trip with my family, but with friends, and now, it becomes a adventure :-).

Mission Coorg

Coorg is a green hilltop near Mysore in the southernmost part of Karnataka. Dressed in green, its a soothing sight for a guy from the urban jungle. I was there in the month of August which was the time when monsoon had just ended. We were a group of seven all from the same college. We started from Mysore to Madikeri, the main town in Coorg district, and the place we planned to stay. Kabini dam and Tibetian camp are on the way to Madikeri. Kabini dam is an awful sight and Tibetian Camp has a golden Buddhist Monastery. We reached Madikeri and with great difficulty we found accomodation.
The next day we went to Talacauvery, the place where River Cauvery originates. It’s the peak of Coorg and also houses a temple for Mother Cauvery. From there we left to Iruppu Falls which was a good 90 Kms from Talacauvery. The place where we stayed was near to the Falls and we were able to hear the sound of river flowing behind throughout the night. It is one of the most scenic places where you can stay. We stayed the night there and visited the Falls the next morning. As expected it was wild and we were not able to have bath. We left Iruppu and left straight to Wildlife Sanctuary. We could sight Deer, Bison and Elephants. After doing a little Photo session we left to Mysore station.

What seemed to be great confusion, turned out to be a different experience and good fun. With a fun loving gang around it was huge chunk of jokes which we laughed out during our return journey. Not to forget Strangers turned Saviors, whom we met courtesy poor planning and who helped us when we needed help in getting accommodation (Jickson) and travel(Arvind).