Mullayangiri has loads of memories for me from my childhood.. My aunt used to stay in chickamagalur.. Have been there to mullayangiri couple of times when was in school. One of the times i remember very clearly is when i was in my 5th standard or so.. Had been there with my cousins.. I remember trekking from seethalayanagiri to mullayangiri and it was so beautiful an experience along with the view from the top of the hill too... Had been to Mullayangiri two years and ago and was one memorable trip to chickamagalur too.. It had rained and slippery terrain and we trekked.. was just awesome...
Finally the plan was made to go for a team outing to Mullayangiri.. The very word thrilled me.. As planned we all decided on leaving on 27th morning to Mullayangiri.. Calling people, waking people up ;) co ordinating all fianlly gathered at 7 AM and set to leave.. Thanks to the leaders who did manage to pull in people atleast at 7AM....
Nikhil,Vijay,Basava,Chetana and myself were to first few to get on at 5AM on bus and ofcourse the set to wait till everyone came in.. So finally everyone gathered at 7AM.. We were a good headcount of 26 people.. Am sure everyone was equally thrilled as i was.. It was my first team outing with this team... First thing to do as soon as we all hopped on was, Bala shuffled people and said we need to know others and not just friends friends sitting next to each other.. So we started our journey... Started with ragging newly joined ones.. Ofcourse we were a big pulton to be ragged...Hafeez took the lead to rag each and everybody.. :D
Went on with the below list.. :D
1. Mathew
2. Prasad
3. Nani
4. Hema
5. Swati
6. Kamran
Stopped in for nice yummy idly for breakfast somewhere near to Kunigal.. ofcourse clicked too.. :D Though i was too lazy to unviel my cam.. Mahesh and Sriram clicked.. :) After a photoshoot and breakfast break, we started again.. We had a fight over which movie to watch and finally watched Bhag Milka Bhag on our way.. Most of slept through the movie.. :D Ofcourse I was up and running when we crossed Hassan(Ofcourse i had to say to people i am from there). Reached chickamagalur around 11.30 PM.. All of us freshened up and ate our lunch and were all set to go to Mullayangiri... I was super thrilled about the wide angle lens i was carrying(hoping to get great clicks on the top of the hill).. I finally unvieledmy camera and started the click right at the home stay.. Since the homestay had beautiful garden with flowers and flowers and flowers where ever we saw.. How could photographers keep it down.. Click Click Click.... :)
Homestay owner said our bus wouldn't be able to make it in that road, so we rented another small bus and started our journey.... As we started to climb, all we could see is green green and green... Beautiful sights all over.. Stopped at a place to have some clicks ofcourse and started again.. All the RayBan,fast-tracks came out.. :D Click Click Click.. :)
We had to stop our bus on reaching Seethalayanagiri.. We decided to trek from there... So we had to finish around 4 kms of trek and then 400 steps to reach the place... Started the climb.. It was so beautiful a sight.. Slowly steadily all of us started the climbed and managed to reach the steps... Click click was another important rule.. :) Couple of guys carried water bottles and kept people hydrated.. :) Thanks to them..
Reaching steps, few of them started saying will not climb.. this enough kinds..Finally everyone started pushing the other and the last set of steps to climb the peak.. I am so proud to say that "ALL OF US MADE IT TO THE PEAK".
Peak has a small temple at the top of the hill.. On the way to the peak, planted my tripod and finally managed to click the clicks i wanted to.. It was so mesmerizing a sight.. Was lost in the moment.. Just wanted to stay there... Could actually see the shades on few hills,few hills being cloudy and what not... MESMERIZING is the only word i can think of it now.. We clicked so many clicks again.. Took a team picture... :) cheers to all the photographers...:)
As we started to climb down, clouds started to cover the hill... It was soo beautiful a sight.. Clouds covering the whole arena.. woooow it was... Midst of cloud, we were climbing down.. We stopped at one small stream and played in water.. Has so much fun.. I am sure all of us were drenched.. :D Lovely it was... we came back to the homestay by around 7 PM....
We had a nice plan knit for the evening already.. How can a trip complete without a bonfire? We played two games around the bonfire and of course snacks were served.. We played a game of identify who is the personality.. Man that was one game.. :D Was so super fun... Few guys were super cool guessing the personalities too.. :)
After this game we played the game of killer,Detective and Victim game.. Game where the killer will wink and kill the victims.. Game was more fun because through the bonfire it was so hard to see someone wink ..;)
Finishing dinner we all crashed... :D Next day morning all the girls got up and were ready by 6... and found out all the guys weren't up yet.,. :( We did have our coffee went on a stroll..
After breakfast we planned out to go to Dabdabee/Sagir Ahmed Falls.. Inside Sagir Ahmed Estate we had to walk down around 2 kms to reach the falls... WOOOOW was an understatement looking at what we saw.. Moment saw the water just splashed on it.. Most of us got in the water and played and played and played.. Couple of them scared of leeches, stayed outside.. But most of us were in water and enjoyed it to the fullest.. This time i didnt wanted to click but to enjoy water.. mahesh and sriram clicked.. Saw a nice rainbow formation in the falls.. was so beautiful.... Was so difficult to get off water and start climbing back to the road..
Once were back everyone got so busy checking leeches.. most of them leech on them except me.. :D :D
Came back to the homestay, got freshened up and started our journey back.. Said bye byee to chickmagalur..
Two days of pure fun.. :) Cheers to everyone.. Here goes the star cast... :)
Sriram: Photographer :D
Seema: Seems- Screamer on the top of the hill... ;)
Aparna: Appu the giggler...
Hafeez: Dancing Doll.. :P
Ullas: Pumpkin.. the Posing organizer
Chetana: Silence is bliss.. :D
Prasad: Telugu songs being sung without giving us the translation
Bala: Leech Leech Leech.. :D jokes apart . Thanks for a nice trip..
Mou: Posing queen
Mahesh: Photographer.. Quiet one :)
Swati: Shhh… :)
Hema: Oi…. :D
Prasad: Mucheli.. Smiley boy1… :D
Mathew: Baby. Smiley kind hearted(He claimed it always)… :)
Vijay: Bijapur…. :)
Sharanu: Quiet smiling one... :)
Nani: Over night star… :)
Kamran: Chocolate boy…Shhh... :)
Edwin: Guru…. :)
Nikhil: Bruce lee…Jolada rotti.. :)
Manish: Smiles and smiles and smiles…
Indrasen: Smiley boy2… :D
Dinesh: Smiling always.. :)
Karuna: Loves water soo much,.. :) Enjoyed it to the fullest
Sridhar: Very helpful to everyone in arranging everything.. :) organizer
Cheers to all of us... :)
Stopped in for nice yummy idly for breakfast somewhere near to Kunigal.. ofcourse clicked too.. :D Though i was too lazy to unviel my cam.. Mahesh and Sriram clicked.. :) After a photoshoot and breakfast break, we started again.. We had a fight over which movie to watch and finally watched Bhag Milka Bhag on our way.. Most of slept through the movie.. :D Ofcourse I was up and running when we crossed Hassan(Ofcourse i had to say to people i am from there). Reached chickamagalur around 11.30 PM.. All of us freshened up and ate our lunch and were all set to go to Mullayangiri... I was super thrilled about the wide angle lens i was carrying(hoping to get great clicks on the top of the hill).. I finally unvieledmy camera and started the click right at the home stay.. Since the homestay had beautiful garden with flowers and flowers and flowers where ever we saw.. How could photographers keep it down.. Click Click Click.... :)
Homestay owner said our bus wouldn't be able to make it in that road, so we rented another small bus and started our journey.... As we started to climb, all we could see is green green and green... Beautiful sights all over.. Stopped at a place to have some clicks ofcourse and started again.. All the RayBan,fast-tracks came out.. :D Click Click Click.. :)
We had to stop our bus on reaching Seethalayanagiri.. We decided to trek from there... So we had to finish around 4 kms of trek and then 400 steps to reach the place... Started the climb.. It was so beautiful a sight.. Slowly steadily all of us started the climbed and managed to reach the steps... Click click was another important rule.. :) Couple of guys carried water bottles and kept people hydrated.. :) Thanks to them..
Reaching steps, few of them started saying will not climb.. this enough kinds..Finally everyone started pushing the other and the last set of steps to climb the peak.. I am so proud to say that "ALL OF US MADE IT TO THE PEAK".
Peak has a small temple at the top of the hill.. On the way to the peak, planted my tripod and finally managed to click the clicks i wanted to.. It was so mesmerizing a sight.. Was lost in the moment.. Just wanted to stay there... Could actually see the shades on few hills,few hills being cloudy and what not... MESMERIZING is the only word i can think of it now.. We clicked so many clicks again.. Took a team picture... :) cheers to all the photographers...:)
As we started to climb down, clouds started to cover the hill... It was soo beautiful a sight.. Clouds covering the whole arena.. woooow it was... Midst of cloud, we were climbing down.. We stopped at one small stream and played in water.. Has so much fun.. I am sure all of us were drenched.. :D Lovely it was... we came back to the homestay by around 7 PM....
Mathew - Meg WItman. He did guess it.. and in like 3 chances...
Ullas- Mahatma Gandhi .. He Didnt guess and accepted a dare of voicing out wild and domestic animals
swati - Rajnikanth Guessed it.. :D
Hema- Amitab Bachchan... She guessed it tooo
sridhar- Charlie Chaplin... He couldn't guess and he did sing a song both forward and backward.. That was amazing
After this game we played the game of killer,Detective and Victim game.. Game where the killer will wink and kill the victims.. Game was more fun because through the bonfire it was so hard to see someone wink ..;)
and the fun part was the detective(Karuna) revealed herself and made the task easy for the killer to kill everyone. Mathew(killer)lived it..
Finishing dinner we all crashed... :D Next day morning all the girls got up and were ready by 6... and found out all the guys weren't up yet.,. :( We did have our coffee went on a stroll..
After breakfast we planned out to go to Dabdabee/Sagir Ahmed Falls.. Inside Sagir Ahmed Estate we had to walk down around 2 kms to reach the falls... WOOOOW was an understatement looking at what we saw.. Moment saw the water just splashed on it.. Most of us got in the water and played and played and played.. Couple of them scared of leeches, stayed outside.. But most of us were in water and enjoyed it to the fullest.. This time i didnt wanted to click but to enjoy water.. mahesh and sriram clicked.. Saw a nice rainbow formation in the falls.. was so beautiful.... Was so difficult to get off water and start climbing back to the road..
Once were back everyone got so busy checking leeches.. most of them leech on them except me.. :D :D
Came back to the homestay, got freshened up and started our journey back.. Said bye byee to chickmagalur..
Two days of pure fun.. :) Cheers to everyone.. Here goes the star cast... :)
Sriram: Photographer :D
Seema: Seems- Screamer on the top of the hill... ;)
Aparna: Appu the giggler...
Hafeez: Dancing Doll.. :P
Ullas: Pumpkin.. the Posing organizer
Chetana: Silence is bliss.. :D
Prasad: Telugu songs being sung without giving us the translation
Bala: Leech Leech Leech.. :D jokes apart . Thanks for a nice trip..
Mou: Posing queen
Mahesh: Photographer.. Quiet one :)
Swati: Shhh… :)
Hema: Oi…. :D
Prasad: Mucheli.. Smiley boy1… :D
Mathew: Baby. Smiley kind hearted(He claimed it always)… :)
Vijay: Bijapur…. :)
Sharanu: Quiet smiling one... :)
Nani: Over night star… :)
Kamran: Chocolate boy…Shhh... :)
Edwin: Guru…. :)
Nikhil: Bruce lee…Jolada rotti.. :)
Manish: Smiles and smiles and smiles…
Indrasen: Smiley boy2… :D
Dinesh: Smiling always.. :)
Karuna: Loves water soo much,.. :) Enjoyed it to the fullest
Sridhar: Very helpful to everyone in arranging everything.. :) organizer
