Trek to Tadiyandmol...(Part I)

Hmmm....from a long time i was waiting this opportunity to trek with BMC group. But as usual plans never seemed to be worked out. But finally i got the chance to travel with the group. The trek was for Tandiyandmol on 26-27Sep2008. For those who know about it...can skip few line from here onwards. TADIYANDAMOL is the highest mountain in Coorg (Mercara) Dist (1750 Mtrs. MSL).

Tadiyandmol Hill

This place is around 250 Kms from Bangalore - via Virajpet. The climb to this mountain is gradient passing through grassland. If you are the type who likes to mingle with nature, see the snow-like mist romance with mountain slopes, feel the tingle of the cool and gentle breeze, watch the leaves flutter in dance-like movements, hear the sounds of chirping birds fill the air, and then Coorg is the place for you. So as planned we were to told to choose one of the pick-up point from 4 pick-up point list. I opt for the Domlur bus stop pick-up point. After this we had 2 more bus stop n finally we started our journey by 11:00pm. I was travellin alone for the first time ......with this gruop n on any kind of trip....so carrying lots of things in my mind...like how it will be to travel alone with others....wil it be good expirence or bla...bla..bla...will tell u answer to these doubts in last of blog... :). We were around 45 people in total so i think its not a good ides to introduce STAR CAST for this trek :)).

....THE GANG....

We reached at Virajpet in morning around 6AM. BMC had booked a decent hotel for all of us to get frest and for the breakfast. We had earlier planed to go to Tandiyandmol hill directly but our leader (Satish) had alterd plan a bit. He told us about a water-fall which was very near by and on-the-way to tandiyandmol hill. Everyone got excited because no one was having idea that we will be going to any water fall also. So we decied to go to water fall first and then towards Tandiyandmol hill. By the time we all got fresh and had breakfast it was around 8:30. We started from there around 8:45 and bus had dropped us at a point by 9:30 from there a deviation goes to Chilvarra falls.

with yogan n arpan on the way to chilvara falls

arpan n me with villege school kids

It was a 3 KM trek from the point where we left the bus. It was a quite decent and beautifull trek with greenary all around the way. you might fall in love with the nature over there...coz on all over the way the greenary and the sound of the river which originates from the fall only fills the music in enviournment. We reached the fall by 10:30AM and had lots of fun over there.

chilvarra falls

We rested over there for haf an hour n got it captured in our camreas. After that we decided to go the bottom of the fall. At the bottom the scene was quite differnt and beautiful. After spending a good time over there we decieded to go back to the bus. It was 1:00PM by the time everybody was back to bus and we were ready to start our next journey. It was 45 minutes to reach to our next stop. From here onwards the trek to Tandiyandmol Peak starts. It as a quite decent place. There was a villege school and a small Tea-shop and last but not the least "King's Palace". This palace had quite intresting history. It was built in 1795 quite hard to believe but yes it is.