Just happened to see when my last posting was, and i find it hard to digest. Its been almost close to a year since i have published a new post. Uhh.. well, married life cetainley keeps you busy. Its been a year since my marraige and the experience has been mind blowing, you learn every skill, convincing, getting convinced, win to loose and loose to win, agree to disagree, conflict management and what not. Well, what ever said, its been a good journey, Thank God, for giving me enough skills to manage and run the show :)
It had been almost a year since i and my friends went out of town for a short trip. As usual, conflicts in schedule and priorities kept every one busy. Some where we all knew that we need to gang up and go out for a trip filled with fun and leaving worries behind. I took the initiative and proposed a 2 day trip to ChikMangalore with the boys. I had never been to ChikMangalore and most of the boys in the gang also expressed that opinion saying it was a nice place to visit, few were hesitant because of the season being Summer they thought its not a right time to visit. Majority of the people were in and few others were convinced to join. ChikMangalore is famos for coffee plantations and is home to some of the highest peaks in Karnataka. So we are set and vehicles were arranged accordingly. Arun decided take his Alto K10 and Vivek wanted to get his New Fiat Punto for the long drive. Kishan and i did some research over the internet trying to figure the accomadation for Saturday and Sunday. We had scheduled to visit ChikMangalore the day after Ugadi festival. Upon doing some search, i landed up on the website http://www.mugilamane.com/ a place 22 kms away from Chikmangalore. Impressed with the few of the pics present on the site, i spoke to Sachin who runs Mugila Mane. After discussing with him on the package details for a 1 night stay, spoke to all my friends and finalized the deal as it was working out within our budget. Everything set on the stay, we charted out a plan to leave Bangalore at 6:30 AM sharp on a Saturday morning and the plan was to reach ChikMangalore by afternoon. As expected, people i feel got up at 6:30 ..lol and it was 8:30 by the time we left our homes. So recalling, good old memories on the drive we headed towards Hassan. We had pit stop in Hassan to pick up another friend who was going to join us. On the way, we visited his farm and had Yalnir ( Coconut water), as we moved forward we started thinking of places that can be seen on the way, Belur and Halebedu was on the way. We decided to drive down there and see the temple know for architecture and carvings. Well, it was summer time, clubbed with the timing that is afternoon, the sun was shining bright and we had a difficult time walking without our sandals, the floor leading to the temple premises was super hot. Few pictures taken from my Galaxy S Plus of Belur and Halebedu.
About Mugila Mane, our experience was good. Place is situated in a calm area surrounded by lot of greenery . Best part of Mugila Mane, something which i liked personally was, they have a big room with over 12 individual beds and we were given that room. Ohh boy fun was unlimited, few being drunk and passing comments over each other LOL was unlimited. Food was good, i thought it could have been a little better with some variety in menu. However its decent for a 2 day stay, no complaints on that.
Evening got better and we settled down near the camp fire, partying, just got better on the break. We planned to get up early in the morning and drive Mulyangiri to watch the Sunrise. As expected, we were late in reaching the destination and missed the entire Sunrise episode. But a memorable drive though, foggy conditions, cool breeze, you can't ask for more. We reached Mulyangiri at around 7:00 AM and started the climb up the hill, hmmmm, with the cold wind and breeze pushing you back, it was a little difficult. Once on the top, i just could not stop admiring the beauty of the nature. A wonderful view from the hill top and a calm place to be in, just be yourself and relax. After spending some, we descended and got back to the cottage. Had breakfast and headed towards Dab Dabbe falls which is very close to Mugila Mane. It is required to walk for a distance, since vehicles are not allowed inside this private area, its alomost like a trekking zone and had to be careful watching our footsteps as the route to the falls was with ups and downs. We saw many travellers who had already gathered and having a playful time in the water. The water level that gets accumulated below the falls was not much and we could afford to hear by. Since it was summer time, the water level was low as well. Decided to jump in and we were in for a shock having encountered the freezing cold water from the falls. It was literrally impossible for anyone to stand in the water for more than 3-4 minutes. It was freezing, believe me. having played in the water for some time we decided to head baack as it was around noon and we had plans to start out journey back to Bangalore at around 3:00 PM. The way back to the parking area from the falls was the most difficult time, having played in the water, we were tired and the route was almost like a steep hill way back.
Overall a very nice place to go on a holiday, good weather conditions, places to visit and nice stay options make Chickmangalore and must place to visit. Sharing some pictures.
It had been almost a year since i and my friends went out of town for a short trip. As usual, conflicts in schedule and priorities kept every one busy. Some where we all knew that we need to gang up and go out for a trip filled with fun and leaving worries behind. I took the initiative and proposed a 2 day trip to ChikMangalore with the boys. I had never been to ChikMangalore and most of the boys in the gang also expressed that opinion saying it was a nice place to visit, few were hesitant because of the season being Summer they thought its not a right time to visit. Majority of the people were in and few others were convinced to join. ChikMangalore is famos for coffee plantations and is home to some of the highest peaks in Karnataka. So we are set and vehicles were arranged accordingly. Arun decided take his Alto K10 and Vivek wanted to get his New Fiat Punto for the long drive. Kishan and i did some research over the internet trying to figure the accomadation for Saturday and Sunday. We had scheduled to visit ChikMangalore the day after Ugadi festival. Upon doing some search, i landed up on the website http://www.mugilamane.com/ a place 22 kms away from Chikmangalore. Impressed with the few of the pics present on the site, i spoke to Sachin who runs Mugila Mane. After discussing with him on the package details for a 1 night stay, spoke to all my friends and finalized the deal as it was working out within our budget. Everything set on the stay, we charted out a plan to leave Bangalore at 6:30 AM sharp on a Saturday morning and the plan was to reach ChikMangalore by afternoon. As expected, people i feel got up at 6:30 ..lol and it was 8:30 by the time we left our homes. So recalling, good old memories on the drive we headed towards Hassan. We had pit stop in Hassan to pick up another friend who was going to join us. On the way, we visited his farm and had Yalnir ( Coconut water), as we moved forward we started thinking of places that can be seen on the way, Belur and Halebedu was on the way. We decided to drive down there and see the temple know for architecture and carvings. Well, it was summer time, clubbed with the timing that is afternoon, the sun was shining bright and we had a difficult time walking without our sandals, the floor leading to the temple premises was super hot. Few pictures taken from my Galaxy S Plus of Belur and Halebedu.
About Mugila Mane, our experience was good. Place is situated in a calm area surrounded by lot of greenery . Best part of Mugila Mane, something which i liked personally was, they have a big room with over 12 individual beds and we were given that room. Ohh boy fun was unlimited, few being drunk and passing comments over each other LOL was unlimited. Food was good, i thought it could have been a little better with some variety in menu. However its decent for a 2 day stay, no complaints on that.
Evening got better and we settled down near the camp fire, partying, just got better on the break. We planned to get up early in the morning and drive Mulyangiri to watch the Sunrise. As expected, we were late in reaching the destination and missed the entire Sunrise episode. But a memorable drive though, foggy conditions, cool breeze, you can't ask for more. We reached Mulyangiri at around 7:00 AM and started the climb up the hill, hmmmm, with the cold wind and breeze pushing you back, it was a little difficult. Once on the top, i just could not stop admiring the beauty of the nature. A wonderful view from the hill top and a calm place to be in, just be yourself and relax. After spending some, we descended and got back to the cottage. Had breakfast and headed towards Dab Dabbe falls which is very close to Mugila Mane. It is required to walk for a distance, since vehicles are not allowed inside this private area, its alomost like a trekking zone and had to be careful watching our footsteps as the route to the falls was with ups and downs. We saw many travellers who had already gathered and having a playful time in the water. The water level that gets accumulated below the falls was not much and we could afford to hear by. Since it was summer time, the water level was low as well. Decided to jump in and we were in for a shock having encountered the freezing cold water from the falls. It was literrally impossible for anyone to stand in the water for more than 3-4 minutes. It was freezing, believe me. having played in the water for some time we decided to head baack as it was around noon and we had plans to start out journey back to Bangalore at around 3:00 PM. The way back to the parking area from the falls was the most difficult time, having played in the water, we were tired and the route was almost like a steep hill way back.
Overall a very nice place to go on a holiday, good weather conditions, places to visit and nice stay options make Chickmangalore and must place to visit. Sharing some pictures.
