We booked a Volvo bus to and fro journey from Bangalore to Mercara(Madikeri). [Coorg is also known as Kodai and madikeri is its headquarters.].KSRTC  has its station on this name.

 Reached Madikeri next day morning at 5.00am(around 5 hrs journey).We stayed at GreenHaven hotel.. about 5 min walk from main busstop.Around 11am we  rented a bike(around 300per day advance excluded) and set off for a jolly ride.

We visited Omkaraswera Temple.It has some historical significance, and then went for AbbeyFalls. It’s a great picturesque location. To our luck, there was a Kannada film shooting going on at the wooden bridge. Huh!!! The crew was frenzy at the tourist enthusiasm and had a nice time warding them off..hehe!!!!

Juicy oranges with a dash of red chillis put our tongues on fire. Nevertheless the tea walla did quench our thirst.Slowly, light drizzles changed to a heavy downpour.We were cursing our decision for picking up a bike. Nevertheless, it stopped in 15min and we set out for a 40km ride to Dubare, a famous place for elephant rides and white water rafting.

We travelled around an hour and reached Dubare around 3pm. Had lunch at Dubare Inn and set out for still water rafting .It costs around 250 per head. White water rafting is around 600bucks and is conducted only when Cauvery is in full flow during monsoons. Nevertheless it was a spinechilling experience. The guide was very sportive ..I realized how scraed I was in the water inspite of being a beginner level swimmer. The best part was encounter with a 10ft phyton. It was sedated and the local forest officers were taking it ashore. Eeish!!! I can still feel the sliminess of its skin..

We couldn’t travel to Buddhist monastery and we were already tired and headed back to Madikere. Again the bike ride was both exhilarating and scary if one isn’t accustomed to drive on the ghats. We sang all along the way and had a hot tea sip with garam pakore.. aaah!!! This was a very rejoicing moment.

Next day, we had choice either to head to NagarholeNationalPark(98 km from Madikere) or towards ThalaCauvery.(40km from Madikere). Me being the decision maker chose a jungle safari rather than the temple visits. (Worst decision ever made.). We rented taxi (costed us 1500 bucks) as 200km bike drive  seemed a tire for us. We travelled for 2.5 hrs and landed at the Irrupu falls.

This was the best part of Coorg journey, A km walk into the lush green jungles, brooks of white sparkling streams and the gurgling sounds of water beside … aah such a wonderful experience..It was also a bit dangerous to walk on the slippery rocks  and take a dip in the chilled waters. This was also my near to death experience as I slipped on the rocks but thank God didn’t fall into the waters.Half an hour from here we went to the Nagarhole natopnal park and discovered that we were late for the first evening  ride that starts at 3:30. Hence waited until 5 to get into the next safari. In the meantime caught up with the local crowd who offered us sweet watermelons.. It was so stomach filling.Huh!!!!! This was a total disaster as we only saw deers and wild boar. Dissapointed we headed back for a 3 hr journey back to Coorg..

Reached around 9pm . Had dinner and headed to the 11:00 bus from Madikere.

Fashion isn’t so fashionable

Typical village belle all set to tread the challenging paths in a bid to realise her dreams, the much guessable  traps she falls into, the attitude and brick-bats she learns as she climbs the ladder,wardrobe malfunctions and the increasinlgly acceptance of gay culture in the modern era……

Huh!!..aren’t we sick of these concepts..This time Madhur Bhandarkar fails to impress.A sensational topic but handled in a very immature way.At a point, the movie goes haywire focusing on stuff that cud happen to anyone irrespective of fashion industry.

Poor comedy, unimpressive script, sick casting couch concept,wealthy high class married men bedding new faces in the market,unrelated scenes in the midst of nowhere, an expected climax(Phew!! the movie doesnt have any..) and lack of  powerful artists all contribute to the failure of a good storyline..

Priyanka cud have been the saving grace, had she finetuned her acting skills.She couldn’t potray all the emotions needed for the powerful n versatile role. Suits more for a model than an actress.She has already begun to show signs of aging as well.Going back to the industry after being battered to death of a character, but with modesty n humbleness is the least twist one can expect .

Kangana is always shown  stressed out, indulging in dope n drinks, finally losing her life to the habits she caught up within the industry.. Mugdha Godse seems a hot babe… Cleavage and smoke rule the roost in the movie..

Few good dialogues:

–Achieving success is not  just the end of game, one has to know how to handle it as well.

—You feel most lonely in ur life when your own conscience abandons you

Valentine’s visit to earth

One fine day, lord valentine himself, descends down the sky, to find out the happiest person in love.

After a long search among the most prospective couples, he zeroes in on three  couples.  

                He finds the first couple seated in a lonely corner of the earth, gazing into each others eyes, lost in each others arms ,exchanging sweet promises.he asks the lady what is the best thing bout his man. She replies he is the most faithful and romantic of  all lovers.               

                He finds the second couple in a hospital ward where a man is seen holding his girls hand trying to give her warmth and   comfort. he is frantically running in and out the room to console his ailing girlfriend and showering her with roses ,chocolates and sweet kisses. He asks the lady same question and finds out that he is the most supportive and caring of men god has ever created.     

               He finds the third couple in a kitchen with the man helping his wife knead the dough  by working with his own hands too . Lord finds out from her that he is the most helpful and understanding of men.  

   Satisfied with his search , on his way back heaven, he finds a couple constantly fighting with each other, arguing, exchanging bad words, totally out of the picture of an ideal couple. Lord asks the much patient and bearing woman, why she is ever interested in being in the relationship. She replies although we are often quarelling, we  are the perfect one, the best among the three above. We really don’t need an occasion to tell that we love each other coz love will always be there between us and that he was her eternal, forever love.

The Deserted Girl…

I see a lady walking along the beach….
Lost in herself,  Lost in translation…
 with the invisible guy; whose footsteps once glorified the sand impressions which seemed so empty now
 whose shadow she loved following and  played hide n seek with the  inseperable silhouette
She was sitting in a group where enthusiasm n excitement knew no bounds..
Even the gleam in her eyes couldn’t belie the  artificial smile and the  made up glamour..
She was perhaps searching for that soothing smile which once made all her strain go away…
whose words she knew had such a pacifying effect that cud make her …

I then  saw her in a jubiliant dance troupe..
Dressed in a shimmering red outfit that exuded her spark for dance
She danced with every guy who asked her hand..
But…
Her style suggested that she was looking for a little romance
Rather the guy who  cud invoke  the passion element in her
With whom she cud rediscover the latent feminism in her
As she sat lonely on the bench, her longing gaze at the couples speeding on bikes..
hinted me of a nostalgic feeling in her..
She told me how she forgot the world when she sat behind him with closed eyes n cuddled hug
To completely trust a person who can just lead her when her eyes closed

I prayed…God give her  one more chance.. coz this was her first romance