With few confounders dropped before we head off for the fascinating ride cum stay at animal kingdom, we (myself, Vijay/cousin, Sudeesh/one-formally-dressed :), Joshi, Pradeep, Yogi) six people left the office on March 27th, Friday evening around 4 pm. Ouch! I just like to include our companions as well, Mamba/my-yamaha-bike and Swift/sudeesh'ish! :)
Little hard it was to get out of bustle Bangalore, till we started flying on our wheels at Magadi-Kunigal road. Pradeep had a fun with the mamba on the way we stopped for a break after the continuous two hours drive.
We reached Chikmagalur by 10 pm and with out spending too much time for another break, we immediately vacated the place to noise the 30 km road ahead into the deep forest to reach Muthodi.It was very thrilling drive in the last few km drive as it was almost mid-night and all lights turned off around. Prasath (butler) who was waiting at the check post picked up into Tex woods (where we stayed) through 6 km dusty and jerky improper muddy road. After the delighting dinner served to us,we looked forward for good rest.
The house is located in mid of coffee-estate which is very catchy, but due to summer, it was not that chill to scare you. There is also a small tent that can be used for the stay, but due to cloudy weather, we decided to stay in house itself.
It was early noon, but no way, we have to spend the hours somewhere in forest, so we decided to
visit Mullayanagiri, which is the highest peak in Karnataka. This is also a part of Baba bhudan giri range. Although many people prefer trekking to this place, we decided to go by Jeep which we hired at the rent or 1000 Rs. This is quite normal
as it is arranged by the butler itself.
