Hai
I am back
The next day after a hot bath (or cold as some of us did not get hot water that day) we ordered our breakfast. As that day had been declared as a day of strike in Tamilnadu for some reason or other we did not go out until twelve noon. The strikers might start hurling stones at the traffic. So we lazed about for a long time. At twelve, we started on a hired Sumo to visit a few waterfalls and view points.
Our first visit that day was to pillar rocks. These are two huge rocks shaped like pillars which can be seen playing hide and seek with the clouds. At one moment, we can see them and the next moment, they hide behind the passing clouds. We were just in time to see the rocks disappear behind the swift clouds which were also moving amidst all the people watching at the view point. It was a most wonderful sight with the pillars visible at one minute and gone the next. There was a tiny flower garden full of flowers just behind where we were standing. The sky appeared to be like the sea and the valley was not visible at all because of the thick clouds. We enjoyed this beautiful sight for a few minutes and moved ahead to the next point.
Next on our list was fairy falls. This is about 5 kms from the lake and we had to pass near a golf course. The grass at the golf course was a little bit dried up and not very nice to see. Finally we reached the place from where we could see the falls. We had to climb down a slippery slope to reach it. But this waterfall too was almost dry. It was boring. The water flowing down was so thin that it would take a few minutes to fill a bucket! Yawn! From there we went past two other falls- Bear Shola falls and Pambar falls, both almost like the silver cascade i.e. with just a little water. We also passed many view points like the Green valley view also known as suicide point, silent valley view etc which provides lovely views of the mountains and valleys.
Next was a shooting spot for films. It was a pine forest with very tall pines all planted in straight rows. The ground was completely covered with dried up pine leaves which looked like needles and also pine cones. The ground was very slippery and we had to move carefully among the tall pines. There were many fallen trees here and there and we sat on some of the fallen trees and took photos. There were many monkeys in this pine forest and some of their babies were playing in the pine needles. From there we returned for lunch.
Bye for now
Rupashri
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