Puducherry

Raja, Rani, Rocket.

The decision to hire a driver to take us to few place that we decided on was a wise one taken on the basis of vote. The massive trucks and the behemoth loads that they carry is really surprising and bad since companies tend to cut costs by transporting more goods with few HMV vehicles. Passing by these huge vehicles on NH4; we were heading towards Jog Falls. The cricket gang (flying officer) Vinu, (OS) Pradeep, (Legend) Kartik, love boy George, Rizwan (bigolo male gigolo) and me (the disrelocation master ). The reason why I said that these vehicles are massive because it takes quiet a bit of energy to stop them.
Bikers please do wear a helmet !!

Especially when traveling on a highway road. We witnessed a horrible accident few mins after paying the toll fee. The bike was underneath the lorry. We carried the biker and transported him to a bus that was heading to wards the city. Since we ourselves where on the one way side that was heading towards tumkur and the distance to be covered before we could take a U turn was way far off. Where are the highway emergency numbers displayed when you need them? In the cities??.

So with a prayer in our minds for the biker we headed towards jog falls in the 7 seater Qualis. The drive was amazing its quiet hard to believe that even though our Highways are so good yet accidents happen. Could it be that we do not have the right road signs?? Or the law is quiet flexible enough that the rich industries can carry excess amount of weight whenever the need arises ?? are drunk drivers punished?? Now I do not want to put you off by stating the driving in a highway is not safe believe me it is quiet safe when compared to driving within the city. More the speed more is the safety required. Finally we reached Jog falls. Its told that when Mahatma Gandhi saw Jog falls he stated “what a spectacle of nature. Nature at its best” when Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya saw Jog falls his statement was “what a waste of energy!” and then we had the Linganamakki Dam and Gerusoppa Dam. The view was amazing. The climb down to the belly of the falls was fast. So with few snaps and admiring nature’s beauty we climbed the back up. During the British regime in India; steps where laid which guided us to our destination. With few stretched muscles our journey took us to Gerusoppa. Over there one of my friend works as an Assistant Engineer at Gerusoppa Hydroelectricity power plant. He had arranged for a guest house for us all to stay. With good food to eat we just crashed out after a long day of drive.

The next day my friend Vijay had taken us all to the Hydroelectricity power plant at Gerusoppa a 4 unit power plant. Like little kids on an excretion trip to a power house we wonder at the human marvel. Words such as necessity, utilization and survival would fall in its place here. From there we headed towards Om beach the. With lots of travelers already checked in for the New Year celebrations the atmosphere was electrifying. After a bit of beach football we headed towards Murudeshwar. If US is know for skyscrapers Indians are know for artistic skyscrapers. The statue of Lord Shiva was breathtaking. The shear size of it was amazing. Unfortunately one of the statues arm had fallen off due to lighting strike. The beach was filled with boats that would take the curious people to show them a portion of the Arabian Sea. For Rs 75 a round about trip was satisfying enough for the elderly was joyful for the young.

So we decided to drive back via Kollur , Khodachadri Hills. It was pitch black outside from it seemed like darkness was reaching to us to engulf us and we were outrunning it. Overnight drive all the way to Bangalore was tiresome with no food and a single bottle of water. We all managed and finally reached Bangalore on 28/12/2006. Even though the two day trip had come to an end we had a glimpse of the true beauty that Karnataka holds which would be HOME MADE FOOD!! J