Friday, March 6, 2009

My Tryst with Nature


Nature..when we think of this word,the first word comes to my mind is freshness.The shadow of huge trees,fragrance of flowers,voices of small and cute animals and what not!
I also had a tryst with nature in a city named Srirangapatnam near Mysore.It was exactly we went there as a part of team event.A whole bunch of 50 people woke up at 4 am to catch a bus from Bangalore.I actually woke up at 3 am to be on time(Tough job actually,never woke up so early!)
We stopped at a small restaurant to have breakfast.All idli,dosa,sambhar vada and stuff.Delicious I must say!
Went again into the bus and started dancing on all South Indian songs(Wondering how to enjoy when I couldn't understand anything)
Then finally we arrived,Yipeeee!!Fresh flowing Cauvery river beside our resort.Actually intially looked like a jungle and guys teased saying-"Be ready to see snakes etc as we are close to nature :) "
"Kayaking"-kya hota hai ye??This was the event we were supposed to perform in the water containing fishes,crocodiles etc..OH GOD!!!
4 rubber filled boats were prepared but pehle jayega kaun??All were trying to get last in the queue.Fir bhi 2-3 brave gentleman and gentle lady went ahead to try their hands on with this kind of work.Was tough to learn but we got on.Swimmers went inside and used to hold out kayas and we kept on trying to row it..but kaise karen..1 man was more He-Man than 2 of us!
Jab boat chalani aa gayi..to we had a boat race.Strangely when we came out of boat, we were all drenched because of this water game :)
Bon-Fire at night!!How can we miss that,dinner on the river side.Drinks,snacks and all fire..How lovely a life can be more than this.Pulled each others' legs,played games,proposals,secrets etc etc.
Early morning we were about to go to a bird sanctuary but kaise jate..all were sleeping :(
Then all got up and went inside the river to have the morning bath..hehe..and yes again those water games.Wont believe,nobody was out before 2 hours of fun.
Then time for breakfast and time to go home!!OH NO,we dont want to go back,we live in the river!!Please leave us here.But sunega kaun :(
At last,need to move back.Sat in the bus and got to know that a girl in our group has hidden a fish from the river onto the luggage rack..A brake and it will drop on to someone.All were scared and pray to god..wo machli yahan nah ho.
On our way back saw Ramgarh-Are oo sambha wala..Coconut trees and the fresh air.
Finally,came back home with innumerable memories of our fun events in camera to keep with us forever for lives.

1 comment:

Sumeet said...

hey .. well written..very well depicted ..i can imagine how much u have enjoyed :) ..after reading this, i also want to visit this place called "Srirangapatnam". But i will carry some Hindi Audio CDs for sure :)