We all assembled at 6AM and had to wait for couple of team members, anywise we could start at 6:30AM, its always good to start early towards Mysore to beat the morning traffic and we did exactly that. Stopped at the Kamat Lokurachi for a good breakfast buffet. The buffet breakfast was really worth every rupee, he gives you idli, vada, dosa, pongal, kesari bath, fruit...a welcome drink and coffee/tea at Rs 60.
We reached the kerala border by 12:30 and went on a ride to the wild life sanctuary, couldnt really find a lot of animals apart from herds of deers, they were a pretty site and some of them posed for the cameras.
Once done with the sanctuary we proceeded towards our initial destination - Sultan Battery . The name may sound funny, but it is an English name and apparently Tipu Sultan kept all his ammunition at this place and hence the name. We had lunch at a place called Jubilee restaurant and the food there was good, some of the folks in the team had difficulty with the coconut oil cooking and the kerala rice, but for a change i liked it and enjoyed it. We slowly proceeded towards our resort which was about 15 kms from Sultan Battery and checked in and had some tea.
We quickly changed into some casual wear and went to a nearby ground to play some cricket, it was a wonderful atmosphere, green ground, good looking pitch all for ourselves and some spectators, the weather was also ideal for cricket, we played couple of matches and they really tired everyone. In the evening we had a campfire and our Director Sunil started the audition for the new movie he was planning :) The day ended with some great dance from our own Hrithik Roshan - Shylesh ...err...his new name actually is doodh peda!
The next day lot of our team mates where majorly into taking snaps...a lot of them...and we went to Edakkal caves and from there to Meenmutty falls. The Meenmuttu falls experience was very scary and unduly dangerous adventure, my suggestion to anyone reading this blog is not to go there. Someone can get seriously hurt there and there is no help anywhere near.
One thing that came out of the scary trekking of Meemutty falls was the team work and how the team took the responsibility of other team members who were not as agile (myself) and made sure that everyone came back safely. This experience has brought the team together very well and I have no second thoughts in saying this is the best team i have worked with till date!
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