Awesome Get Away!!!

Last saturday(20th Aug), we went to this place called HuthriDurga to trek. We had read about this place in a news paper, and we got the route from our office cab driver. It was 5 of us and we decided to go there in my car only. We started at around 7:30 in the morning. Stopped for breakfast in Magadi. The place is further 10 kms from Magadi. We got lost(expected) first and had missed a left turn.. We asked some villager and he guided us properly to the correct route. We asked few more ppl on the way and reached the place finally!.. the hill looked awesome from below. There is a road that goes to the foot of the hill. It is pretty narrow and very twisted.. loved driving there!!! :D

At the foot of the hill, as the road was very narrow had to struggle to take reverse!! Eventually did it and parked the car there and set out enroute to conquer the mountain. The hill actually has a fort with 7 doorways( Elu Suttina Kote (Kannada)... In one of the pics u can see the three-tiers of the fort!). The climb was pretty steep at places.. breeze was heavy... yeah .. it was great!! We took some 2 hours to climb(including breaks in b/n). We reached the top at around 1 PM.. There is a temple there, very neat place.. not a single soul was present there ( Except for us and few monkeys :P ). We had got some junk food with us there for lunch!! had it.. took few snaps.. sang few songs.!!!

I stood there looking at the awesome view i was being shown.. land as far as one could see.. the sunlight and clouds playing games... I broke away from the group.. took some time for myself... around 30 mins i was just standing in the wind, thinking nothing(Not really).. total freedom.. total happiness.. total solitude!!!

We started descending at around 2-15... descent was pretty quick.. we were down within 4.. then decided to take a break and sat down in the shade of trees on lush green grass.. chatted away to glory!! After that we started the journey back.. and on the way back visited the Cafe Coffee Day in Global Village, Mysore road.. kewl place.. and again we were the only ppl there also!!! All in all a gr8 day!!!

The best things abt the trek were that, we never littered any place.. all the waste was collected in a separate cover and went in to garbage back in B'lore!! Its amazing how ppl can feel free with each other after such a thing.. talk without any apprehensions... felt good!!!

Huthridurga.. Place worth a visit. :) Look down for pics...

2 Pics out of these were taken from my friends cam(Thanks Deepti for the car reverse pic and the temple pic :))