Travelogue - LOC Shivaganga
A word of caution. Me being from Kerala, this travelogue will contain a lot of Malayalam words.. Even if you dont gather what it is, still makes a good reading..
This trekking trip happened in early Jan, 2005
Read on..
Robin doesnt have book/paper for his bike.
For one simple reason.
Tax adachittilla :D
His strategy, if a policeman stops him is ver simple . . .
"Vandi upekshichittu kadannu kalayuka ! "
;D
Oh.. ithoru travelogue aanallo..
Appo athine pattiyum kurachu parayaam.
About how it all started.
Saturday eve.
Pathivu pole kk-yude manimaalikayil (it is a 3 storied
building) nammal ellarum othu koodi - Rat, KK, Sand, Dipu,
Jins. Kure neram 'pattanapravesham'
Athintidaykku choodu pidicha 'TAX' charcha.
(KK vs Dipu) nalla rasamaayirunnu.
KK parayunnathu dipuvum , dipu parayunnathu kk-yum
sammathikkunnilla.
athu kondu baakki ullavar chevi pothi chiri adakki irunnu
film over, tea time. thadiyanum (its sand) njaanum oru
instant common fund roopeekarikkunnu.. aduthulla UdP Upchr
il povunnu, items vaangunnu (baji). Pyaalum vaangi.
Chaaya ready - thanks to kk.
pinne sandeep-inte vaka NFS-UG.
sandeep maaraan udheshamilla ennu manasilaayappo njaanum
jinsum dipuvum scoot adichu :) to dipus house.
oru 100 m nadannu kaanum. KK-yude call.
Rat (phone oru randu randara meter maatti oru marathil
thookki ittittu..) : Hello
KK : Da, naale enthaa paripaadi ?
Rat: no paripaadi
KK : ennaa trekkaam ?
Rat: njaan ready (the same reply)
KK : jinsum dipuvum undo ?
Rat: illa.
KK : ennaa namukku povaam ?
Rat: povaam (vere enthaa paniyuullathu ?!!)
This is how the planning started.
nadannu nadannu dipuvinte veettil ethi.
avide dipuvinte vaka veroru chaaya.
ente vayar niranju. (gas kondu!)
avide kampi aliyane koode kandu njaanum jinsum
vadi paranju .. sorry .. vida paranju.
Early Morning. (9.30 alla)
4.53 : Robinte message. "Daa eneekkedaa"
njaan eneettu.
i has set alarm for 4.30. sharpine theri paranjum kondu
eneetu. pallu thechu bodham vannappo phone eduthu nokki.
Yes, alarm has been set for 4.30
But date-il oru cheriya pishaku.. 15.12.2004
:-S
Commando assemble point was madiwala temple.
avide njaanum robinum ethi, at 6AM.
Temple-inakathu keri njaanum robinum praarthichu.
"ente lokanaarkaavilamme...Mission Impossible aavaney"
Ethi, kuttikal on time.
Bolero - golden colour. number (athavide kidakkatte,
number-ine patti oru number undu, later in the story)
Akathu driving seatil oru thadiyan - NO NOT KIRON
It was Sand. Sanmanassulaa kiron, vandi namukku vendi
thyaagam cheythu. Ingane ulla frenz eeshwaran ellaavarkkum
kodukkilla. Sandintem Georgintem oru Bhaagyam (alle sand/geo?)
Engaandu oru pumpil keri kurachu enthiro adichu.
vandiyilottu.
started the trip.
kure robin numbers okke kazhinju oru chodyam
"Vazhi ariyaamallo alle KK ?"
KK : Enikkariyilla , Sandeepinariyaam
Sand: NGAE ?!!
Sandinu oru gompany kodukkaan ellarum oru 2 second njetti.
Njettal maariyappo ekadesham oru ooham vechu povaam enna
oru pothu dhaaranayil ethi.
Sand paranju : "oru 65 kilometer undaavum(evidunnu kittiyo
aavo). nammal already oru 10 km yaathra cheythu. Appo ini
oru 75 km kazhinjittu vandi nirthaam"
(sand can be excused for his poor maths)
robin: atheyathe. aadyam kaanunna mala valinju keraam.
mala illel ethelum oru veettil keraam.
motham trekkiyittirangaam.
"OK" . all happy
[lunch time]
[Back]
RJ was sowji for some time.
Cassette ittaal kurungum enna valuable info , kiron
thannirunnu.
So njaan kondu vanna cassette, njaan olippichu vechu.
Deck thurannu nokkiyappo dhey irikkunu 2 cassette.
ittu. kurungi. Success.
Now Radio City is the only option.
FM modeil chennu sowji. all channels are set for 87.5
After some research (random push/pull/kick on the keys) got
some frequency.
Oh Kiranaa . .Oh Kiranaa.. (Chow Chow Baath on Radio City)
Vere vazhiyillallo. athu kettu, kurachu neram.
oru 20 km odi kazhinjappo multiple problems.
ellaarkkum vishappu. sandinu vice versa :-S
oru kaanaan gollaavunna hotel-il keri idli vada/puri sagu
adichu.
sand core dumping-um saadhichu.
pinnem odi oru 20 km.
vazhiyil oru toll pirivu. oru van setup.
nirthi avanmaarkku 19 roopa koduthu.
Avaru thanna silpil vandiyude number undaayirunnu..
Adutha 30 minute athine patti aayirunnu charcha.
Ayaalkkengane manasilaayi , nammude vandeede number ?!
Technology-ude vividha vashangal charcha cheythu kaadu
kerunnathinu mumpu Sand idapettu:
"Vandeede number ethrayaa ? .. Alla.. chummaa
arinjirikkallo"
Appozha manasilaayathu, aarkkum vandeede number ariyilla
ennulla kaaryam. Enthaayalum avide vechu dbase update
cheythu.
ottam thudarnnu . . .
Pune 681 mile..
kure mile kuttikal.
Tumkur 27 mile..
oru kuttiyil sthalam kannadayil .. dooram 26 mile.
Sowji "Engotto 26 mile"
Veroru kuttiyil sthalam illa , dooravum illa.
Robin "Engotto ethrayo mile" !!
ithingane poyaa sheriyaavilla ennellaarkkum thonni.
oru hotel-il keri vazhi chodichu.
ayaal oru base suggest cheythu - 6 km far.
Shiva Ganga. (Note that our actual destinatio was Shravan
Durga (atho shanthi durgayo ? aaa...))
Angottu pidippichu.
oru ottokkaaranodu koodi chodichu.
he said nalvathu kilometer. robinu kaaryam manasilaayi.
i thought , just 4 km :-S
so dropped shravan durga. Operation name code named (sorry,
renamed) LOC ShivaGanga !
...
Finally landed at the base (military base alla. base of the
mountain)The place looked like Mohenjo Daro, kure idinju polinja
kettidams.That is where the locals stay.
Now v had 2 options - there are decent steps to climb up.
V cud use that. But our adventurous minds did not allow us
to do that. Nammal kure nadannu, around the hill. Finally found a
kachithurumbu.
Pidichu keri..Pinne nammal chellunnidamellaam vazhiyaayi.
adhavaa vazhiyaakki !
The credit for this goes to KK.
Robinte kayilundaayirunna vadi KK pidichu vaangi munnil
nadannu.Onnum baakki vechilla.
At one pint (sorry, point) kk oru paara kadannu
appurathethi.
KK appurathu, nammal ippurathu.
nammal ippurathu, kk appurathu.
Aake bheekaraanthareeksham !
Appurathu bhayankara bahalam. adi idi vettu kuthu
ellaathintem sound kettu.
Nammal aayudhangalumaayi alert aayi ninnu.
Bahalam adangiyappo nammal poyi nokki.
Avide kanda kaazhcha !!
Bhayaanakam !
Bheebathsam !!
Aashcharyaa janakam !!
KK oru puliye* keezhppeduthiyikkunnu !
Udane Officerkku wireless-il report ayachu.
"Sergeant . Alpha calling tiger .. Alpha calling tiger.
Officer, base point 5252 conquered. Shathrukkal
keezhadangi. over over."
Similar updates were given whenever something happened (oro
5 min koodumbozhum :D Courtesy Airtel (Sand)
Pala kaazhchakalum kandu on the way up:
1. a sea of cactus (photo undu)
2. durooha saahacharyathil randu kanchukam !! keeriyathu !!
3. one box (which would have contained an xmas cake)
4. huge rocks balanced precariously
5. Sowji's frenz
6. Nice scenery down hill
7. cracks in rocks, for a big stretch.
8. oru kunju guha. (Robin reported "low oxygen level" hence
dint mind digressing to that operation. dropped it.)
oru 10.45 - 11 aayappozhekkum mukalil ethi.
All the commandos reported to the base.
Also reported to the lady commander :D
took some nice pics up hill.
On the way up, Sowji phoneil ethaandu pichum peyum
parayunnundaayirunnu:
"Da perl eduthu ping cheythittu cvs il pidichidu.."
It was his team mate at the other end of the line..
11.30 aayappozhekkum nammal base (again, base of the
mountain) il ethi.
back to bolero.
stopped at a nice scenic place.
took snaps, danced (?) - photo kaanumbo manasilaavum :D
BTW, KK-yude kure maaraka poses undu :O
Enteyum undu , orennam. cheviyil oru poovokke vechu :">
On the way back , kure neram urangi.
Sandinu athishtappettilla.
110 kmphr-il oru bumpu chaadi.
Ellarum unarnnu alert aayi.
:-)
(kiron ini vandi thannu vidumo aavo :D
Back in blore at 2.
Baffey at padippura.
waste.
then to HSR.
sand again did some debugging activities.
Sowji followed the suit.
next to kk's
avide movie/chat/browsing/chaaya :)
then at nite, njaan and robin left for dipus house.
avide ulla randu albums pokki nammal vittu.
dinner at maruthi nagar.
robin thirichu ente veettil vannu vandi eduthu vittu.
kurachu doorathekku pattikal escort poyi.
Shabdha ghoshangalodu koodi..
Robin mind cheythilla.
Njaan vichaarichu "vandi upekshichu kadannu kalayum" ennu
:D
Rat
*puli ennu kaanunnidathellaam, "kuttikkaadu" ennu replace
cheyka.
PS : oralpam neendu poyi alle story?! :-S
PS2: please send in your comments
PS3: LOC ennu vechaa Lots Of Comedy :D
This trekking trip happened in early Jan, 2005
Read on..
Robin doesnt have book/paper for his bike.
For one simple reason.
Tax adachittilla :D
His strategy, if a policeman stops him is ver simple . . .
"Vandi upekshichittu kadannu kalayuka ! "
;D
Oh.. ithoru travelogue aanallo..
Appo athine pattiyum kurachu parayaam.
About how it all started.
Saturday eve.
Pathivu pole kk-yude manimaalikayil (it is a 3 storied
building) nammal ellarum othu koodi - Rat, KK, Sand, Dipu,
Jins. Kure neram 'pattanapravesham'
Athintidaykku choodu pidicha 'TAX' charcha.
(KK vs Dipu) nalla rasamaayirunnu.
KK parayunnathu dipuvum , dipu parayunnathu kk-yum
sammathikkunnilla.
athu kondu baakki ullavar chevi pothi chiri adakki irunnu
film over, tea time. thadiyanum (its sand) njaanum oru
instant common fund roopeekarikkunnu.. aduthulla UdP Upchr
il povunnu, items vaangunnu (baji). Pyaalum vaangi.
Chaaya ready - thanks to kk.
pinne sandeep-inte vaka NFS-UG.
sandeep maaraan udheshamilla ennu manasilaayappo njaanum
jinsum dipuvum scoot adichu :) to dipus house.
oru 100 m nadannu kaanum. KK-yude call.
Rat (phone oru randu randara meter maatti oru marathil
thookki ittittu..) : Hello
KK : Da, naale enthaa paripaadi ?
Rat: no paripaadi
KK : ennaa trekkaam ?
Rat: njaan ready (the same reply)
KK : jinsum dipuvum undo ?
Rat: illa.
KK : ennaa namukku povaam ?
Rat: povaam (vere enthaa paniyuullathu ?!!)
This is how the planning started.
nadannu nadannu dipuvinte veettil ethi.
avide dipuvinte vaka veroru chaaya.
ente vayar niranju. (gas kondu!)
avide kampi aliyane koode kandu njaanum jinsum
vadi paranju .. sorry .. vida paranju.
Early Morning. (9.30 alla)
4.53 : Robinte message. "Daa eneekkedaa"
njaan eneettu.
i has set alarm for 4.30. sharpine theri paranjum kondu
eneetu. pallu thechu bodham vannappo phone eduthu nokki.
Yes, alarm has been set for 4.30
But date-il oru cheriya pishaku.. 15.12.2004
:-S
Commando assemble point was madiwala temple.
avide njaanum robinum ethi, at 6AM.
Temple-inakathu keri njaanum robinum praarthichu.
"ente lokanaarkaavilamme...Mission Impossible aavaney"
Ethi, kuttikal on time.
Bolero - golden colour. number (athavide kidakkatte,
number-ine patti oru number undu, later in the story)
Akathu driving seatil oru thadiyan - NO NOT KIRON
It was Sand. Sanmanassulaa kiron, vandi namukku vendi
thyaagam cheythu. Ingane ulla frenz eeshwaran ellaavarkkum
kodukkilla. Sandintem Georgintem oru Bhaagyam (alle sand/geo?)
Engaandu oru pumpil keri kurachu enthiro adichu.
vandiyilottu.
started the trip.
kure robin numbers okke kazhinju oru chodyam
"Vazhi ariyaamallo alle KK ?"
KK : Enikkariyilla , Sandeepinariyaam
Sand: NGAE ?!!
Sandinu oru gompany kodukkaan ellarum oru 2 second njetti.
Njettal maariyappo ekadesham oru ooham vechu povaam enna
oru pothu dhaaranayil ethi.
Sand paranju : "oru 65 kilometer undaavum(evidunnu kittiyo
aavo). nammal already oru 10 km yaathra cheythu. Appo ini
oru 75 km kazhinjittu vandi nirthaam"
(sand can be excused for his poor maths)
robin: atheyathe. aadyam kaanunna mala valinju keraam.
mala illel ethelum oru veettil keraam.
motham trekkiyittirangaam.
"OK" . all happy
[lunch time]
[Back]
RJ was sowji for some time.
Cassette ittaal kurungum enna valuable info , kiron
thannirunnu.
So njaan kondu vanna cassette, njaan olippichu vechu.
Deck thurannu nokkiyappo dhey irikkunu 2 cassette.
ittu. kurungi. Success.
Now Radio City is the only option.
FM modeil chennu sowji. all channels are set for 87.5
After some research (random push/pull/kick on the keys) got
some frequency.
Oh Kiranaa . .Oh Kiranaa.. (Chow Chow Baath on Radio City)
Vere vazhiyillallo. athu kettu, kurachu neram.
oru 20 km odi kazhinjappo multiple problems.
ellaarkkum vishappu. sandinu vice versa :-S
oru kaanaan gollaavunna hotel-il keri idli vada/puri sagu
adichu.
sand core dumping-um saadhichu.
pinnem odi oru 20 km.
vazhiyil oru toll pirivu. oru van setup.
nirthi avanmaarkku 19 roopa koduthu.
Avaru thanna silpil vandiyude number undaayirunnu..
Adutha 30 minute athine patti aayirunnu charcha.
Ayaalkkengane manasilaayi , nammude vandeede number ?!
Technology-ude vividha vashangal charcha cheythu kaadu
kerunnathinu mumpu Sand idapettu:
"Vandeede number ethrayaa ? .. Alla.. chummaa
arinjirikkallo"
Appozha manasilaayathu, aarkkum vandeede number ariyilla
ennulla kaaryam. Enthaayalum avide vechu dbase update
cheythu.
ottam thudarnnu . . .
Pune 681 mile..
kure mile kuttikal.
Tumkur 27 mile..
oru kuttiyil sthalam kannadayil .. dooram 26 mile.
Sowji "Engotto 26 mile"
Veroru kuttiyil sthalam illa , dooravum illa.
Robin "Engotto ethrayo mile" !!
ithingane poyaa sheriyaavilla ennellaarkkum thonni.
oru hotel-il keri vazhi chodichu.
ayaal oru base suggest cheythu - 6 km far.
Shiva Ganga. (Note that our actual destinatio was Shravan
Durga (atho shanthi durgayo ? aaa...))
Angottu pidippichu.
oru ottokkaaranodu koodi chodichu.
he said nalvathu kilometer. robinu kaaryam manasilaayi.
i thought , just 4 km :-S
so dropped shravan durga. Operation name code named (sorry,
renamed) LOC ShivaGanga !
...
Finally landed at the base (military base alla. base of the
mountain)The place looked like Mohenjo Daro, kure idinju polinja
kettidams.That is where the locals stay.
Now v had 2 options - there are decent steps to climb up.
V cud use that. But our adventurous minds did not allow us
to do that. Nammal kure nadannu, around the hill. Finally found a
kachithurumbu.
Pidichu keri..Pinne nammal chellunnidamellaam vazhiyaayi.
adhavaa vazhiyaakki !
The credit for this goes to KK.
Robinte kayilundaayirunna vadi KK pidichu vaangi munnil
nadannu.Onnum baakki vechilla.
At one pint (sorry, point) kk oru paara kadannu
appurathethi.
KK appurathu, nammal ippurathu.
nammal ippurathu, kk appurathu.
Aake bheekaraanthareeksham !
Appurathu bhayankara bahalam. adi idi vettu kuthu
ellaathintem sound kettu.
Nammal aayudhangalumaayi alert aayi ninnu.
Bahalam adangiyappo nammal poyi nokki.
Avide kanda kaazhcha !!
Bhayaanakam !
Bheebathsam !!
Aashcharyaa janakam !!
KK oru puliye* keezhppeduthiyikkunnu !
Udane Officerkku wireless-il report ayachu.
"Sergeant . Alpha calling tiger .. Alpha calling tiger.
Officer, base point 5252 conquered. Shathrukkal
keezhadangi. over over."
Similar updates were given whenever something happened (oro
5 min koodumbozhum :D Courtesy Airtel (Sand)
Pala kaazhchakalum kandu on the way up:
1. a sea of cactus (photo undu)
2. durooha saahacharyathil randu kanchukam !! keeriyathu !!
3. one box (which would have contained an xmas cake)
4. huge rocks balanced precariously
5. Sowji's frenz
6. Nice scenery down hill
7. cracks in rocks, for a big stretch.
8. oru kunju guha. (Robin reported "low oxygen level" hence
dint mind digressing to that operation. dropped it.)
oru 10.45 - 11 aayappozhekkum mukalil ethi.
All the commandos reported to the base.
Also reported to the lady commander :D
took some nice pics up hill.
On the way up, Sowji phoneil ethaandu pichum peyum
parayunnundaayirunnu:
"Da perl eduthu ping cheythittu cvs il pidichidu.."
It was his team mate at the other end of the line..
11.30 aayappozhekkum nammal base (again, base of the
mountain) il ethi.
back to bolero.
stopped at a nice scenic place.
took snaps, danced (?) - photo kaanumbo manasilaavum :D
BTW, KK-yude kure maaraka poses undu :O
Enteyum undu , orennam. cheviyil oru poovokke vechu :">
On the way back , kure neram urangi.
Sandinu athishtappettilla.
110 kmphr-il oru bumpu chaadi.
Ellarum unarnnu alert aayi.
:-)
(kiron ini vandi thannu vidumo aavo :D
Back in blore at 2.
Baffey at padippura.
waste.
then to HSR.
sand again did some debugging activities.
Sowji followed the suit.
next to kk's
avide movie/chat/browsing/chaaya :)
then at nite, njaan and robin left for dipus house.
avide ulla randu albums pokki nammal vittu.
dinner at maruthi nagar.
robin thirichu ente veettil vannu vandi eduthu vittu.
kurachu doorathekku pattikal escort poyi.
Shabdha ghoshangalodu koodi..
Robin mind cheythilla.
Njaan vichaarichu "vandi upekshichu kadannu kalayum" ennu
:D
Rat
*puli ennu kaanunnidathellaam, "kuttikkaadu" ennu replace
cheyka.
PS : oralpam neendu poyi alle story?! :-S
PS2: please send in your comments
PS3: LOC ennu vechaa Lots Of Comedy :D
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