Monday, October 3, 2011

The Journey of The Eight Tinkers - Edited

This is the story of a journey of The Eight Tinkers from 336/401 to unquestionably the grandest natural beauty in Karnataka, rich as it is in splendid scenery – “THE JOGFALLS” the highest untiered waterfall in India (drops directly & does not stream on to rocks).

Jogfalls originates from the Sharavathi river. The water falls from a height of 253m, second highest after the Nohkalikai falls of 335m. It’s located in Sagara, Shimoga district of Karnataka. It’s a famous tourist place & known by various names : Gerusoppe Falls & Jogada Gundi.

Journey of The Tinkers:

Before going to the journey let me introduce the 8 Tinkers:

Tinker 1: Sandy The Camerawoman
Tinker 2: Shantha The Spiritual Lead
Tinker 3: Haji The Cashier
Tinker 4: Paddu The Tinker Guide
Tinker 5: Nahida The EQ Builder
Tinker 6: Chomi The Energy Booster
Tinker 7: Archu The Database
Tinker 8: Pri The Joker... LOL... :)

The thought of the journey was conceived in the brains of Sandy who perhaps wanted to exhibit her photography skills before a scenic beauty like the Jog Falls

On the 10th day of Sep 2011, The Gang of 8 Tinkers started the journey from Bengaluru, another city which makes a man run behind time though he doesn't wish to, at 8'o clock in the night after some mind boggling peth puja. Interestingly, the food that we ordered for dinner was gobbled up by us in a single gulp even before it could hit the plate. The scene was unique as it appeared as though we had not seen food since ages

We stepped out of the house on time and it started to rain to give us a essence & feel of our destination was felt. We reached on time to Majestic from where we took bus to Sagar which is around 8 hours from Bengaluru

The moment we entered the bus, we tightened our seat belts with a lot of excitement & all were fultoo active. As they say, empty vessels make more noise, we all got into that stint soon. The guys need not laugh as they already look like our ancestors. Our volumes zoomed and the fellow passengers too were loomed. Though they were staring at us and giving us fearful looks, we were in no mood to bother about them. We had already stepped away from botheration. And soon, to add to this, we started playing Dumb Charades. I opened the innings while Sandy began with the ball. The fielders aka the passengers were damn irritated and expressed it to us through various types of noises to shut our mouths. But then, for the kind of jovial passengers we were, each noise from the external forces only instigated our internal forces to do more. After some time, however, the lights went off and to our dismay, we had to dismiss the dazzling activities, stop tinkling and go to sleep watching the twinkling stars

At the end of the Dumb Charades, we felt the essence of the quote, 'Unity in Diversity'. There was no better example of diversity in India than ourselves. Amid us, we had people who speak Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and of course, English. Sometimes, diversity created confusions. At those times, we have to keep up the national spirit and ensure our decisions are in the nation's best interests. No, there was nothing we were discussing about the nation. We just wanted to play a movie and we chose to play a Hindi movie. Now, that's too much for anyone to take

All the tinkers were busy talking all night as always. Due to this new found closeness and additional attachment, some interesting revelations were out in the open. I thought we were now getting stuck with Fevi Kwik in lieu of the FeviCol. I was stuck to Haji, Sandy to Chomi, Archu to Nahida and Paddu to Shanta

At around 5.15 in the morning, we landed at Sagar where Rain God welcomed us. In some time, Girish, who was in charge of our accommodation picked us from there to the lodge. The facilities at lodge were above expectation as we were told that Sagar is a small place & it’s difficult to get rooms even with minimum facilities & that was really a delight to us. It’s always holds good : Whenever a human being expects than what one deserves or expects more it’s always we end up in miseries & troubles but when you know that you’re not gonna get anything & set your mind to adjust things will flow smooth automatically & it will be a moment of delight & adds up to one’s satisfaction level. The same was experienced by us at Devaspeth, a place just before Tumkur wherein the bathrooms were so clean that it was unexpected & on the other hand it’s really sad that people don’t know how to make use of bathrooms such people should be penalized

There are many such small things which most of the so called educated people only perform such super actions in the daily life that too in the simplest of the simplest things : usage of water, usage of power, food wastage, disposal of the garbage & so many such activities which we witness in our daily life

Human life has become such that it can come up with the most complicated software to solve a problem, most well designed plan to become rich, technologies which can crack any pot to resolve things but when it comes to basics it’s a big zero wasting natures & national resources jaise khudh ka property & spoil it big time.

More than what we earn & what position we are it’s suggestible to learn the basic which can make or break anything & everything

Oh yeah, hang on at this place : Devaspeth, we experienced some pleasant moments

It was 11:30 in the night, cool winds, hot tea/coffee with such a big & energetic gang of girls it was really awesome & relaxing & we did capture the moments in the camera

Ting tong lets go back to 5.15 am 

The moment we reached the room we started to get ready & you know we are gals & by default we take time & then got ready all were set to go & the 1st Rank stood by our Spiritual guide with a nice jeans & top & the hep goggles made her look even more cool & then comes Miss. Tinker Cashier oohhh she was looking cool with the long skirt & almost ready for a wramp walk. Others please a round of applause for the rank holders & what about other 6 you’ll are thinking about you know audience bhi zaroori hai yaar if no audience then who can comment? Ha ha ha…………

All set to go again began our journey with peth puja & it was the Purple Chevrolet Travera our journey ka humsafar was waiting for us which was drove by Mr. Chandru. It was really fun in the cab we screamed like never before & had fun & did all possible things to enjoy the most memorable was whenever any vehicle used to pass by us we used to make the driver overtake it & keep screaming till the time we reach them & once we reach we used to scream louder & behave as we won the race & many of them were boys in the vehicles & we legally teased them as they do & this was the most daring & enjoyable moments. Arey ladkiyon ko kamzor mat samjhana hum he tho hai jo sab se takatvar hai kyunki Kashmir se kanyakumari tak, assam se Gujarat tak sab jagah nari he jo hai jo rule kar rahi hain arey Srimati.Pratibha Patil hamari Rashtrapathi ek nari he tho hai.

Gone are the days were in women are not allowed to even go out of the home, this is the era were in we witness the real potential of a women is more than just handling the house chores infact handles home & office chores in a well balanced way…….. Nari tujhe salaam…..

The first destination was Sigandur around 40km from Sagar a beautiful place to enjoy the scenic beauty through journey in the water, backwater of the river Shravathi

It was great great fun at this place as we spent around 1.5hrs in the Ferry wherein it travels from end to the other end & the travel fair was Re.1/ & I was just amazed thought nothing is affordable at this price in this 21st century but found it & it’s really amazing even Re.1/ found it’s value  & further more amazed to see the Buses & four wheelers getting into the Ferry & being dropped safely.

The best moment was we all sat on the ferry with our legs floating outside the ferry & just above the river water & screamed to the extent of satisfaction & happiness & had loads of fun I really enjoyed a lot with our Tinker Energy Booster 

The journey continued & the next place was named as Ekkeri which was 25kms towards Sagar werein we visited the Rameshwara temple which is 500 years old, it was just pleasant & soothing to be there

India is known for land of temples & this one was just one of the beautiful & ancient temple in India. Further we moved to Varadahalli werein Sri Shridhar Matha is situated but we were running short of time so we had to make a move to the most awaited place of our journey the jogfalls which was around 32 – 35 km from Varadahalli & around 1.15 pm we reached Jog & it was such a bliss to have viewed the beautiful scene of the Jog Falls. There are many Falls which we can view and they are named as Raja, Rani, Rocket & Roro all four add to make the eyesight even more pleasant. The density & the Height from which the water was flowing was just unimaginable.

In addition to the view there was a small adventure which we all experienced may be the height equivalent to the water from the place it was flowing there is a backwater place where you can play & enjoy in the water further you can have naturally the Fish Spa which is really blessed to have & also feel the water of the Jog at this place. 6 Tinkers other than Tinker Joker & Tinker EQ Builder should add to the experience of the same

A nice & beautiful safar with the Friends was really an Energy Booster & Stress Buster from the daily mechanical routine. Hang on! Another small adventurous part of the journey is yet to be disclosed & Tinker Energy Booster made it all possible the bus from Sagar to Shimoga was not less than Ferrari speed & thanks to the person who made us reach in time

Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota hai

I thank everyone who made this wonderful journey possible & added these moments to life to cherish for a lifetime

PS: It’s everyone’s responsibility to understand the importance of nature & try to do their best in conserving its energy and preserving its beauty