Members: 30 (Trek organized by Chennai Trekking Club, ‘CTC’)
Start time: 5:30 AM, Saturday, 10th Apr, 2010
End time: 10:00 PM, Sunday, 11th Apr, 2010
Total travel: 250 Kms approx
Total expense: 500 INR (Food and Petrol sharing price)
What went great:
- Awesome adventure. Among few of the best trek.
- Amazing water pools and falls all over the trek
- Great management by CTC guys
- The best part: Made very good friends
Pains:
- Left from College one day in advance due to lack of conveyance from Great Lakes (near Mahabs) during early morning hours
- My pick up point changed to Guindy in the last moment due to no conveyance at Tidel park
- Need to learn swimming properly :(
Total duration: 2 days, 1 night
Going: Chennai – Nagala
Coming: Nagala – Chennai
Weather Conditions: Hot and Sunny
Vehicle: Car
10th Apr, 2010
Guindy, Chennai
04:00 hrs – Reached to Guindy, Chennai
05:30 hrs – Started from Nathan's cafe (the next pick up point)
07:00 hrs – Reached Nagala and had fresh and best idly of one year stay at Chennai
Akka (the village woman) preparing and serving delicious breakfast
08:00 hrs – Trek Start
Aditya and Ananth: The amazing trek organizers and trekkers
The first pool, Depth: 3-10 ft, Safe mostly ;)
Got tired and got a snap :)
The dead-end pool, Depth: 3-20 ft, Dangerous for non-swimmers
Luggage transfer through ferry: Great team work and coordination, Kudos to all swimmers
Ok...finally crossed the dead-end pool
Trailing through these boulders was most difficult for me
Few good friends I made: Arun and Shaila
Reena: One more!!
Ananth: The superhero
Srinivasan and Anusha: The beautiful couple
Gayathri, Teja, Sahila, Reena at the picnic (final) pool
Dinner time, Menu: Knorr soup and Maggi
Bed tea :)
Every fall has its own story
The picnic pool and few scared non-swimmers 'divers'. Thanks to Ananth, Max and others!!
Picnic pool, depth: 3-20 ft, Deadly, Not for non-swimmers
Excited by seeing the new pool, I went till the stream and stood under it for some-time...water was unexpectedly cold...so thought of getting out of the pool....while getting back I thought of catching hold of a rock at sideways of the pool...I told Herbert (fellow trekker) to keep an eye on me...(I am a semi-swimmer, can swim only for few-feets :P)...Start -> Damn i am so tired, could not even swim -> ok let me catch hold of that rock and I will be out then -> finally reached up to the rock -> put my hands on rock...wow had so much fun in water -> oops...my hand slipped and I am going deep into water...damn water is not swallow here -> GUDUP GUDUP (drowning) -> ok let me try again to catch hold of the rock.-> GUDUP GUDUP (drowning) -> no success, damn I am screwed -> HELP -> ok somebody is watching me, I will be saved -> GUDUP GUDUP (drowning) -> slipped my hand again from the rock -> GUDUP GUDUP (drowning) -> dude was watching still and was having fun...damn..give your hand I am all screwed -> Finally hand comes as a bliss -> GUDUP GUDUP (drowning) -> Saved :D...-> Got a complete lecture from Ananth :D
BTW please don't try such whacky stuff...;)
Reena after being thrown in water, Max the savior again
3 commandos: Arun, Raghu, Varun
Naveen: Another hell of a trekker at CTC
Arun, doing some impossible stuff. Hope he will get a chance in Avatar-2
Crossing dead end pool to cross dead-end pool while getting back
Fun time while getting lost in Nagala
The zoo animal: Naveen
Few CTCiians
...and he was watching us.
The village girl
Lovely sisters: Reena & Shaila
The beautiful smile: A village child
Why so happy?
Good friends I made
CTC Commando Raghu
The beautiful village children
Amazing experience and one of the best trek I have ever done...impeccable planning and implementation...Kudos to the organizers and core trekkers: Aditya, Ananth, Naveen, Raghav, Arun, Kishore, Mony who made it so ultimate.
In the end, it's not the just place which makes it beautiful but it's the people at the place which makes it great...i am happy to meet 29 wonderful people at the trek...friends be in touch and let's keep rocking the world!!
