I was very much disappointed that it was not possible for me to go home for christmas. Added to that there was noone here for Christmas merriment and joy. I really felt so sad when I saw the facebook updates of my friends with celebrations and merriment. And this was the worstChristmas ever for me!
I knew before itself that it would be like this. So I planned a trip to Anthargange near Kolar. It is actually about 60 kms from Bangalore.
I started at 5.30 from my place(Morning mist everywhere!!!!) ;reached majestic Bus Station by 6.15. Actually I had no idea about the buses that go to Kolar. I roamed around a little searching for buses to Kolar. Out of my experience, with people in Bangalore so far, most of them dont know the places even which are very near by.
A friend of mine who joined me for the trip was waiting in the KSRTC bus station and we got a bus by 6.45. It was so chilling outside! A friend of my friend joined later and we reached Kolar by 8.15 or so.Had breakfast from there; it was pathetic! Then we took an auto to Anthargangeand he charged Rs.45 for that. There were no shops there. You can see a flight of steps that leads to a temple. And near to the temple there is a pond where the water is so dirty! :( . So many monkeys were playing around.
Behind the temple, there is another short flight of steps on rocks from where we started our "adventure" :-P. There was a very clear path that leads to the top. Midway we found a honeycomb; took some pictures out there. Within 40 minutes we reached the top. And I was a little disappointed that the journey wasnt adventurous! We could see many other rocky hills from there. So we decided to climb down and head to another peak.
No one was there ; only three crazy souls!
In sometime we reached a village and asked where we can find the "under-water". One lady told something and we headed in that direction. We were pretty sure that we are not gonna find the "under-water"thing. We started climbing another hill. It was so steepy and full of cactus and bushes.My arms got scratched several times.We struggled a lot to reach the top. Yeah, the best part is, we got lost somewhere there.And it was impossible to climb down!!!
The view of the other rocky-hills from there was awesome!We took some pictures. Actually we thought of reaching a particular mark; but we were in a dead-end! After searching for a long time for a way down ; we saw a man sitting on the other side. He showed as a route downwards.And also showed us a spot called "Anthargange". Still we dont believe him. It was around 1.30 and we almost find the way down. In sometime we reached near the first hill we climbed! And from there it was fine.I took a lot of pics in my friends mobile and yet to see them :( .By 2.30 we were back and boarded the bus from Kolar. I was feeling so sleeping that I slept in the bus!
By the time opened my eyes, I have already reached Bangalore.
It was actually the most adventurous trekking trip I ever had in my life.
PS: No proof reading done for this post.