Unchalli & Gokarna in monsoon..

Fri 06th Oct 2006:



Got out of office in a holiday mood..rushed home, picked up the luggage..helmet/jacket/glove..soon on the road with the usual getup. Caughtup with vicky at Nelamangala. Fast run but lotsa breaks. Reached Shimoga by 1am.
Next day a lazy start by 10..got inside jog falls..not much water but the weather conditions were interesting.were able to see the clouds bursting out in a closeby hill..then riding into those wet twisties through fog.




Sea bird resort - gokarna..i am adamant to avoid this place and stay beach side.kept the luggage and moved to Oom beach. Should have gone for that Sangam beach trek..but the late lunch and chill-out session at beach took toll on us.the sun brought back that golden evening..foregin couples taking evening bath..the beach is calm and beautiful..
spent lotsa hours in the beach..back to the shack..another long chat..with no time, it was 11:30pm..just thoughtof leaving the place as we were the last..but then it started pouring..the lights were off and eveybody got into their shelter..we were still on the shack..no lights..arrogant sea nearby..and it was pouring like the end..stuck-up for 1.5 hrs..later decided to ride back in rain..5kms of shivering ride and got into bed.


Another lazy resort morning..tasty breakfast..the coconut chutney tells me again this is what a chutney is abt!some flower shots..back on the bikes..this time, tried to reach sangam beach in bikes..only to find the ferrys are not ready to lift us. reached kumata and had a long discussion on what next.Didn’t dare to enter Yana at this point of time..no mood to ride towards bangalore..my map says "Luchington falls" but never know what it is..locals clarified its Unchalli and suggested us to try..fine, lets try..we were on the remote twisties now..!



The ghat sections around yana were at its best..green & wet..stopped at yana deviation..another check ourselves.."shall do?..or not?"..ok fine..its a strong "NO".. we were on towards Unchalli..one of the best decisions made in the recent past..the road towards Unchalli goes through some beautiful villages and farm houses..everything was under mist..the green farms..the last 2kms before falls was slippery and i had to put down there once.

There the steps starts..the forest vegitation has covered and gulped the steps..need to crawl through..its wet & misty and goes down..pulled out couple of leeches..once on the view point, we are not seeing anything except a white screen..,but hearing this loud noise like a non-stop thunder storm..suddenly the mist cover removes, and there we see the beauty.. mother nature has lotsa new stuffs and keeps our jaws down all the time ..the view point is like on a green & misty slope surrounded by series of hills covered with dense forests..and right in our front, the blasting..never had such kind of experience.

Falls Video..

Snaps..