ಅ ಡೇ ಅಟ್ Yercaud

The plan was all of sudden!!!!!. It was Gandhi Jayanti and there were 2 days and 5 of us were blank as to what to do something that will refresh us.

As usual we planned for a outing in nature. The Place decided was Yercaud, 31 kms from Salem . Till 9 evening we were not sure of accommodation, and then we got an estate via net.
We did not know how it was, but we could book it by paying 50% at B’lore office. Then early morning 4’o’ clock we left blore, Till Karnataka border i.e. Hosur it was a ride which isn’t worth mentioning. But, as we cross the border, traveling in the highway is a pleasure. By 8 in the morning, we were in Salem, at Hotel Annapoorneshwari.The waiter there was very intelligent guy and the breakfast was superb. Then we left to Yercaud with loads of expectation and imagination. The very entry was panoramic indicating that the route was totally of 20 hair pin bends, and all of them are excellent points for having view of the eastern ghats.By 10:30 morning we were in Yercaud and our estate was located near Pagoda point(even though people there have modified it to Pakoda point or pagota point)and I am not sure anybody knows why it is called so.

Then was the Shevaroy temple, the main attraction here is the cave, which is said to extend upto Talkaveri(450 kms)…….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,but it is accessible upto 3 kms after that the oxygen level drops and the number of poisonous reptiles increases with snakes being the prominent ones.
Next was the, Hari Singh’s Perfume extraction industry, which is actually one of the main attractions of the city, the aroma was resonating throughout the shop and we purchased a few types.

The estate which we stayed itself a world of its own and spread over 150 acres of coffee estate and surrounding it was the reserve forest. There was private water falls, lots of orange plantations and they had a trekking guide for us. The stay had 3 options either

a) Dormitory
b) Tent house
c) Tree house

All 3 types are excellent especially tree house . But the main memorable event was “The Making of the Chicken and Veg Barbacue” . It happened that at last minute we decided to have a barbecue and the workers had arranged the coal lit firebut as we started the fire started getting extinguished and we were in profound danger of losing our veg and non veg dishes but we were not to give up , for 3 hrs from 10 at night, we kept the fire alive and successfully prepared the barbecue and its taste was one of the best I ever ate a debut dish.

That night was supposedly the best sleep I had and Sunday morning after breakfast we left to hogenekkal.
Shall get back to on Hogenekkal soon