ಕ್ಷಣಪ್ರಭಾ - Kshanaprabhaa

Continuing on from the first part:  http://kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.in/2013/08/long-weekend-getaway-part-1-totally.html This blog is dedicated to a lady we were fortunate enough to meet in Agumbe, Kasturi Akka , for what she has been inspiring for years now, personifying " Atithi Devo Bhava ". Read on for more... So, there we were, at the Agumbe bus stop, needing to inquire about reaching the three waterfalls in and around the town (theoretical knowledge from reading multiple travel blogs) - Jogi Gundi, Barkana Falls, and Onake Abbi Falls. We found the "Mallya Residency" - a small lodge that I had read about in one of the blogs as a possible place to stay, and as we looked around in vain for a few minutes for the owner, we also got to know from the passers by that the falls we were after were all in a radius of 10 kms from the town. There were also an unusual number of policemen around, that being the Independence Day, presumably for the early morning flag h...

When we thought of taking a day off and plan a long weekend getaway around the Independence Day holiday this year, we had no clarity on where exactly to go, how to go, and who all would join. Thomas had expressed his idea of going to Jog Falls about a fortnight back. I too had not visited Jog, so was thinking on the same lines. Of course, this would be the ideal time of the year to visit Jog, and we had received good rains this year too. Anurag had his eyes set on Pondicherry, Jog, Alleppey boat race and what not. I had complicated matters by calling up my long time friend Karthik to check if he could join an unplanned trip just two days before we had to set off. He had to choose between this "adventure" and a well planned trek, and he chose the latter. But as luck would have it, the trek got cancelled and he said he could join our trip. Anurag and Thomas could not convince any of their other friends to join, and there, with less than 24 hours to go, we could book a bus tri...

The Independence Day holiday on Thursday this year meant that we could plan a four day getaway trip, and although we left it too late to plan it, a thought of going on a completely unplanned trip brought a sense of adventure to it. We, Anurag, Thomas, Karthik and I, had a great time in the three and a half day sojourn to different places in the district of Shivamogga, Karnataka. Some breathtaking, humbling, and indeed very enjoyable experiences followed, which I hopefully would be able to share in a set of blogs over the next fortnight or so. Here's how the blog post plan looks, indicating the different places we visited: Part 1: The Totally Unplanned Trip:   http://kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.in/2013/08/long-weekend-getaway-part-1-totally.html Part 2: Agumbe: The Dodda Mane Hospitality:  http://kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.in/2013/08/long-weekend-getaway-part-2-dodda-mane.html Part 3: Agumbe: Jogi Gundi Falls:   http://kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.com/2013/09/long-we...