Sheee... magaa!!

Once upon a time there were 5 friends ...
And one day, just out of the blue they decided to go to shimoga..
Ohh..I forgot to give the guys an introduction.One was a Sam,a 6 foot something gal with a BIG heart,whose favourite pastime was drugs..so later she followed her heart and became a pharmacist!The second was a northeast chick called Rash,but without the flat nose and chinki eyes!She was this bindaas female who used to hang out with guys only.The third character was a guy called Mri,who was the angry young maan of our aaiyooo proj,who had a friend called Viral(no his parents didnt hate him!!).So they went together...Ohh did i miss out somebody?One..two..three..four..and ya a guy from Planet Kerala..for the timebeing we would call him SPK(does that sound familiar)Superr Personality from Kerala.

Ok there they go..We get together at Rash's place after a hard day of work(did we?) and order pizza for dinner and wait for our cab.They watched some stuff on tv and then decided to move on by 10.15,which became 10.20 thanks to Rash not knowing where the keys are..thankfully she managed to lose her keys in her pockets! They stuffed themselves in the Maruti Omni along with the baggage and moved on to Central Railways station.The train was there on the platform and they had to sit outside as it was pretty hot inside..and ofcourse they could do a lot of MLA work..Dont know MLA?Hmm see that u guys are a fresher though not to the concept of Mouth Looking Agents.Later after some 10 mins, the guy from planet Kerala begins to yawn incessantly .Sam and the others push him into his Berth, so that he doesnt transmit the deadly disease to them.After an hour more of waiting,joking and laughter the train finally pushes itself off @11.45 .While the others are busy adjusting their baggage and making themselves comfortable,SPK is busy romancing a mallukutty in his dreams.

"Slam,dhadang,dishum",and SPK wakes up ,its early morning @ 2.30 and someone is busy unfolding the middle tier of the side berth waking Mr SPK.No apologies,not even a sense of regret.It was rude, but the guy in the middle tier acted as if it was his daily chore to wake up the poor fellow on top tier.With much difficulty SPK finally gets his sleep back.His friends are busy watching him as if watching a comedy scene and they think the guy deserves it for all the pranks SPK has played on them.

“Koffeeeeeee,Kofeeeeee”.The guys bringing in the beverages in the Indian railways have such shrill voices.Even if SPK would have been having a spaceflight,he would be brought back to earth.Anyways its nearing 6.00 and people seem to be getting down and the train is a lot emptier now.Finally all the friends get ready to land on Shimoga.The guys get into a couple of autos and check into a hotel called Jewel Rock.Bath,breakfast and a couple of hours later, the gang is getting ready to have a blast in Shimoga. The Sumo is ready and everybody hops onto it. First stop is a Dam ,where the gang took a couple of snaps and moved on to Elephant camp. That was awesome(that was the only time when SPK had to remember his prayers),because there were a lot of elephants roaming around with the ever watchful howda on its back. ”Poor animals”, sympathized the Maneka Gandhi of the team, Miss Rash. Even its dung would have killed them.There were a couple of chained elephants too,that’s when the gang would swell their chests with courage and walk with a swagger,only to jump into the nearby bushes, whenever they see a elephant coming their way.
But the camp was pretty good .The elephants had a good bath in the nearby river and most of us were left watching agape at how the mahout had the courage to poke the mighty one and cleanse it and get away with this whole act. Sam and Viral even managed to get a feel of the elephants, my are they not daring! There was this little elephant who managed to just keep its head above the water. But still it went all the way down the river with its mommy elephant. That was a cute one. After being there for more than an hour of posing and photos, the gang moved on.

Later the gang moved on to a bird sanctuary, where there were more people than birds.After moving along for another hour or so ,the gang finally hit Kuvempu’s house(the kannada literary maestro).Nice little house though,lots of old stuff and literature.The gang couldn’t take in cams and relied on the explanation of the guide for answers.Some 8-9 doctorates the poet had, and they had none amongst them.A long drive from there,and a lunch later,slowly they moved ahead on a hilly peak.There was a jain temple on top,with lovely little pond with lots of fishes.The view from the top was absolutely stunning.Nice breeze and the sound of cow bells ringing from somewhere below.The man from kerala ,Mr SPK did manage to have a conversation with the bulls at the end of which he got chased out.Then to agumbe sunset point,where along with the monkeys the gang sat and had chats.Soon they returned back to their base in hotel Jewel Rock.Or did they..somewhere late in the night as they were going back, Miss Rash suddenly gets a call from the jungle or rather wants to hear the creeping sound of the bamboo trees rubbing against each other.By this time the driver ,who has given up all hope during the course of our journey(The guys had a nice time tweaking his so called sony deck which was infact one in a million as it used to get restarted much like our softwares when the going gets tough!) is freaking out.Rash as cool as ever orders the driver to slowdown.And there they are in the middle of a nowhere road ,in midst of a jungle, awaiting bliss!!
Next morning ,the gang had to leave early and poor Mri had to take a shower in cold water.But miraculously though the other two fellas go hot water.Anyways, they ride along to visit a temple ,which falls across a river and they need to cross it in a ferry.But the view was as beautiful as hilarious,because there was a lot of commotion with a myriad of people coming along with their families and their entire paraphernalia. Girls with toys, boys with balls, boys with girls,…ok let us stop @ that!.Soon they were into the waters and across..and the bus ride once it landed across was literally rocking…
Once back from the temple ,the gang went to their final leg of their trip , the jog falls. By then everybody were dead tired. finally when it came to trekking except Mri and Viral no one dared to go down to the falls..But the view was truly majestic with a rainbow across the falls.While Mri and Viral wasted away time toiling though the arduous climb, Mr SPK,Sam and Rash gorged on some “light” snacks which included dosa,noodles,lays,biscuits and so on. While they were at it the “hotel” which was just was a modern day replica of a shack , couple of kittens and their new born pussy began to amuse them,or rather irritate as SPK would put it, since he had a gut feeling that the young one was feeling rather cozy round his legs.Soon they were joined by Mri and Viral who seemed to have caught a viral,finally.
At the end of their exhausitive day,they spent some time on their favorite activity, MLA again.And their goes our Uncle Appokootan Nayar again fida on some bored Bong chick.But as they sat atop the view ,from where Jog Falls was a mirage,they got to see some of familiar poses invented by Famous Indian Photographapher.There was this stupid idiot who wanted a entire family to get a picture of themselves,while precariously standing just on the edge of a cliff.Another macho guy was trying to ask his babe to get on top of a wall so that he could get a “cool” snap.There was this whole tamilian family with all the ammas and thathas and their children and great grandchildren trying to fit in a single pic.There were also a lot of monkeys in between trying to better their skills on the trees nearby.
As it grew darker the gang slowly moved back to the Shimoga railway station. Koooooo chuk chuk …as the train gathered speed..all went back to sleep in hope of waking up energized and back to ……..work!And as usual people from all walks of life walk over poor Mr Spk's sleep!Lights off please!!