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We were on a trip to attend a friend's marriage inward Dharwad, as well as were to pass 2 days at Goa before reaching there. On our in conclusion black inward Goa, land nosotros were precisely chilling past times the small-scale puddle at our villa, our friend started telling us virtually his father's trip to Dandeli. One affair Pb to another, as well as a crazy excogitation was made. The side past times side day, nosotros were on our means to Dharwad, well, via Dandeli!
Just similar whatsoever road inward the western ghats, the Goa-Dandeli road is extremely beautiful. Entirely covered amongst forest, it is inward a truthful sense, a nature lover's paradise.
On our way, nosotros called Mr. Milind Kodkeni, who runs a homestay inward Dandeli.
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| Goa-Dandeli |
After having a squeamish home-cooked traditional lunch, Milind took us for a small-scale induce as well as walk inward the jungle for roughly birdwatching. We were lucky to spot roughly eagles, bluish kingfishers as well as many other birds I don't fifty-fifty yell upwards the names of. He as well as therefore took us to a spot offering a violet view of the valley - Nagzari - kind of an echo point.
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| Spot the perched eagle? |
Milind is non a mortal but offering a homestay to earn money. He has been born as well as brought upwards inward Dandeli; his forefathers owned saw mills at that spot which were later on near downward past times the authorities to preclude farther deforestations.
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| A bee-eater amongst his catch |
All this simply served a teaser as well as nosotros left Dandeli wishing nosotros had to a greater extent than time. We reached Dharwad at black amongst the same thoughts, as well as finally over dinner formed yet roughly other crazy excogitation of going dorsum to Dandeli the side past times side twenty-four hours after the marriage was over. We were slightly sceptical virtually the feasibility but nonetheless decided to give it a shot.
We had already called Milind as well as he had the whole excursion planned for us. It started amongst a trip to his friend, Narasimha's Farmhouse on the edge of the forest. It beingness a typical countryside home, at that spot was no electricity at that spot when nosotros reached. How thrilling it was, to precisely sit down inward the porch of the line solid (osari) as well as lookout adult man the environs instruct darker, land sipping the hot, good for yous herbal tea.
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| Out of the dark |
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| As darkness laid in |
Dandeli offers the facility for white H2O rafting inward Kali river. Since nosotros had decided to instruct out early on the side past times side day, nosotros told Milind that nosotros would non become for it (silly us!!). But obviously Milind was resolved on making us sense it. While nosotros were getting gear upwards the side past times side morning, nosotros got a telephone band from Milind telling us that at that spot was roughly other grouping interested inward rafting as well as therefore he could brand arrangements for an early on excursion, if nosotros were gear upwards for it. Needless to say, nosotros changed our excogitation again.
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| The Kali river, non equally peaceful equally it seems here |
The trainers gave the instructions, explained the signs as well as their meanings as well as nosotros were off. The Kali river offers the rapids of degree betwixt three as well as 4. The cold, crazy H2O rapids kept on bumping on to the raft. After going downstream for a while, our trainer revealed a surprise to us. He decided to accept us upstream! It was equally crazy equally it could be: the H2O splashing on our faces, the turbulence as well as the thrill! By the fourth dimension nosotros reached the complete spot, nosotros were drenched inward water!
We got dorsum to the dorm, changed, had a squeamish proficient brunch at Milind's identify as well as and therefore bade goodbye to him as well as his household unit of measurement amongst a heavy heart, alone amongst the resolution of going at that spot again.
Author Bio: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 software engineer past times profession, Chaitrali as well as her married adult man love to travel; last it a leisure trip, a trek, a super-express hectic trip - anything. The alone constraint is that it has to last a petty "hatke". She latterly got into go blogging after roughly serious view from her husband. She blogs at http://chaitraliagashe.
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