By Priyanka Das
Anybody who has lived inwards Bangalore knows the tale of this fabled trivial short town inwards Kodagu district. Coorg has lured unsuspecting travellers into its abyss for decades. With an impressive listing of must-see tourist attractions, Coorg does come upward around equally the Scotland of India Travel. The Talakaveri, Tibetan Buddhist Temple, Iruppu falls are simply to advert a few. So it should come upward equally no surprise to anyone that a bunch of overworked ITians had rattling high expectations from this trivial town when nosotros embarked on the happy-go-lucky trip from Bangalore on i fine Friday.
We were gravely mistaken.
Turns out, Coorg was no shy inaugural that day. She was inwards no mood of beingness courted. She had no wishing of beingness the cold, foggy princess that day. She smelted inwards the summertime heat, breathing fire, its relentless battering in addition to beating downwards he hapless travellers who were unprepared for this indifference. There was non a unmarried cloud inwards the sky, non a unmarried moving ridge of mutual frigidness air relieving us from the hot summertime day. Needless to say the impatient half-dozen that nosotros were, nosotros decided to cutting the whole adventurous city-trotting facade yesteryear one-half in addition to run for shelter earlier Coorg’s ire broke our rattling stance.
After what seemed similar an exaggerated eternity, nosotros lastly breathed deeply equally our machine went off route on a dirt path leading into a wooded earthy wood which tin simply live described equally magical. The machine bobbled upward the route equally the playful sun’s ray meticulously tried to discovery their agency around the labyrinth of lime light-green leaves, splattering ruthlessly over the olive grass blades that stood inwards attending watching the foreign procession passing them on the rickety road.
After close a fifteen instant drive, nosotros reached our homestay. To say that the identify came equally a mild surprise to us would live a serious understatement. The homestay or to give it its rightful place, resort, was located on a spawning swathe of land, encompassed solely yesteryear manicured lawn in addition to peppered alongside numerous flowering trees. The guesthouses were tiny log in addition to thatch cottages that dotted the elaborate landscape right away trapping i into a fairy tale where i almost for certain expects a talking rabbit to jump out of the many shrubby floral bushes. But, the most hitting characteristic of this landscape is the enormous lake. At get-go our hear wouldn’t believe that a lake of this magnitude tin perhaps live hidden inwards this enchanted forest; maybe it was the fox of the sun? But it was there. H5N1 undercover covertly held yesteryear the gentle slopping hills in addition to cascading trees. As nosotros caught our breath, the gentle waves of the enormous lake lapped on the shore reflecting the numerous shades of orangish that the setting Sun was throwing its way. We didn’t know how long nosotros stood there, exterior of the cabins trying to kicking the bucket along upward alongside the changing hues of water, but the orangish orb of Sun had grown dimmer in addition to a ethereal mist had engulfed us. My eyes scanned the shimmering H2O coming to residual on a wayward aeroplane which was lazily picking on grains of Earth on the expansive roots of a nearby tree. 
That black equally I lay beneath the pewter heaven gazing at the dancing stars, their shimmer reflected on my face, taking shape of a smile; a smiling that I carried alongside me all the agency dorsum to Bangalore.
Author Bio: After working inwards the software manufacture for 4 years, Priyanka has quit to commit total fourth dimension to her one-time fling of writing. She is passionate close offbeat traveling, nutrient for soul, coming together novel people in addition to sharing their stories, recycling, in addition to yoga. You tin follow her stories on Instagram , Facebook , Blog
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