Saturday 17 September 2011

Trek through a part of MALNAD...!!!

As You all know, Malnad is a place where there are lush green forests , well i am going to take you on an imaginary itenary through the forests of malnad and hope you enjoy it.....
Start : 12/8/11
End : 15/8/11
Destination : sagar,shimoga(can be reached by bus and train)


We(me and my cousins) left Bangalore on the 12 of august, at around 10.30.p,m we boarded the bus.We reached sagar in shimoga district at around 4.30.a.m , when the dew had just set in. My dad owns a house there so we went there , got dressed nice and warm had breakfast and planned where we were to go and what we'd do.(It was 3 years since we had been there and this was the first time in the rainy season)




 At around 7.30a.m  we entered our arecanut plantation ......


Then we started roaming around in the forests and found a house on the other side of the forest.....!!! (relieved)
We had reached exactly when the sun came out...!!
 Then we entered the forests again and .......!!

There were lots of thorny plants(we hadn't expected that..!!)
Then we entered a lonely stretch but we didn't feel lonely...!!!
WOW!!
A plant on the road....!!!

Just next to the road there was a compost plant and next to that...(gasp)
There were leaves about 3 meters in length and 2 meters broad..!!

A sapling growing on a coconut tree


Pepper...!!

COFFEE BEANS....!!!!


Plants growing on manganese rocks...!!


Then we entered a hill....!!









A COMPOST INSECT IN THE HILLS..!!


Then came a river which had almost dried up...!!





NOW COMES THE DIFFERENT FLOWERS OF MALNAD...!!!

















Then at last we came to the last part a lake....!!!!!! 
WoW....!!