bULLS AT THE WORLD's END__ NELLIYAMPATHY

Hai allllll,
There had been many obstacles to make the Nelliyampathy trip happen.
Problem 1: Some of the bULLS got back from the trip. That made hurts in many hearts. We all did reach a position to drop the idea of tour. But Makku came as an uplifter. He did overdrive the situation and again brought us back to the mood.
Hari booked a tempo traveler with the help of Carlos chettan. The rate was affordable. We all planned to increase the number of guys for the tour. For that we decided to invite friends beyond the boundary of CYbER bULLS. We called Paulose, Arun Vishnu, Jithu, etc for the tour. Carlos chettan also had expressed his pleasure in coming with us. Aswin.te veetl ichiri problem undayirunnu but we over powered it. In the end the list for tour was finalized as follows. Parthiv, Manu, Makku, Visal, Aswin, KD, Hari, Arun Vishnu. We sheduled our trip commencing on 27th.

Problem 2: We all had planned a get together in 27th morning and after that we would go for the tour. Just before the D-day Hari dropped from the list. One of his relative died which forced him back from tour. In addition, we all came to know that the van which we booked met with an accident in Bengaluru. Thus we had to postpone our trip. Next day, on 27th as per the plan we all met in Royal Bakers. Some of the cows were also there. We also planned our tour sitting there. Aswin arranged a Scorpio for the tour.Our Royal Get together -Parthiv is taking the Photo

We all went back home. But next day I went to ma uncle's home. Ma parents asked me to do so. Everyone except me set from Perumbavoor(28-06-08) in an all new Scorpio. Njangal poya SCORPIO
They went to CITY CENTER Thrissur. On the way they also Went to PEECHI DAM. They all had a nice time there.The Peechi dam "Hangout"


Afterwards they came to Nenmara. I some how managed to get permission to go to Nenmara from ma uncle's home in Palakkad. Ma uncle offered to take me to Nenmara. He came with me till Nenmara. We all met there and went to the hotel.

The Hotel named the HOST International was a three star hotel. We took two double rooms. We all blasted in the hotel [to the extreme end]. After some time we went outside to have food. On the way back we brought few decks of cards. In the hotel we spent time playing cards. surprisingly unlike other over night hangouts, this time everyone was sleepy by 11.30-12. Most of us went to bed with their phones. Extra beds were provided since we were more in number. We do woke up during night and watched TV. But din't stay long. Next day we woke up and did all primary things. Packed up every thing and went down to settle the hotel billThe Hotel Bill


We left the hotel by 9.30am(29-06-08). We din't have food from Nenmara as the food was not safe. There was flu all around. But that idea was a great flop as we din't find any hotel till Nelliyampathy. The journey to Nelliyampathy starts from the Pothundy dam. There is a forest check post, from there starts the long winding roads to Nelliyampathy. We took few photos and prepared to go through all twists and turns.

All the way was worth seeing. With many streams falling down the mountain like silver "aranjanam". We stopped at some places for photo sessions.On RoadThe whole Gang

Fog around us
As we reached heights fog ran all around us which was a very spectacular view. We couldn't even see the road in front of us. We took videos. By 11 we reached the nelliyampathy base. We had food from a small hotel(Hotel Surya). From there we hired a 4WD Mahindra Jeep to climb Mampara hills. It just cost round 500. This was the most exciting part of the journey. Since it was rainy season ,the road was full of mud. The jeep driver(Drifter) was actually not driving, He was drifting the jeep all the way up. During the journey our jeep's tyre fell in a trench and tilted to an angle more than 45degree. Njangade Jeevan kathi poyi. Everyone jumped out of jeep.Jeep's tilt-Look at Manu's face
Even though we had little fear, but we continued our journey. At steep roads we got down from jeep, so as to avoid "koota nilavili". There is practically no road there. the jeep is simply going over the rock and mud. We reached on top of the Mambra. we couldn't take breath for a moment. AWESOME VIEW. avide ninnal ee lokam muzhuvan kaanam. Pothundi dam was seen like some water strewn over the floor. another attraction was the uplifting wind.Veendum Photo sessions.Roking on top of Mampara
At the world's endThe catching wind

The drift Jeep- kanunna pole alla, odukkathe perfomance aanuThe drift kings of Mampara

We stayed there for sometime. Afterwards the jeep driver told us that our time was up. Manasillamanasode we climbed down the hill. The interesting thing on way down was the rain. Rain inside forest gives us a feeling in ghost films. Just before the rain comes ,the fog rushes in as though its coming to swallow us. On the way down we played Anthakshari. Ho horrible. Songs were sung but the lyrics was like booze songs. Kore kazhinjappo jeep driver (drifter) chetanum koodi njangade koode paatu paranju tharan.

Reaching down we went to Seetharkund, but din't climb there as there was rain. Then we went to Keshavanpara. there was little rain but we din mind it. there was fog all around. we could only see a white colour around us. Up next came a small wind. Ente ponno, that wind cleared the fog around and there appeared a mountain. sometime later that was gone. Then came wind in another direction, there appeared another mountain. We felt as though we are in a dream land, and someone else was remote controlling our surroundings. We took few photos and came down.Keshavanpara
We then decided to go home. And bid goodbye to Nelliyampathy. They say Nelliyampathy is poor man's Ooty. But actually Nelliyampathy is more than that. But developments will make that place worse. I pray not to develop that Mambra off road. If that happens, the exotic beauty of that heaven will be lost. another thing, there is no range for all mobile companys except for BSNL. So we will surely be in a world without rings, and urgent calls.

On the way back we had food from Vadakkenchery. by 6pm we left the hotel. Pinne ingottu NH-47.il koodi oru parakkal. Reached angamaly by 7.45 and Kalady by 8.pm. Makku and Aswin got down there. We reached Perumbavoor by 8.15pm. Settled the Scorpio's bill.,and bid goodbye to Sabu chettan. Pinne Bus pidichu Veedethi. another fact is that the tour was so lite and we din't feel any tiredness.

Anagne ellam kazhinju veetil vannirunnu njan the previous month recollect cheithu. Problems come from everywhere, all we need is to have a mind to do the work. If we have real interest we all can overcome the problems even in the last second.
Recollecting my old post-"Angane Pavanai shavamai". Pavanaik angane shavamakan pattumo Maashe. "Ithu CYbER bULLS aanu......... Impossible is a word thrown out of our dictionary"
Thankyou.