The magic of Coorg

I had a very relaxed long weekend (Sept 30th to Oct 2nd 2007). Went to Coorg, again (no, I can never tire of it!). The first day we were at my native village near Kushanalgar (read about that here). Once we left the village, we headed towards Somwarpet, another town. The drive was great! Long winding curves, surronding mountains and forests, just the sounds of water and chirping birds. Hardly any vehicles on the road! We stopped quite frequently to drink in the sights around. A long way from the awfully polluted cityscape, eh?  We even found an unused golf course on a hillock that had some fantastic views all around!! From Somwarpet (after dumping our luggage in a hotel), we went to the first unexplored waterfall in a village called Malhalli. Since the last 2 kms of the road had literally gotten swept away during the heavy monsoon this year, we had to park the car right there and trek up the remaining distance. As you are trekking up and almost reach the edge, you can hear roars of the Kumaradhara river and get a brilliant glimpse of the waterfall. It was not very clear due to the mist covering it. After waiting for a while, the mist cleared and we could see how glorious the waterfall was!