Intro

Having had a successful debut trip in our kitty, the sequel had to be good too. The expectation levels were pretty high. With Suhasu not being around to chalk things out, it was me, Sharath and dodappa to do the planning. But thanks to Suhasu, we had a plan prepared before he had left. The fine-tuning of this was not that difficult as we had an idea of the places and the locations. So, it all seemed to be a pretty straight forward trip in which almost nothing could go wrong. Or so we thought...
All the trouble started with the invitations. There were minor mis-understandings and most of those who had booked their seats, backed out. Manu, who was had been excited about the trip, couldn’t make it owing to lack of holidays. Prabha had her in-laws visiting her house, so she too couldn’t come. With all the bookings and cancellations, we found it very difficult to book a suitable bus. Finally, it was decided that we book a 24 seater bus – whether or not it would be filled. The job was entrusted to Harisha. Adding to the already piled up complications, Harisha dropped out of the trip. To our relief, he said, he’ll be booking the bus after inspecting.
Barely a couple of days left, there were the sudden change in the weather in Bangalore. Mohana mava was the first one to get concerned. Probably, this could have been the last nail in the coffin, I thought. But somehow, I had this gut feeling that everything would be fine. So, assuring all, that this would be good, we geared up for “The Mega Trip Part 2”.
The exact number was undecided even on the final day. Mithuna, who was supposed to come, fell ill. Finally, the ones who could make it to this awesome trip were, 22;
ATK, Sumitra, Sharath, Asha, Shivashankar, Gayathri, Bharath, Sumanth, Rekha, Radha, Madhuri, Sudhanva, Chaitra, Subbarao, Jayalakshmi, Mohana, Moha, Ananya, Kumara, Usha, Anirudha, Geetha and not to be missed out, baby, Arya.
The Skeletal Sketch:
The two pick-up spots at Bangalore were, our house and ATK’s house. Next being in Arsikere. The plan was, Bangalore – Arsikere – Horanadu – Sringeri – Sirimane – Koppa – Kemmangundi.
The journey was to be started on the 26th of October. We were scheduled to return on the 29th.