[Surprise]

Originally Posted by saleem_k

The owner's obedient dogs. They will not step out of the cage until the owner asks them to.
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Nice to see a Rottweiler not stepping out of the cage until he/she hears the order.

[BomBatt]

Originally Posted by saleem_k

By the way, wasn't it strainful on the bike? How much time it took for you people to reach Waynad frm B'lore? Weren't you scared while going through the Muthanga sanctuary road and some other forest roads in Kerala?

We have done lot of long drives on my bike. Yes sometimes it is straining, especially with heavy backpack, but we were used to it I guess.

We started from Bangalore at 4:30 am and reached Kalpetta by 11:30 am.

Only scary part of our trip was return journey from Kuruwa Dweep to Kalpetta. It was 6 pm in the evening and we wanted to reach our hotel room before it got dark. Some locals suggested a shortcut route. This route was a very narrow road through paddy fields. Entire stretch of 20-25 km was totally deserted. Then it started raining cats and dogs. There was no shelter anywhere to hide from the rain. It took us more than 1 hour before we reached some town and finally it was 8 pm when we reached Kalpetta.

[saleem_k]

Originally Posted by BomBatt

We have done lot of long drives on my bike. Yes sometimes it is straining, especially with heavy backpack, but we were used to it I guess.

We started from Bangalore at 4:30 am and reached Kalpetta by 11:30 am.

Only scary part of our trip was return journey from Kuruwa Dweep to Kalpetta. It was 6 pm in the evening and we wanted to reach our hotel room before it got dark. Some locals suggested a shortcut route. This route was a very narrow road through paddy fields. Entire stretch of 20-25 km was totally deserted. Then it started raining cats and dogs. There was no shelter anywhere to hide from the rain. It took us more than 1 hour before we reached some town and finally it was 8 pm when we reached Kalpetta.

Great! I will surely do such a trip soon! Your trip will be one of my inspirations!

[maddy42]

Nice trip saleem.

@steeroid: one story doing rounds is that the tribal who showed the brits the route was tied to the tree on a daily basis. He died in his sleep when tied. Not sure if its true though