Contd. from above post
White water rafting can be described as sheer adrenalin pumping spells followed by complete calm. We need to carefully follow instructions being hollered out by our captain and do exactly as he says, we found out the importance of his instructions when one of the rafters fell overboard (discovered he's a team-bhpian too), and luckily escaped injury, then our raft got stranded on rocks and we had to get out on slippery surface to disentangle it.
One of the rafts tore one of it's compartments and began listing dangerously, so they asked people in that to distribute themselves in the other rafts.
3 hrs and 15 kms of back breaking effort later we reached the end of stage one, pounced on lunch which was arranged, like a pack of wolves. sadly we had to bid goodbye to the rest of the guys who were continuing on the full run, as we had to start back.
19th July
1530 hrs
Came out drenched and exhausted after the rafting experience, a jeep took us back to the main camp where we had parked our car and all our worldly belongings. We changed into dry clothes and were offered a welcome cup of hot tea. Paid up the parking and rafting charges and started out towards Theerthahalli.
Crossed the Agumbe ghats, this road was in good shape the last time I had gone, but now it is falling apart. The concrete road is breaking in slabs and each slab shudders whenever a vehicle passes on it.
Drove past Agumbe town which remains as sleepy as ever. Our destination was a resort in Theerthahalli called Vihangama.
We were clueless of its existence, but since we had no options at Seethanadi, this was suggested by the person organising the rafting.
We were very tense about the kind of accomodation we would encounter as we had been told it was a place which was between a homestay and a resort.
We were floored at the very first view itself. Here are some pics: |