Hunkal woods

Hunkal (Hun as in Hunt).

The place is actually in the middle of Thogari Hunkal estate, where coffee is the primary crop.

So one minute Griz, Ktk, Murali (2005 batch), Srini, Naren, VV, Sac (2004 batch) are travelling on a pretty smooth highway (The santro wallas will have their own account of the road i guess...i was "highly" comfortable in a Scorpio...more about this beast more), the next minute the weather has changed and its drizzling, and the next srini is compelling griz to switch on the wiper!

Outta nowhere jumps a board at us asking us to take a left into a rather nasty looking road. A few hundred meters into it, we know we're in a good place. Greenery and close cropped vegetation. Slippery and sloppy mud acting as a path to our destination. Various insects and birds, with humans here n there, collecting coffee seeds, tending to the estate. A marked departure from our routine lives.

This is



where we stayed


Where we ate



Where we sipped several cuppas of scintillating coffee, exemplified by the chilly sexy weather!



where we..err lost our mind a bit cos of all the glee!



where we let ourselves be soaked in the rain and gazed in awe!



Where we got bitten by leeches (in slightly questionable places too!)



Where we scared srini with live leeches :D



Where we fought the onslaught of the wind



Where we danced a bit



Where green is the norm!


We were told we would encounter a snake whose bite causes body parts to rot. Unfortunately, no such sightings/meetings. Hence no picture also.

One of the first places i truly felt like going back to. Hopefully I will!

Oh almost forgot...This was a farewell of sorts to one of my friends, a brave guy who's departing to the land Down Under this weekend. Cheerios Sac! Wishing you all the very best and thanking you for being the reason we thought out and made it for this trip!! :)