mindmusings

While reading travelogues online I came across this small waterfall called Mookanamane falls. This is also called Mookanamane Abbi falls. Two of the blogs I read mentioned that this can be done in a day and so we chose one fine Saturday and left Bengaluru around 5.30 in the morning. Hassana-Mangaluru highway was smooth and rains welcomed us past Hassana. We stopped at some scenic spots to click the pictures. Roads increasingly started becoming bad to worse after Hethur and we couldn't go beyond 30km/hr. We finally reached the place which Google Maps pointed but there was neither a sign board nor anybody to ask and we knew we'd to walk for a km or so inside. Not wanting to take the risk we went back few kms and asked a localite in a bus stand and the lady pointed us back to the same place we'd seen earlier. One of the many views from the road We went in till some distance and found a house where there were a couple of cars already parked. So we did the same and st

Elaneer falls is relatively unknown and one of the main reasons why I decided to visit it! We stayed at Thangaali homestay  and the person there said that there is a short route (different from the Kalasa-Samse route) available to the falls and he will even provide a Jeep with the guide. After thinking should we go on our own or take the jeep and guide, friends decided it would be better to take the guide as we don't know the terrain. Jeep which took us to falls Scenic tea plantation on the way After some half hour drive where the path went through some scenic tea plantations and inside a jungle we finally reached the house of the person who was supposed to take us to the falls. Falls was visible from his house and looked quite high. We kept our clothes and other items at his house and started off. Guide was fully prepared with Wellies and full body rain coat! My friend got worried looking at his attire and asked should we also had come like that?! (we ha