Sangam Outing--2006

Outing to Sangam.. on 29th July 2006

As we wanted to go somewhere together, we decided to go to Sangam, which is 89km(keemee)from Bangalore.

Sangam is a place where rivers cauvery and Archavati meet.

So on 29th July 2006, me, Nikhil, Madhavi and Ganesh started towards Kanakpura road by Ganesh’s new car, Santro.We started from my home at 12 noon(11.45 am to be precise) !! as Nikhil reached Bangalore late. So without any preparation (with just a bottle of water and a packet of Lays, we started).

On the we passed by “Art of living “ ashram by Sri Sri Ravishankar and Shantidhama. We thought we will visit these places to these places on our way back to Bangalore, later which we missed them L

Initially, Ganesh drew the car and then Nikhil took the steering in his magic handsJ.
We purchased some soft drinks and couple of biscuit packs as an emergency...

Road was good till Kanakpura, which is app 50km from Bangalore. Then we reached single road and road is in poor condition for nearly 20km. We discussed some current issues and Madhavi sang a very good song which was nice and touching too (actually it was a song on Mother).

Since we started late, Nikhil was hungry ( for a change Ganesh was not !!!). And I did not want Nikhil to suffer alone, I shared his hunger… yes......I too was hungry!!!!

When we reached Sangam, we had a sigh of relief as we a restaurant there J

There is a space for parking near the spot only..that means no need to do trekking !
We took some snaps there and went to other side of Archavati river by “teppa”. The charges are Rs.20/head for up down.

On the other side of the river, we sat in to the water, threw stones in to the river, took some natural and some posed snaps there..

Madhavi was ready to walk till Mekedatu, which is 4km from Sangam…But me & Nikhil being hungry, convinced her that we don’t have time and will go by our own car. Since it was too cloudy and started raining, we left the place, a bit early. Since it was 3.30PM, we decided that we will have lunch and then go to Mekedatu.

The restaurant( I forgot the name !) near the parking is very good one..we had a nice North Indian meal, which was a bit costly one but quality was too good !!. The rest rooms are still under construction. So we had no other option but to follow “Jungle me mangal” protocol ;)

After good lunch, we decided to skip Mekedatu and headed towards Bangalore. At 4.45 Pm Madhavi corrected her watch to synch with the time. And it was the time when we left the spot.

Since there was a cool breeze after drizzling, we switched off AC and opened the windows. I was feeling sleepy but Nikhil did not allow me to sleep as his magical hands were on the steering J

We decided on the way that we will have “Mirchi & Girmitt” in NR Colony and then have dinner in “Kamat bugal rocks” once we reach Bangalore.

After traveling a while, Ganesh started driving and this time Ganesh did not allow Nikhil to sleep haha J

Nikhil’s proposal for playing Antyakshari was accepted with full majority. Ganesh and Nikhil were in one team as they were in driver and cleaner’s position respectivelyJ. And I and Madhavi being back seaters formed one team.

We enjoyed some nice old and new Hindi songs with some Kannada songs in between. Nikhil gave good background music for Madhavi’s great singing with special effects from me and Ganesh J

So finally when the driver and cleaner combo lost the game, Ganesh lost the interest in the game !!. Since we were approaching Bangalore, we played Radio Mirchi.

Since it was 7.00 o’clock when we reached Banshankari, we and we were not enough hungry to have dinner at Kamat, we went directly to NR Colony and had Mirchi and Girmitt. Nikhil ate Mirchi without ‘Mirchi’ as it was very hot ! Madhavi tasted Girmitt only.

In order to bring Our tongue to normal state, we drank Maaza J

Nikhil decided to leave for Dharwad on Saturday it self and both of us took drop till my house.

Since Nikhil’s laptop was in Dharwad, we have to wait for snaps till next week !!