(2010 could easily qualify as “the year of the travelogues” for me…have made so many trips this year - and no, I am not complaining!)
This weekend it was the call of the wild –a safari adventure to the lush greens of Mudumalai (in Tamil Nadu) and around.
A lot of firsts this time around too…And here they are…
Tree Houses!
Yep, we actually got to stay in a tree house – a bamboo structure on stilts on top of a tree – a little rickety but the highlight was the visit by a monkey through the window. No amount of shrieking and shooing could deter it from keeping away!
Here’s the tree house we stayed in…
Zip-Lining
We crossed a river stream on a cable while being attached to a free moving pulley. I felt a little scared in the beginning – the moment when you have to just let go – that primal fear of not having any support to cling on – but after all the cajoling and cheering from everybody I did let go, and lo behold – suspended mid-air is so much fun!
Managed posing “up in the air”…
Jumaring
Jumaring is a basic rock climbing technique wherein you use ascenders on a rope to climb. At our resort, a rope was suspended from a tree and we had to climb to the top. This activity required immense physical exertion. I realized that pulling your body up is the most difficult thing ever. My fore-arms and shoulders have been aching for days together since then. The free-fall after reaching the top was as thrilling as any roller-coaster ride.
We also did the wild life safari but it wasn’t too great. We got to see:
- Peacocks…
- Langurs…(check out the dude’s expressive eyes)
- Monkeys…(cute yet dangerous)
- A lone wild tusker (elephant)…
- Bisons (from really far off)…
- An immensely adorable tree squirrel…
- And of course the spotted beauties (deer)…
P.S. No tigers (Mudumalai has a count of 86 tigers) and no huge herds of elephants :(.
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