Okay...so we had a long weekend, but we didnt want a long-weekend trip. Just a short one - a sweet 2-day trip and then a sunday rest at home :-). We did this keeping in mind the monday blues we used to have while driving back to Blore on a sunday after a long-weekend trip.
We had earlier gone to "Georgia Sunshine Village", but this time we thought let us rope in our friends too. Its a small homestay kind of setup , with just 8 cottages, around 150 kms from Blore after Kanakpura. You go down on the scenic Kanakpura road after taking the nice NICE roads from Marthahalli -- Reach Mallavali town and then there is an abstract turn to a small village followed by a a small track off the road leading to this rustic home stay.
It is strictly for people who are lazy and all they want to do to just roam around direction-less half of the time and rest of the time just want to eat and sit on a hammock counting the leaves on the innumerable trees around. And four of us surely belong to this category.
What I also like about going on the Kanakpura road is you dont have to go to the Mysore road :-) I am thoroughly bored going through the long six-lane road with not much vegetation on either sides...so this route was a welcome change.
We reached around 11 am in Friday and all we could think of was lunch...sumptuous just to spoil the guests. The food is really delicious here and specially cooked by the owner's wife..the dining hall has some amazing interiors and antiques clearly showing that the owners have traveled a lot.
So, while we were in a sleep like slumber post lunch...our kids were happy playing with the farm animals. They have some rabbits, ducks, rooster, goats and a few dogs that give a nice background noise while you just let the food slowly digest to make space for the next meal :-) Early evening, we could go for fishing...which was more like feeding the fish..as the fish were too smart to get hooked in our trap. It was a small 10 min walk from our cottage -- scenic and quiet. At the end of the day you are so much at peace - happy at being able to count the lazy moments of the day that got over....
Next day, we could squeeze in some time out of our busy relaxation schedule and visit the roaring sivasamudram falls. It was a short 20 minute stop around 15 kms from Georgia Sunshine Village. So, before the crowd grew, we moved out around 12 pm towards talakkad which is at a slight detour of 20 kms. But, as we progressed, the stretch led to bad roads. It took a good 1 hr to reach there only to discover that it was a very untidy and highly commercial something like a beach on the shores of Kaveri. The temple (which we wanted to visit actually) was a good walk from that place. Not in a mood to put in that effort and with the kids not ready to get out of the car, we started on our way back...
Overall a good slow weekend...more such weekends to follow hopefully :-)
