A TRAVELOGUE- DUDH
SAGAR
As planned we were all set at the Majestic railway station
on 31/10/13 at 9:00, since we didn’t get any seats to reserve for the “TO” journey
we had to get into General compartment. We did our best though I, Jyothi and
Manasa arrived late. All we did was, we sat in the already held seats by the
rest who had arrived early. Thank you guys J
. I never knew journey in general compartment would be so fun filled, People
fighting , Slippers falling on the people sitting down and they throwing it out
of the window . It was awesome J
, and I had got a superb company the guy who irritated me every second by
asking questions to which I couldn’t answer.
We reached the Londa railway station by 8:00 on 1/11/13 in
the morning; we had Idlis in the railway station and also got vadapavs packed
for the lunch. From there we took a taxi to Castle Rock since direct trains or
busses were not available. Please do not pay more than 1000 for the big 12
seater taxi though we were cheated, which we got to know later. From there we
started our trek on the railway tracks to Dudh Sagar. The 14km trek to Dudh
Sagar railway station was actually tiring, tiring because of the heavy bags.
Finally we reached Dudh Sagar railway station at 5:00, and took rest for a
while from there its 1km to Dudh Sagar waterfalls, we reached the falls by 5:15
and we enjoyed the majestic Waterfalls. We pitched the tents and we enjoyed in
water for some time. Amar anna we are sorry we are collectively responsible for
the loss of 2 tents which we left in the trainL.
Later we set up fire and we cooked Upma, Thanks to all those
who involved themselves in cooking while the others were playing Kannada game
with Amar anna. By 11 everything was done and we slept. While 5 slept outside
the others slept in tents. The night was the best. We slept right next to the
track and every time the train went we were in shock for a moment. Ha ha ha
Pramodh your dream was the best. We woke up at 6 in the morning and got ready
to take a dip in the falls. Since the current in the falls was very high in the
top we followed Amar anna who took us to a safe place 2km down the falls. The
path to this is the right which has to be taken in the dual tunnel right after
the falls. We had unlimited fun in the water for a long time. We came back and
unpitched the tents. We all got ready for the train from Dudh Sagar to Madgaon.
Since we all were tired we decided to take the train rather than trekking 20km
more. The train was delayed by 2:30 hours. It was scheduled to arrive at 11:00,
but it arrived at 1:30.
We reached the Madgaon railway station at 4:00, and from
there we took a big auto to Colva beach. It was awesome fun in the beach. We
did the Banana ride, Jet skiing, Para sailing etc. It was awesome. We all took
bath in the nearby sulubh toilet and got ready to leave for the Madgaon railway
station. Since we had reserved the seats for the 9:00 Vasco-Yeshwanthpur express.
We arrived on time to the railway station. But the train was late by 3:30 hrs.
We finished our dinner and took rest for a while. While some of us slept too.
The train arrived at 12:15 and we were in our seats by
12:30. We all slept. The train was scheduled to reach Bangalore at 1:30. We
enjoyed a lot in the train from 7:00 hrs to 1:30 hrs. We sang, made fun of each
other, played Dum shards etc. The experience was superb. We reached Yeshwanthpur
railway station at the scheduled time and parted form there bidding farewell, with
the promise of meeting in the next trek. The best memory I have of this trek is .......
Finally, never think there is anything
impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is
sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Swami Vivekananda
Poojith Prakash
Swami Vivekananda
