Kiss of the Mist - The yercaud Adventure

Kiss of  the Mist - The yercaud Adventure
Adventure is not destiniy, it is what you choose

Sunday, September 4, 2011

"FINAL DAY: B(T)EAR CAVE", CONNECTING WITH NATURE




I continued walking with a feel of anger,and i saw the 3 roads, i just asked a shop near by and they said visitors are not allowed to the bear caves now days as there was a robbery! so i took the high road on the right to sherveroy temple. i moved up the road still thinking of ways to make the camera work, i sat down on a stone on the corner of the road and tried to make miracles happen for my camera, i did not work!!.

i saw an old man coming out of the bushes of the mountains and i asked him about bear cave he showed me a way through the trees in the mountain and told i could enter the gates and beware of dogs! he also asked me to say that i came in a wrong route and the guard near the cave will allow inside.

Bear cave is actually located within a private estate!! i have to go convince the guards to get in.i went through the hill trees and entered into the estate's 1st gate, i walked in the path into estate, it was so beautiful! i again hit myself in the head for the camera not working!i walked into the estate and it was totally silent , the estate looked like a small guest house and it was locked.

i didn want the guard to set the dogs on me, so i started searching for him and to seek permission. there was a path to my left and i followed it , there was a bike and slipper outside a room. I knocked the door no one replied! i thought is there any psycho killer here?? and then i looked for  a big stick to fight with dogs.

Again to my right from the room i walked on a path , which led to backside of the guest house, there was a huge stick , i took it and walked few step and the backdoor was open but still it was perfectly silent. i shouted "sir , sir" for a minute no one replied. my heart said the dogs will definitely be around somewhere.

i walked slowly without making a noise and found myself near the steps which is on the right side of the guest house, i climbed on the steps and saw, wow that's the "BEAR CAVE". there were rocks on the side and all the steps and rocks were covered with green slippery minute plants. i sat on the rock and took few snaps from my mobile.



i sat there for a while, i just listened to the wind , the trees and plants, tears came out of my eyes, i starred at the bears cave for a while and looked at the sky, smiled at the cave as i wiped my tears.

i got down the steps and on my left was a down slope covered with plants. if i could go across the plants i can reach the 1st gate path(assuming it to be a short route).i climbed a rock and was about to get down and my legs slipped, my right leg was caught by creeper plants!! i was so amazed and i felt like the creepers were knowing i would fall and they got hold of me the right time. it was just like a mother catching her baby when it falls down trying to walk.

even if i had fallen i would be just become dirty because of the mud and nothing serious :). suddenly i heard a voice "oiiii" and i stood up i the rock and there was a old man on the road with a sickle saying " angenydhu po , roadu ku va! inga enga poaraa?" (go back to the road, were are you trying to go from there" i used the lie that i lost my way and went back to road and next minute the old man was standing in front of me!!!! only then i knew if i had gone by the road itself i would have reached the gate ..lol and that's the short route !!! i took a pic of the man and walked back to the hill trees and back on the road were i was sitting and trying to repair my camera!

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