Sunday, 17th Feb. 2008, is now registered as the 1st tour of our ISE batch’s small gang. Arranged by my friends, Malyadri, Jugal & Amogh, for our friends, (well, it’s a long list, so I better not name all) went to a place near Sri Rangapatna, named Balmuri Falls (Damn! The names of the places in Karnataka just don’t get into my mind and mouth). I don’t want to churn your bandwidth, so I have uploaded the photos in my Picasa Web Album.

We gathered at some 6:45 am in HAL’s (Airport) Bus Stop in Bangalore. Then we set sail (well, not exactly sail) to the *ahem* earlier mentioned place. On the way, we played (sort of), dumb charades and sung songs (my newly learnt “Pettai Rap” song from the not-so old movie Kadhalan, earned me a good round of applause). In a couple+1 (does that make triple?) hours, we had to fill our tanks (Read – Stomach), so went in to a sort of sophisticated dhaba. I ordered 2 Idli (does idli have a plural form?), and 2 vada (i). After filling our tanks and burping loudly, we resumed our journey.

Finally, we reached our destination, and were slightly disappointed because as the name says, “Falls”, we couldn’t see any water fall, except water continuously falling from a height of 10 feet. Read the rest of this entry »