A casual weekday!

On May 18th 2010, at 6:30 AM  in the  morning, an alarming incident happened. The alarm went up. I woke up, got ready and casually reached office at 7:30 AM. As usual, I logged into my machine. And to emphasize on the casual aspect of the day, I submitted a casual leave application!! This form was casually approved by my manager who was also in the office in the early hours of the morning along with couple of other team members. Other members took it even more casually and finally the whole team was in office at 8:30 AM. And we embarked on our one day fun trip to Anandhamama, a place 80 kms off Bangalore.
To make sure that the driver does not sleep, we sang regional songs, rap music and made whole lot of noise till we reached Kanakapura, a village 60 kms off Bangalore.   As told by the office authorities who had booked the resort, we called up the resort people who were very glad to inform us that there is NO advance booking as per their records and they can't arrange for it now. And so emerged the need for plan B. The suggestions of movie and lunch surfaced but the idea of returning back to cement jungles sounded really boring. And so the rescue team decided to look what lied ahead on the road.
As the wise men say "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted". During my last trip to Bheemeshwari, I had encountered a Jungle lodges resort there who were very glad to offer a daily visit package on a weekend without an advance booking.  Since Bheemeshwari was on our way, we called them up and thankfully they gave the same positive response. So off we went ahead, singing songs and playing dumb charades until we reached the nature and fishing camp at Jungle Lodges, Bheemeshwari.

We hit the large rope nets before our welcome drinks arrived to indicate the resort authorities that they had caught their fish for the day :P. Then we trekked down a steep hill to be mesmerized by the breathtaking and serene view from the top. This was followed by the most important part of any weekday: Lunch :P. We idled on the river banks after lunch raising the water level by throwing rocks into the river.Then, we were given bright pink life jackets to add some excitement to a dull coracle ride. The large rope nets unleashed the spider man out of most of us who spent the next hour sleeping/jumping/climbing trees/posing like spiderman for the sake of pictures. Some decided to give the swing the swing of its lifetime, while others just stuck to their usual weekday afternoon nap in hammocks. The sight of snacks and tea was enough motivation to put our feet back on the ground.
 As the sun set on the day, we headed back to the civilization to tell the tale of our impromptu adventure on a casual weekday!