Our camp above the clouds
Pushpagiri range
Kukke Subrahmanya Temple. Can you see the hill behind? Hidden by the fog :)
The guy painted himself and stood here for hours!
Sunil & Sanjay - Stretching the muscles!
Moth
The entire team - Roopa, Roli, Ravi, Sanjay, Sunil & Giri
Unfortunately, not many follow the rules. Every year the stretch gets dirtier.
all set!
This is just the start!
beautiful path!
take a break
Back on the move. The trees here were unusually tall.
A long break, this one. We had papaya & oranges.
Sunil :)
Giri :)
On the other side!
colorful wild mushroom
check out the angle, it constantly increases to 70 degree
Leech
Giri is focusing on Ravi. Ravi, what are you focusing on?
Me!
All rocks & mud. Thank god, it did not rain.
Enter the Grass Field!
Kukke town at the base of the hill
Lugging on
Almost at the end of one phase of the trek
Almost there!
What a view!
A clear day!
There is a farm at this height!
A part of Bhattara Mane
Resting in the courtyard of Bhattara Mane, while lunch is being set.
Ace Photographer!
hibiscus
pitching tents
view from our camp
The two second tent for two people - the easiest setup till date! Takes two seconds to open up and less than 1 minute to fold it back
almost done
path from camp leading to forest guard house & bhattara mane
Wow
Bhattara mane & tota (Bhattara house & farm)
The green folds of nature :)
another view of the camp from a distant hill. Giri had to trek again for all these beautiful pictures.
Wildflower for Roli's garden
Don't feel like coming back to Bangalore
Sunday Morning! what a place to wake up!
Cloud envelope
Bheemana Kallu!
Reminds of Kalawaara betta!
Sea of clouds
One of my favorite pics of the lot. A Self portrait by Giri
Silver lining
Making breakfast in Forest Guard house
Yummy Chai & Break Poha
Bhattara Farm is a Museum of Citrus fruits. We saw at least 15 types of citrus (many for the first time)
Fern
uncurling fern
Citrus
Close look: Roli admiring the flora & Fauna
Ravi getting into the arecanut tree
more mushrooms
natural pots
beauty of a leaf
dazzling shade of light on the Fern
Sugandha pushpa, sensationally sweet smelling flower!
Another beauty that dwells in the wild!
there were hundreds of butterflies in a small space where sugandha pushpa plants were grown. A natural butterfly garden
beetle leaf
sugandha pushpa flowers
stream? extreme
Rings in the tree
another set of colorful mushrooms
on our way back
The rain clouds Its raining somewhere close by!
Beautiful
Getting down took so less time
Rain Clouds
Did we really do this?
A little stretching after the trek!
Back to the base :)
