A small intro of our planning a trip to TADA. Hmmm actually we have not planned a trip to tada. Instead we have planned a Movie trip to Satyam or Mayajal. Hmmm finally I, Sudhakar, Vijey and Ganesh accepted a plan of going to mayajal and ganesh is the person in charge of getting the tickets. The Day we planned, the same night ganesh, night be after a long thinking sent a message to all of us stating why not plan trip to TADA. Hmmm the time he sent the message mostly all of them are fast asleep and no one noticed the message.
Asusual I was sleeping till 9am. The same happens to Sudhakar and Vijey... Hope only Ganesh would have wake up Very early by 8:55am thinking we were awake and would have replied for the message. But noone replied for the message. Then Sudhakar called me by 9:45am and we are discussing about the falls and we called up Vijey and Ganesh and put up in conference. Hmmm finally we called up newly wed Divya to ask whether she is coming with muthu to Trip. But I hope Muthu might have got scolding and would have told her that i won’t come out with you. so she said I wont come with u guys. Hmmm Poor muthu... Finally we planned to start by 10:30am. Hmmm a Quick plan really worked out finally. Hmm sudhakar has already told only quick plan will Work out. And there was a big confusion on how to Go . Is it by Car or Ganesh's new Jeep? a big debate went and finally we agreed to go in Car. Ganesh was literally worried... Hmm he keeps on saying we would have come in JEEP. Hope we would be going back there in his Jeep with four wheel drive soon.
Ganesh, Vijey and Sudhakar started in car by 10:15am from Sudhakar's place. Hmm but actually sudhakar told me that ganesh has not yet come and he is on the way since he came by his jeep. So thinking that I left one train and waiting for another train from Nungambakkam to Guindy. Hmmm Before reaching there i would have got too much phone calls from ganesh and sudhakar asking me where I’m. Finally I reached Guindy by 10:30Am... Hmmm I hope it would be the quickest trip ever planned and the grand success.
We Started from Guindy Sharp 10:45am playing rocking Tamil songs. Got hold in a heavy traffic. Ganesh was very patient to drive through that high traffic from guindy to Redhills. We are planning to have food inbetween but didnt stop anywhere. We stopped near a small village nearby. I hope if we would have missed that we would not have got food to eat and DRINKS to drink... A good fun in the Tea shop with Ganesh asking him a parcel of Tea in a Cup, but the Tea man has asked for High or Low tichasan. We got everything packed with snacks and Lunch we headed towards TADA.
TADA is on the way route to srikalahasti. You need to travel deep into village to reach the falls. It was quite a heavy drive from Chennai to TADA falls. we have Ganesh Starting First and Sudhakar continues a full stretch in NH 65 Chennai - Culcutta Highway and After sometime vijey took over and went the way hmmm the slowest drive we had in the trip. And we paid Toll in TADA Gateway and Sudhakar took over a Great drive which doesn’t have Roads. Hmmm it was really a great Drive we reached the parking place there. And in-between we had a good view of Kalki Ashrammam and took a few snaps. I suggest you people need to get necessary food and water so that u wont starve there.
This Tada falls trip has beaten the expectations. We were travelling in the chennai – kolkata highway. I feel that the highway is not that good as the chennai-bangalore highway, but it will be the Best after 6 Way traffic lanes if completed. We took the route from Koyembedu, Anna nagar, Red hills, Karanodai, padi which leads to Srikalahasti, towards Nellore.
When you say falls, you would imagine the previous falls you had seen and u expect the similar kind of view. But for us, it was not. We got totally a different feeling. Sudhakar and Ganesh were driving the car and it’s a challenge for him and the Car would have cried if it had feelings like in cars Movie. Also we saw huge mountains, and ground before that where we spent some time and then started towards falls. We reached a place where the road ends. After that there were no proper roads. It was made up of pebble and marble stones. You cannot drive just like that. We also see people driving their bike over the stones road. We were very much afraid whether his car will go crossing these obstacles. Ganesh challenged and we all supported him despite having fear at our heart. But one thing we all had in our mind is that “enjoy what ever that comes…”
We reached to a certain distance where smaller no. of cars and bikes were parked. Then we refreshed there and locked every thing inside the car and started walking towards the falls. While on the go, we shoot some videos, pictures. The photos were taken with Vijey's Camera. Having all sorts of fun like this, we are marching towards. The Climate was fantastic with slight drizzling. Sudhakar got tired and asked for some rest, still we insisted him to walk and take rest after reaching the destination. We all encouraged ourselves and started walking towards the falls. People told that it’s just 3 km and a hour wlaking from the parking slot. Hearing those, our hearts filled with joy. But that is not true. We walked almost 5 km and around 2 hours inside the Tada forest and reached a place where you can see the running water. Some of our friends /ancestors where there jumping over the trees. he he he he …. Its monkey….
We all played in this running water for some time, took snaps etc. after that we started again towards the main falls. We wanted to see the main falls; again we started walking towards it. at some point, there is no proper route. We walked towards the top of a little mountain, then down and then walking in the ground and reached a place where a small temple was there and there too i could see people selling snacks etc. on the way to this place, we saw crystal clear running water flowing towards the place where we were playing. Besides the temple, is the water flowing. it is very chill. We saw a bunch of people playing in water here. We thought this is the end of the falls….but people said there is no falls and u need to walk at least 1hour to reach the falls. We walked with confidence and some sort of adamant behavior which forced us to see the end of the falls. We were walking towards a cave.
This is the place which you never ever had seen before. Giant Rocks, water flowing beneath it, caves at some places. All these made me to feel danger at beneath my heart, but a thrilling experience. at last, we ended seeing the falls in a small cave at some height, we saw water pouring from it. At the bottom is the hole and if you been in to that, you can never get out. We reached this place at around 5PM. when we started from the parking slot, the time was 2.45PM. Then we all went into that cave like place and took bath. The water was so chill like the fridge cold water. The pain we had while walking towards this place had gone away after sitting under the falls. It so cool you know. Every body should experience this and this nice place. We were there for an hour and started at around 6.30 PM. we plan to reach the car before sun light goes off since there is none who can help out. No villagers. And the thrill continues.
Once we started to reach the car, we were again walking over Giant Rocks, greenish water which can make you slip and fell down. Thank fully, we were all safe, but I fall down in couple of places. We thought No injury for us, but I found my nail came out after coming to Chennai.
While returning, we were walking along the route in which water is flowing. We had faith in ourselves and some danger in our heart which we didn’t reveal to any one. But our heart is filled with fun, thrill, danger, pain. Some how, we reached the temple back again. From here, the route is clear. We were walking along with we could not see any person on the way. And at last, at around 7 PM we reached the car by slowing walking over the mountains and in the forest.
Ganesh started driving the car so that we will be leaving the place quickly. one thing which we did wrong is that we didn’t pack WATER to Drink and we paid a Big money to get WATER. The biscuit was helpful for us as we lost most of our energy by crossing over Giant Rocks and walking through the forest and mountains. Ganesh started driving carefully back to Home. i suggest people when going for a long drive like this, have more than one people who knows driving, It was really helpful to us since one is not tired. We some how reached the highway and was travelling towards Chennai.
With the Great Travel, we reached Anna Nagar I dropped out there and went to room in Bus. I got info from Ganesh and sudhakar that there was a huge Traffic and they reached home only by 10:30 ... Hurray... A Great Fun and Enjoyment after a Long time... Thanks Sudhakar, Ganesh and Vijey Who made the Day a Great FUN :)
Soon will narrate another Trip...
