This is an account of the Mangayam trip we had undertaken as part of tidycity. Mangayam is supposed to be a plastic free zone but contrary to the claims there was a fair share of plastic burning done by the authorities conveniently adding on that they had no other alternative. We planned a trip to this haven which can truly be described as a virgin forest mostly unaffected by human intervention and we plan to ensure it remains so by meeting up with the forest authorities and demanding necessary action on the plastic burning issue.
Here is my take on the place which I am copy pasting from the report I posted on the tidycity forum and thought it would be good enough for my blog too :D.
The trip was simply "AWESOME"!!! I had never known before this trip that there were such beautiful places in tvm. Never again will i tell anyone who asks me about tvm that there's no place here worth visiting!
I start with me waiting at pkda for close to an hour, waiting n waiting n again waiting for the bus to come:| .learned my lesson of punctuality never pays:D. Then we were off on the joy ride to mangayam with songs( lead singrs anil n doc), horror stories(err not quite)from the director, ashith's timed vomiting sensation,vidz un-timed one both of which, thankfully dint materialize , lotsa andha peoples showing off :D, yummy chakapazham from anil(oh yes srijith finished it all...how very bad :D), lotsa other goodies which ashith n rasi competed to finish( ashith wins!), bindu chechis loud secrets. Also, cris grannie's urging on the tidycity anthem which turned out to be a concoction of numerous film songs combined and finally settled on the 'jai ho' lines.There was also a heated debate on what is the exact english translation of 'lehari' (nasha in hindi). Rasi came out with intoxication which seemed acceptable but still not fully so. Suggestions anybody?
Once the short trek to the top began all of us were in high spirits(no pun intended :D) and we settled downstream of a lovely waterfalls. There was the splashing water competition and rasi was the clear winner resisting all splashes valiantly :D. We crossed across to another location where we saw remnants of burnt plastic and the like along with many bottles of the 'lehiri' kind :D. We tried listening to the sound of nature n as bindu rightly said we heard a turbulent face of nature in the form of the gushing waterfalls which was intensified by the rains. There was also the unfortunalte mundu incident which i confess was purely unintentional :|.. :D. We also took many pics of the banners there proclaiming how plastic use was banned but to no effect
Then we rushed into the hotel err eating place for our 4 course meal :).We were totally drenched by then but they dint throw us out :D. The people there were so nice n sweet. They gave us perakka for starters followed by 'kappa meen' followed by rice and 'kanji vellam' drink (which i mistook for something else..considering the ambience n al :D). Then we had cocoa fruit for dessert. Retrieving that from the tree was in itself an event. first there was srijith hanging on to the fruit as perfectly as certain tree climbing animals would and then anil introducing new tactics and demonstrating them with a fall and finally the doc intervened and we were all cocoa chewing.
Back to the center of activity, we were all set to dive into the waters but ended up in our initial place where we found a more furious waterfalls. 'nammal oru 1 hour maari ninnapo endokkeya sambhaviche :|'. anyways we sat at a safe distance watching nature's fury finding new picturesque sites, and clicking away until we had company. Many people came asking us if we could scoot and leave them at peace (alright that is what they meant although they dint put it like that). We the brave people decided to stay on and delay their 'spirited' activities. finally we gave up and vidz gave a parting shot of 'namakku pedi onum illa':D. We then moved on to a smaller falls and there was the learn n teach swimming sessions by the pro's srijith and rasi.
The guides threw us out..err no am exagerrating..they politely told us we must leave the place as it could get dangerous in the monsoons :D. Thus, we were all set to leave and halted at our eating place for kattan kaapi, chai n sugiyan. There was the group photo session too and the eventful monsoon tourism(as the director put it), came to an end. We were on our way back when we had ablaring alaral malsalam aka antakshari. hope our team won in the end :|.
And there ends my elaborate account on the trip which was nothing short of THE BEST!
There ends the account and I feel tidycity is a commendable venture with regard to the cause and it definitely acts as a reminder to anyone to be considerate about the environment that sustains us. The task is simple and requires just a bit of conscious effort from people and its only for themselves!
To join up and be a part of this initiative log on to www.tidycity.org
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