Postcards from the hills : Bandajje falls trek

2016 had been a year of treks for me. This is not because I went to a hundred treks or something (I totaled 5 I think), but because I had never trekked before last year, and these 5 'climbs' made me love trekking so much. Hence, if I look back at my 2016, I think I can confidently say that trekking was one of the highlights of the year.

Out of all the treks though, this one is the most special. After all, this was my first ever! The trek took us about 4 and a half hours and it was one of the most tiring things I had ever done in my life.

We camped at night, although we forgot an essential accessory to set up one of the tents, and so some of us had to sleep in the open. And it rained a bit at night, which added to the cold. Click here to read about the entire experience in detail.

I have compiled a few photographs from that trek below. 

We stopped by a stream on the way in a place called Gundya.

We were chilling there for half an hour before we had lunch and made our way to the starting point

A few butterflies were also chilling by the stream

Our destination as seen from the starting point

Found a stream on the way up. Great place to take a breather, freshen up and drink some water

After 4 and a half hours of trudging through the forest, we come out into the open, all exhausted, and relish the view

We set up a campfire at night. It was pitch dark. We barbecued some pineapples and bananas, the only source of food we had for the night

Waking up in the mornings be like

The Western ghats at dawn

Sunrise. We left shortly afterwards and made our way down in about 3 hours.
The brunch after that was the best ever!

Let me know whether you like this post in the comments below. Take care everyone and have a great day! Next post coming up on Saturday.