A Day Well MisSpent

May 2. Woke up this morning with high hopes. The driver who took us to the Hebbe Falls is to be blamed here. Habitually we all got ready delayed and it was 10:30 AM when we boarded with the packed lunch for all, in one vehicle. Both the drivers were new faces and the previous day driver is no where to be seen. Assuming these new drivers are well informed about our expectations and to ensure that, I asked him if he is taking the forest route to go to the Mullayanagiri Peak, then taking us to the Muthodi sanctuary and then back in the forest route for the sunset. He said, "NO". He will take us in the usual state highway for Mullayangiri and Muthodi on which we could have driven our cars ourselves. He blamed on us for not being ready by 9 o clock, for his decision to change the route. By now only One vehicle is boarded and the two families for the other vehicle is still hurrying up. If we start by 11 o clock through forest route, then we will be late for the Safari at 3 PM in sanctuary and have to miss the Mullayangiri peak too. Just for the sake of travelling in forest and miss the tourist spots, we didn't want to over ride his decision. The other important reason was, the pack had 4 kids in which 2 were toddlers. We didn't want our plan to be irksome for the kids apart from missing the Safari and the peak visit. So we had to abide by the Driver's plan and set off at 11 AM. Still we didn't lose hope on having a nice time for the day.Read more