Yesterday, we a group of 10 friends, went to Bheemeshwari.
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It's a small tourist spot around 120 odd kms from Bangalore. We had booked taxis and started around 5:30 am in the morning. The journey has some scenic value, though the road is slightly in a bad shape. Once there, we entered some village to ask directions to the rafting camp. The guys over there charged us 100 bucks as "entree fee" :O, showing us some rules written in Kanadda! I guess we got some of what the foreigners experience in India, no wonder the tourism industry is in such a bad shape.
Anyways, we managed to reach the camp. Rafting was fun, the rapids over there were classified level 2. Compared to Rishikesh(level 4), it was peanuts they tell me, still we had a few instances of water splashing all over us. Coupled with the race that broke out among the three rafts backed by constant war-like cheering, the two-hour activity turned out to be real fun, albeit a bit exhausting. We were brought back to the camp in an open jeep - the 5 kilometre ride was another adventure, the driver seemed to just touch the limits "banking" laws of physics would allow on the narrow, windy road out there!
Trekking to a nearby hillock was also a decent experience. The guide took us uphill through relatively rough and steep path, while the downhill journey was on a much smoother track. There was a small watch tower on the top, am unsure of its purpose in such a remote place.
Totally exhausted, we started back to home. Surprisingly, the camp's restaurant didn't stock any cold drinks/biscuits/chips of any sort what-so-ever. However, it had beer, chilled one at that!
Nothing was better than a beerful drive back after the wonderful day :)
All in all, good fun.
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