Place: Kabbe hills
trek
Distance: 300kms x 2
= 600kms
Directions: Bangalore
> Nelamangala > Hirisave > Kikkeri > Hunsur > Virajpete
Krew: Datta (Dattu) > Ashok
(Momz) > Deepak (Deefu) > Karthik (Sippy)
Bikes: Enfield
> Pulsar
Previous
Visit: Huthridurga trek
Budget: Rs 5000/head
IN
LESS THAN 50 WORDS:
Kabbe hills is one of the calmer version
of Tadiandamol. Less visited by tourists, Kabbe is a short hill to climb, but
the position of the hillock is in such a way that it offers a very beautiful
view from the top. Few notable events of this chapter are taking an hour to cover 10kms, sleeping in some random bus stop,
diverting a group of bikers and leading them until they found we were some random people, last but not least amount of cheating we did during card games in plain sight! \m/
INTRO &
PLAN:
2019, I wanted to start with something different. After digging up few
places, considering the weather conditions, we decided that Virajpete would be
the general side we’d be heading towards. Digging deeper found this place
called Kabbe, which happens to the twin of the biggest peak of Coorg –
Tadiandmol. The crew wanted on board were somebody old school as we didn’t know
what to expect from the place and trust me it totally paid off to take the old
school route on this one!
TIME: 23:00 (26/1/2019)
ASSEMBLE
& LEAVE:
Yeah I was up at 04:30, did a few push
ups & situps, had a cup of coffee listening to some Doors. As the pick-up
was scheduled at Dattu’s place, left comfortably by 6AM and after formal
greetings we left Bangalore.
The plan was simple – GO, CLIMB, COME
BACK!
TIME: 07:00
RIDE 1:
(Bangalore– Nelamangala – Kikkeri – Hunsur - Virajpete)
This 300kms first day ride had to be one of the craziest done till date.
As we left Bangalore, we cruised along at a pretty decent pace. We decided to
take the Hassan road as we had thoroughly enjoyed the route during our visit to
Tadiandmol. We pulled over at our
regular hotel for breakfast. Once funny incident that occurred before we
reached the hotel.
The Diversion:
A group of about 50-75 bullets were on full on roar on Tumkur road,
somehow, momz with his bullet got into the crowd and even though he didn’t mean
to, he was successful in steering away 10-15 bikes with us to Hassan road :P
while others continued straight towards Chitradurga. Best part is he had no
clue what mischief he had pulled off, poor riders had to get screwed from the
higher ups- yeah hierarchy or anarchy?!.
TIME: 7:30
After our tummies full, we stepped out for some light tea. Knowing there
was some greenery around, we decided to just have tea and proceed and pull over
in a peaceful spot. After about an hour of riding we parked our bikes on the
highway and pretty much stranded off into somebody’s farm. Finding a peaceful
spot, we were pretty much up afloat speaking to dogs and cows of the farm.
TIME: 10:30
The Decoy:
As we left the “somebody’s” farm,
we proceeded towards hirisave, remembering barely the right roads we asked
localities for direction and we were happily en route Kikkeri. Once we reached
Kikkeri, we missed a turn that took us into completely country roads and the
two bikes got separated. Dattu and me were happily floating and going in
circles around a town meeting the same railway tracks again and again. When we
crossed the railway for the third time we realised we were in some deep shit.
We called Momz and deefu and they started laughing at us and said they’d wait
for us near the highway about 30kms from Hunsur, I looked at Dattu and asked
him “ last we asked that localities about
an hour ago he said Hunsur is 40kms”
Buying some Koppiko and a bottle of cold water, we stood on firm ground
for a while and then proceeded further. Meeting deefu & momz who were
already sitting peacefully in a grassland nearby, we met up and after a hearty
laugh we pulled over at Hunsur for some lunch!
TIME: 13:00
After some heavy lunch and some lemon tea we felt the dizziness drifting
away. Hopping back on our bikes, we proceeded merrily to enter Virajpete and
pull over at our standard juice shop. I can tell you my bag’s weight increased
atleast by 7-8kgs.
TIME: 16:00
TURN VIEW
ESTATE:
Reaching the home stay we had some tea and proceeded towards the
Cheluvara backwaters which flows within the home stay. Crashing in the waters,
we floated on the water. Post the sunset we set the campfire alight and sat
around it with some music and snacks drinking juice. The party went on until
late night, we spoke of all sorts of shit like animies, school life,
imitations, the last time how we all made it back from WH, Himalayas plan for
2019 and finally we crashed.
TIME: 02:00
Day 2: Kabbe
hills trek
Woke at about 7AM, had some coffee and began to wake up others as well.
We all went for an early morning walk into the estate and had a second round of
coffee and juice at the tree house. After an excellent breakfast we packed
lunch in a hot box and were all set for a day in the hills.
TIME: 09:00
We left the homestay and reached the base of hill in about 30mins,
hardly 10km from homestay. Upon reaching, there was guard and he said we could
go only to one of hills as the other hill was banned. We were okay, but he also
said we can’t stay at the top for long, this go us worried, we tried negotiating,
but he was a forest official and in a way it was good to see them stick to
rules.
We kept all our back packs at the post, and began running towards the
top. The climb was not a big one and the path was quite clear. But the view we
got from the top was excellent. We did loaf around at the top for about
30-45mins. And finally decided to head back.
Upon reaching the base, we picked up our backpacks and as we rode back
there was some strike at various places and the roads were blocked, we asked
them for directions and took a narrow road between two beautiful estates.
TIME: 12:00
Finding a bus stop nearby and the aroma of the rice bath sitting in the
backpack hitting us all hard, we decided to pull over at the bus stop and
finish off what was a very memorable lunch.
We doubled back to the homestay, slightly disappointed with the trek – tats how life is right, a total ..forget it!. And finally sat
at about 2:30PM, lighted a few and started explaining the epic card game of
Mendikot to Deefu and Dattu. Trust me, next thing you know the campfire was alight at about 8PM, and we were floating and playing for about 6hours
straight. The greenery kept fading but
we were getting into the game totally. The epic marathon lasted for about 12 hours
and crashed back into our beds after a heavy dinner.
TIME: 02:00
DAY 3: Ride
back
Third day, woke up as usual at around 6AM. Had nothing to do, so opened
the fridge and was trying to finish off all the left overs silently, when all
others heard the cling and came rushing for an early morning party :P. We sat
around the camp fire which as almost dying and I looked around there was a
thick log of wood, and a bottle of kerosene. The challenge was accepted by momz
and together we put the log into the dying embers and poured kerosene over it.
It set ablaze like a signal fire haha. After a nice heavy traditional heavy
breakfast we decided to head back towards Bangalore.
TIME: 09:00
The ride back was surprisingly smooth. We took the Mysore route while
heading back, and guess what, we did spot some elephants as well. Jumped ofd
the bikes and headed towards the edge of the road to get a closer look, by then
I realized what I thought were other ordinary people were actually forest
guards, smiled at them and stood alongside for few minutes and hopped on the
bikes and Mysore dhaba was the target.
We reached Mysore pretty early so, continued further and pulled over at
our regular Dhaba at mandya for some light lunch. Post lunch, felt drowsy as
the sun was blazing, never the less we rode at a constant 70-80kmph and made it
back to Bangalore in one piece.
TIME: 17:30
CONCLUSION:
“This chapter I must say slightly
different. The trek was small, but the homestay was excellent. We weren’t allowed
to stay on top of the hill, but the lunch at some random bus top was very
memorable, the going around in circles in a town was damn funny and something I’ll
remember for a long time. And last but not least, the amount of laughter,
secrecy and ofcourse my cheat codes in the game of mendikot made this a
wonderful trip”
Until next time, Cia \m/
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