The rock formation due to water erosion. When the waterfall is overflowing, whirlpools in these pockets cause violent whirlpools and formation of the beautiful work of nature

Patience Pays or Feeds

I was told this person might have to wait anywhere between 20mins to 4hrs to catch some fish. The fish is either sold in the market or taken home for the daily meal.

Captain Sid

I thought it would be easy to row the coracle, but contrary to my thinking the geometry of the coracle makes it pretty difficult to move forward most of the time I kept going round in circles

Coracle Sun Bathing

Coracle upside-down getting tanned

Family Transport

Family (including the Dog) going across the river to fetch supplies.

Snacks on the Water

Coracle Walking

Coracle Farm

Chullah

The Traditional Indian Charcoal fired Stove "Chullah", food cooked on the Chullah tastes yummier than food cooked on the Stoves available these days. For those who can imagine with their tastebuds imagine the taste of pizza cooked in a clay oven as compared to an electric oven

Spelling Bee In South India

This reminds me of a very old joke we used to crack in our younger days.
How does a Tamilian Spell Sleep : Es El E yet another E P

Hogenakkal Falls

The wanderer in us (Jin n Me) was not really wandering enough, this is what we both mutually consented to one week day. So a plan had to be hatched which would not tire us on the first day of the weekend (unfortunate that we have only two days). After exploring a lot of options (i.e ranganathittu, somanathapura...) the decision was made Hogenakkal Falls it was gonna be.

Had to be an early start to the day, though these are the winter months, but the sun can burn you out enough. 0530hrs outta bed, 0545hrs out on the road. The route to Hogenakkal falls was pretty straightforward Hosur-Krishnagiri-Dharmapuri(NH7)-Pennagaram- Hogenakkal(SH60).172kms and 3hrs later when we reached Hogenakkal we were sure about one thing no matter how good the falls are the drive was brilliant. If you the thought the NH would be a nice drive, believe me the twisty turny road a little ghat section and the sights along the way was the highlight of the SH.

We were expecting to take the same road back however we did miss a turn and on the way back bypassed Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri and directly joined NH7 at Hosur. Route on the way back was Hogenakkal-Pennagaram (SH60)- Left turn just before Dharmapuri to join SH17- Pallakodu-Rayakottai-Hosur (SH17)- Bangalore (NH7). Surprisingly though the SH is just a two lane road. But 158kms and 2.5hrs later we were home. Thankfully both way we had absolutely zero traffic delays other than the toll booths, this however I attribute to our decision of leaving early from home and getting back early too.

From :: Bangalore
To :: Hogenakkal Falls
Route (Onward):: Hosur-Krishnagiri-Dharmapuri(NH7)-Pennagaram- Hogenakkal(SH60)
Route (Return):: Hogenakkal-Pennagaram (SH60)- Left turn just before Dharmapuri to join SH17- Pallakodu-Rayakottai-Hosur (SH17)- Bangalore (NH7)
Distance Covered::330km
Travel Time (ON ROAD)::5.5hrs
Travel Type :: DAY (Half Day) Trip