A Bliss in Travelling

by Sunil Chinthala (India)

A leap into the unknown India

It was an unique adventurous travel happened in my life so far...OMG..still those moments were in my memory more than that I had captured in photos,videos & more than that excited discussions and conversations happened with my buddies after exploring Dudhsagar Water falls,which was located on the Madgaon - Belagavi rail route about 46 km east of Madgaon and 80 km south of Belgaum India with a height of above 1000 ft approx.and monsoon season is the best adventurous time to visit. One of the best travel memories that I made so far wouldn't be so exciting & thrilling if I didn't mention that unexpected & unplanned trip which happened on 18th July 2015 from Belgaum to Dudhsagar,Karnataka. By the time, we were not that much attached to phones & browsing so when we planned to go for the trip,none of us haven't done any kind of research about the place & even didn't browse for any photos of it. That made us even more exciting, thrilling since we heard about its beauty & we were just aware of schedule of available train ...yes it's Only one Train named as " Belgaum to Vasco Da Gama" Bi weekly passenger which got started at 6:20AM from belgaum & got reached by 9:15PM that too there was no specific platform for the train to stop but it used to gets slow for 1-2 minutes & as passengers we need to get down immediately but be careful but we felt got was an crazy & amazing experience. From there onwards, with our light backpacks we walked about a kilometre on the tracks to arrive at the falls and we came across a tunnel of 200m which was very dark and got welcomed by beautiful downpour & literally felt like our eyes without blinking got arrested by pure,fresh & dark greeny surroundings of forest and were in jaw dropping experience when we caught by giant water falls which was renowned soul of Dudhsagar. I still remember that thrilling crowd of families,lovers,friends who held busy in filling their baggage with eye catching lifetime memories,photos etc. I saw there was a small room nearby waterfalls which got naturally decorated with green algae and we tried to reach there by catching broken & improper steps that were built many years long back but with a lot of difficulty & risk, within 15min we were managed to reach there which many people couldn't do and when got there the real view of waterfalls got very closer to our eyes & we felt our senses very deeply when those tiny & chilling drops of water touching our face & all over the body and we enjoyed when our ears got impressed with those echoes of huge force of water falls. Time had sprinted like usain bolt, after having long walk alongside railway tracks that filled with funny conversations,playing with baby monkeys,observing variety of trees,etc. we finally arrived the evening in around 5:45PM by gathering at a place where many happy faces were waiting to catch a train which we need to getin again when it gets slow for 1-2 min. Just a few minutes before leaving, I had spoken with a mid-aged guy who was running a small tea shop with biscuits, who revealed many interesting things about that forest surrounded water falls & he used to return by walk instead of train since his home was in the nearby village. With our return train journey,just the day at Dudhsagr waterfalls got ended instead of still pouring rain, but my eyes which got beautifully immersed with views of forest,rain,waterfalls,adventures,giant trees,etc.got closed only when I went to sleep by 11:45 PM at my hotel in Belgaum. I feel, travel diaries of some people were the result of sharing of experiences of travel explorers who are really who made others to have mind blowing & self realising experiences of various shades of nature,empty & friendly accepting roads, crystal clear water,essence of innocent creatures, giant shadowed trees (like more than Avengers superheroes), number of food varieties and accompanied people's positive vibes finally meeting your inner soulmate of life.