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Published: February 14th 2007
Butterfly
it was just fluttering by!Finally I took a train to visit my folks in Salem. As usual I don't seem to be able to handle them for more than 24 hours. I stayed with them for a night and the next evening, I wanted to get away from there. It's not like I hate my parents or anything like that. I just feel I can't really relate to them that well these days.
Any way, I decided to take a bus to Kodai and camp there for a night or so. I had been to Kodai many times, but I have never climbed up the Perumal Malai peak. I figured that would be a good place for me to camp. The climb was quite easy compared to some of the other treks I have done. It took me about 3 hours or so to get to the top.
The weather wasn't all that great. It was too foggy, so I couldn't see thing. It was nice to be in a place which was cold. I sat there all alone and enjoying the weather, food and reading the newspaper. Normally, I am very talkative, but I enjoyed being alone. I figured there is no
flowers
they are my favourite things that I love taking pictures of. point in talking to myself... I am not going to listen anyway!! 😊
After spending a few hours wondering whether it was a good idea for me to camp alone. I had camped out alone in freezing weather, but I was kind of crazy then. Any way, a couple of times I wanted to climb down... but in the end, I decide to camp.
Well, I set up my tent quite early and made sure everything was done properly. It was quite windy, so I didn't want to lose my rain flap in the night. So, I used 8 pegs to keep it down. When I am alone or under stress, my mind can work really well... generally with a lot of good imagination... things like elephant might come and eat me and stuff like that. Any way, in the bush the thing that I afraid of is snakes. So I found myself a nice stick and kept it in the tent, so when Mr.Snake tries to sneek into my tent, I can knock down... well that's the plan anyway!
oh... well! as it was getting, I started getting worried... I was worried that an elephant might
trees in the mist
it can be pretty scary to be walking alone in the mist, through the forest. attack me... or a bison! Any way, Ramki called me and gave me words of wisdom and encouragement and told me not to wander out of the tent at night. As I was talking to him, I heard a noise which sounded like a howling of a fox... something like that! Any way, in the end, I told myself that it's ok to be scared... I am not a sissy... but the truth is I am afraid when I camp out alone. I think if I camp out often, I guess I should be able to get over my fear... any way, that's the lesson. Let's see what happens when camp next time... (what a scary thought!) 😊
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