Dhope Travels-4
Journey to the history of the earth
Day 4
As usual we didnt missed the opportunity to show up late at the breakfast table and delay our departure. It was a big day for us as one doesnt get to visit world heritage sites every now and then( This sentence doesnt allpy to those who travel on the Ponda-Panjim route on daily basis). Just like any other day this morning started with students complaining no hot water to bath for, but intelligent were those lot of people who had already bathed in the night anticipating such situation. Bus was supposed to leave exactly at 830 am, and it did, I mean the engine did start at 830 but by the time it reached the highway it was around 10, usually this distance is covered in 15-20 minutes but Goenkars are indeed sushegaad!
On our way to Udaygiri caves we came across the tropic of cancer, 23.5 degrees north, much to our disillusion except one hoarding like we come across on railway stations there wasnt anything worth watching. Next in line was the Gupta era udaygiri caves, which as my sir explained were once a river site but due to continuous erosion an geographical process took the shape of caves, where today you can see avatars of Shiva and Vishnu of Gupta era. Today it has become a popular picnic and study tour site for most of the school students.
With the explorer mode on after setting foot on this ancient structure on my own with couple of local kids I undertook some endeavour on some remote places with the hope of finding something interesting, but later I was told that what we were seeing or I was trying to explore is just the tip of the iceburg, after trekking for an hour youll come across the original piece of art. Considering the physical nature of youth and geographical condition such as heat, the trekking plan was obviously dropped.
After that it was just a loooong journey towards the Bhimbetka caves, where we witnessed the road infrastructure which was really at par with international level. The road journey was actually booring as only sight which was visible from inside was barren,unused large patches of land , scorching heat with boiling sun, and few tractors carrying haze, which was very much dull and un-interesting as compared to what we usually see in our home state. But soon that boredom was overcome by an interesting and neck to neck battle of famous Indian bollywood game Dumsharad, where one has to act a name of the film and his team mates guess the name of the film based on his acting skills. More weird the film names, weireder and funnier the game gets.
By the time it was afternoon, and worst part of the day for most of our members. Being fed with fish curry, xacuti and rice most of their lives the transition to dal-chawal and roti was hard for most of them to come by terms. Equating paneer pieces to their beloved chicken food was the most depressing part of their life in the tour. Again as the driver turned the bus at one dhaba, which Pure Veg written in bold and capital on its billboard.
Satisfied with the heavy north Indian 'veg' lunch at least I and some of my vegmates began planning the trek to world heritage site of Bhimbetka. Soon the information was gathered that the road leading to the caves cannot be used due to some railway overbridge construction work going on there. So we had to walk up for around 5 kms before we reach the caves.
Soon we began the dandi yatra to the caves, but it soon took some adventurous turn. One tractor was going up the same way with a trawlley attached to its back. Just for fun sake four five of us tried to stop it and ask for a life but things soon took some ugly turn, with each and every member of our group boarding the tractor.
So it somewhat went like this!
The world heritage was indeed a treat for the history lovers, with those rock art and paintings dating back to 30,000 plus years its really a thing to witness such. Credit goes to the ASI for perfectly maintaining such historially important piece in such a perfect state.
It was dark. Past 7. And we had to walk down 5 kms. And then began chain of events, taken into account by my seniors of some "super natural" powers to scare of the light hearted, usually the female folk. And I must say it went pretty well, if I go into details of how and who then ill have to write a seprate chapter on it.
So that was it end of one more day in the story of Dhempe dhurandhars, on a trail to MP!
Day 4
As usual we didnt missed the opportunity to show up late at the breakfast table and delay our departure. It was a big day for us as one doesnt get to visit world heritage sites every now and then( This sentence doesnt allpy to those who travel on the Ponda-Panjim route on daily basis). Just like any other day this morning started with students complaining no hot water to bath for, but intelligent were those lot of people who had already bathed in the night anticipating such situation. Bus was supposed to leave exactly at 830 am, and it did, I mean the engine did start at 830 but by the time it reached the highway it was around 10, usually this distance is covered in 15-20 minutes but Goenkars are indeed sushegaad!
With the explorer mode on after setting foot on this ancient structure on my own with couple of local kids I undertook some endeavour on some remote places with the hope of finding something interesting, but later I was told that what we were seeing or I was trying to explore is just the tip of the iceburg, after trekking for an hour youll come across the original piece of art. Considering the physical nature of youth and geographical condition such as heat, the trekking plan was obviously dropped.
After that it was just a loooong journey towards the Bhimbetka caves, where we witnessed the road infrastructure which was really at par with international level. The road journey was actually booring as only sight which was visible from inside was barren,unused large patches of land , scorching heat with boiling sun, and few tractors carrying haze, which was very much dull and un-interesting as compared to what we usually see in our home state. But soon that boredom was overcome by an interesting and neck to neck battle of famous Indian bollywood game Dumsharad, where one has to act a name of the film and his team mates guess the name of the film based on his acting skills. More weird the film names, weireder and funnier the game gets.
By the time it was afternoon, and worst part of the day for most of our members. Being fed with fish curry, xacuti and rice most of their lives the transition to dal-chawal and roti was hard for most of them to come by terms. Equating paneer pieces to their beloved chicken food was the most depressing part of their life in the tour. Again as the driver turned the bus at one dhaba, which Pure Veg written in bold and capital on its billboard.
Satisfied with the heavy north Indian 'veg' lunch at least I and some of my vegmates began planning the trek to world heritage site of Bhimbetka. Soon the information was gathered that the road leading to the caves cannot be used due to some railway overbridge construction work going on there. So we had to walk up for around 5 kms before we reach the caves.
Soon we began the dandi yatra to the caves, but it soon took some adventurous turn. One tractor was going up the same way with a trawlley attached to its back. Just for fun sake four five of us tried to stop it and ask for a life but things soon took some ugly turn, with each and every member of our group boarding the tractor.
So it somewhat went like this!
The world heritage was indeed a treat for the history lovers, with those rock art and paintings dating back to 30,000 plus years its really a thing to witness such. Credit goes to the ASI for perfectly maintaining such historially important piece in such a perfect state.
It was dark. Past 7. And we had to walk down 5 kms. And then began chain of events, taken into account by my seniors of some "super natural" powers to scare of the light hearted, usually the female folk. And I must say it went pretty well, if I go into details of how and who then ill have to write a seprate chapter on it.
So that was it end of one more day in the story of Dhempe dhurandhars, on a trail to MP!
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