The Kanive Homestay - Hearty uphill !

“I wanna do sky touch!!!” that’s exactly what the lil brat kept mumbling as we soaked in the dusky sun at the view point…..

Her imagination knew no bounds. Her eyes were too little to capture the mammoth of the Kudremukh hills. She kept saying she would touch the sky if we took her there. She was building castles in the air- a fairy tale of messing those milky clouds, feeling the flaky blue sky and warming her tiny hands as she would give her warmest hugs to the gilded fading sun!

We reached the resort late in the noon. The sun was still bright and we fell in love with the place! It was spic and span. If the hills that snugged the place was not enough, the chirpy birds and the aromas of the tall trees created an ambiance of a perfect holiday.

The food always thrills me. It is the only purpose of visiting Malnad Homestays again and again. And this time it was special. I was with my sista who loves to experiment with cooking. I only enjoy eating!!! We had an amazing range of food from kadbu, neer dosa, manglore buns to shavige and so on… I can feel myself slurping in the air as I write. We also went down the hill 6 odd kms just to have breakfast an hour before they would serve at the resort. All thanks to my foodie husband! We tried the local hotel. It was early in the morning and were at this really tiny place. Hot food and we were all smiles!!!

The place was thoroughly booked for both the days. From toddlers to oldies- a blended mix of folks who were all enjoying the bliss of staying in the warmth of the hills.

How wrong are we at judging strangers? Raghavendra Rajkumar and family had also halted in the same place for his son’s movie shot. Div and I dint bother much, unlike the routine of approaching film stars with an autograph or a recent craze of selfie! Anagha was running around and she happened to bump into him. We were taken aback with his approach… he very sweetly told her not to run too fast and continued talking to her. Div and me stood at the doorway and overheard the conversation. Though he is recovering from his recent illness, he spoke with utmost poise and warmth. This was so different from my imagination of hard hearted wealthy stars! He even came by to bid Anagha a good bye before he left. We finally spoke to him. He happens to be extremely sweet and warmhearted. We did the routine now! We approached him to take a picture. He bent down with sophistication and asked Anagha if he could take a picture with her! She barely knew him. She just giggled a nod!

The next day, Arun went out on a trek and the rest of us just lazed around. We leisurely got ready and went out to the river close by for a dip. We put on our life jackets and splurged in to the blue waters. Heavenly! The river was in spate. We moved from one end to the other without much effort.  Adrift under the bright sun and drenching in the cool waters was just as merry as it sounds. Anagha and I collected a few pebbles on our way back and shivered as we trolled the muddy roads back to the resort

The evenings were a merry go round too. Dim lights, swaying LED’s and loud music. We danced like it dint matter… some boogie down and rock n roll! Mind leaped a joy of smiles and my hearth throbbed some new air! Mist filled the aura and added an essence of music to what the tunes of nature can do to our everyday life.

We tripped, sprained our ankles, lived those sisterly moments and were clowning around all the time. To add on we connected. We reached out to the healing of the everyday chaos and dusted some bad ole days. We laughed our hearts out and played to the inane tunes in our thoughts. We yearned to touch the sky! We promised to create these memories more often and fancied to glide the hills again!