Kodachaadri, episode 1: When Leeches attack!

You know when u eagerly await an event and when its finally over, it seems it couldnt have finished earlier?? Ominious statement to begin a saga of posts on a class trip which the final years of Chemical Engg, NITK took not 2 days ago..

Check out http://www.dreamroutes.org/western/kodachadri.html for info on Kodachaadri where we went, I shall refrain on mentioning a lot on it.

Anyway here we were, 22 guys n 5 gals in total, just down from the bus at the start point of the trek and I couldnt help thinking why Christina wore simple sandals despite the many, many warnings about leeches and shoes.. Hey dont blame me for doing nothing, I had asked her about it but got cut off abruptly: Too bad for her! 2 mins into the trek and she screams.... Imagine an ultra-feminine lady screaming shrilly while jumping like a rabbit on steroids and u shall get an idea of what the rest of us felt. Of course she isnt the only one, we all had our short-comings against those blood-sucking ba****ds.. Some of us were simply more expressive than others! A quick change of footwear and the journey resumed- For now!!!

Throughout the 2 days of trekking, we were on the lookout of leeches and most of us had different styles of response: Some continued on, some freaked out n got others to remove the leeches for them, some like me swatted any visible ones & continued on. However I must mention I was probably the only one to get 3 leeches actually coming out after having had their fill- atleast they had the courtesy to get out of their own without any bartender's assistance :)

Salt, water, sticks, leaves and even hands were used but those lil beasts attacked us, reminds me of the tv show Survivor. At the waterfall there were actual water leeches- Big daddies of the leech kingdom! Still after the trip we can proudly say: We are NOT scared of Leeches.. Well atleast some of us.. hehe