August 2014
I have seen Jogfalls in its different forms and shape. Be it
when the all of its four branches merged to a single block of water or when
there was hardly any water trickling from it. Once I was the only visitor at
the falls and another time I got into a massive traffic jam due to sudden
influx of tourists!!
I got a chance to visit the falls this monsoon. The dam was
not yet full but still considering good rains I was expecting huge crowds in
Jogfalls. Contrary to my expectations, there were hardly few people in the
area!! Good for us!!, I thought myself. But then there was no falls.
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| Empty seats!! |
Fog had completely filled the area. From talks with locals,
it seemed that the fog never lifted up that day. That was strange as it usually
plays hide and seek with visitor but lifts off in few minutes.
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| Nothing to see |
Local photographers at the falls had a bad day; else they
used to be busy taking snaps of the tourists with falls in the background and
earn their living. Not many tourists were happy taking snaps with just fog in
the background!! Tourists who had come from farther places were disappointed a
lot.
Authorities had blocked the way to the base of the falls.
Just recently they had made nice steps to the base only to close it down. Some
nut headed guy would have fallen in the water and everyone has to suffer
because of his foolishness. It’s like cutting off the nose just because the man
is suffering from cold. Government and its people thinking are quite crazy and
funny.
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| Posing in front of the waterfalls |
We then went to British Bungalow side. The building there
was beautifully renovated but was locked. And access to the top of waterfalls
was also closed. Two boring policemen were put to duty to make sure that no one
ventures near water.
The fog showed some signs of lifting and “roarer” made a
brief appearance on the scene. But that was it. The show was closed and it was
total whiteout again.
My wife and Mother were not very happy with the visit. But I
seemed to be pretty satisfied with the outcome. One does not get to experience
such stuff often.
Labels: travel, Waterfalls
