School of Fish at Agumbe
Originally uploaded by skrishna.

Yesterday, we had been to Agumbe, a reserve forest area some 60 Kms from Manipal. There is a small waterfall there and our initial plan was to go to the waterfall. We started at around 1:00 PM in the afternoon after lunch. Actually, none of us had any classes and Chockalingam said he need to do the retail assignment. So, it was only 5 of us- Me, Venky, Souveer, Nitin and Rajkumar. We reached there at around 3:00 PM and was really excited with the scenaries. The entire stretch of road was calm...but for the constant buzzing of the Maruti-800's engine and the incessant chatter inside the car, there was complete silence..actually, we were able to hear the sounds of Leaves falling and the squirrels and some birds...there is a place called Nature House some 20 Kms from Manipal on the way to Agumbe. There is a small rugged down structure in the front and there was absolutely no trace of life in the shed and when we ventured into the forest, there was the office inside the forest some 0.5 Kms inside. There were two people who demanded Rs.30 for entering the "Office"....even if it is to enquire...he would be paid Rs.30, because we have entered the premise...we reasoned that we were forced to enter it because the front office was deserted and there was none to even enquire...as our PR was there, it was easier to convince those guys. Later , it seems that there was trekking facility too available there...we would sure go once there for trekking too...
Then we proceeded to Agumbe....what a wonderfull journey it was...with trees lined up on either side of the road and with eirie silence through out, it is a thoroughly enjoyable journey...it went on till, we came to this river(or should I call it a stream!!!!)...There was amazing pictures that we took of the river and of some pictures of the Fish, the Logs and the forest in general...
To take a look at those pictures, go here..This photo in the blog particularly, was a great picture....the shutter speed was reduced and you can actually see the water flowing in the river and the fish school swiming...the other photo that was equally amazing was that one with Venky and Me. Even in that picture, one can see the water flowing beneath..there was a log that was twisted throughout...it made a wonderful relic sort of...sort of fossil....something in that really interested me...so took some real number of shots of that log alone...also of a pair of logs hanging in a tree...and many more....there are some 42 photos in total...there are some more pictures of the fishes and some schools of fishes that we took there...actually, the waterfalls is another 4 KMs from this place....the car wouldn't go that steep....we need to walk till there...Nitin wouldn't agree to that....also the time was running out...we would not be able to return back before dark...so, we decided to postpone the trip to the waterfalls to some other date....till then....these photos would be the remainder to the trip...