I know! We’re well into the New Year and my blog’s look­ing really ignored. Some­one emailed me today and asked me what the mat­ter was. It’s true. And I’ve been ignor­ing the blog for a while but I have a good excuse. Life and all its exigencies :)

After a lovely but tir­ing trek on the 31st, wel­comed the New Year in the jun­gles of Masi­nagudi. Spent most of it around the bon­fire, play­ing games like Pic­tionary, DC and then Truth or Dare. A rather quiet but nice way to her­ald 2007…

It’s been a hec­tic time there­after, both on the work front and per­son­ally. I’ve lost count of the num­ber of Jan­u­ary birth­days already. And I’m won­der­ing why there are so many peo­ple I know born this month!

Some more travel into the New year includ­ing a trek in the beau­ti­ful ranges of Mul­layan­giri and Babubu­dan­giri : really gor­geous scenery and lovely weather all through. Camped out on top of a hill by Galikere lake (aka Lake of Winds) with a 360 degree view of the moun­tains, val­leys and forests and sev­eral water bod­ies around and got to wake up to a beau­ti­ful sun­rise in the morn­ing. The trip report and pics are com­ing. In the mean­while, a glimpse of the beau­ti­ful Nilgiris.

The sun set­ting behind the blue mountains