Day 2 -> 04-Dec-08
After performing morning duties and Breakfast our first stop was “Van Vidyalaya” of Jagdalpur.
We were here to see the Speaking Hilly Myna of Bastar region. (Hill Myna is State bird of Chattisgarh).
This Myna could exactly reproduce (speak) any sound or word said by humans (basically any sound they can hear).
Myna successfully said:
“Aaaja”,
“Shantaram Namaste” ,
“Saheb Khaana Khaya”,
“Bye Bye”,
”Ashish” (one of my partner in jagdalpur).
WOW!!! Only heard about such events in Jokes and wild stories…now was an eyewitness to such an event.
Late morning journey to Kailash and Kutumsar Cave
Distance – 38-40 Kms from Jagdalpur.
Visit to Kailash & Kutmsar Caves brought us more closer to the Science and art of Mother Nature
(I thought there should be some bouncy statements as well…. :P). The Jaw Dropping Rock Formations, dark Alleys, Bat Colonies, narrow openings, Dripping Water, Blind Fishes, Lower ceilings, Slippery Stones, Stalactite and Stalagmite rocks, etc brought back all memories of scariest movies that we have seen over the years.
By Dark Alley I literally meant a dark place with not a single ray of light hence the blind fishes.
Kailash Cave is rarely visited by tourists due to its Remote location.
The To and Fro journey of Kailash cave was more scarier than the Kailash cave itself [:P]. The Snaky Jungle Roads, terrible road conditions (sharp small rocks were laid in most parts of Jungle for building a pucca road),Confusing Turns, Confusing signboards and confusing Tribal language made us to take detours more often than not. Bad roads which were esp. meant for SUV’s / Jeep only , Our Indica pushed itself beyond its limit so much that many times we thought it would either breakdown or have a flat tire.
Either of both could mean we would have to walk at least 15 KM of Jungle to get first basic help.
By early evening(04.30 pm) we reached Tiratgarh Falls.
Tiratgarh Waterfalls are situated at a distance of 35 km. from Jagdalpur in south west direction and can be approached through the state highway of Jagdalpur to Sukma. The waterfall (cascading waterfall)is actually situated in Kanger Valley National Park and the height is approximately 300 ft in stages. This place is a favorite picnic spot, especially for large groups looking for a day-long picnic in a forest. The good season for visiting these waterfalls is from October to February.
The beautiful & Romantic tirathgarh falls made me believe that I am on a honeymoon only to realize seconds later that I am travelling with 2 other boys and surrounded by too many monkeys who were ready to pounce on our bags for any food items(Worse reality check I had in recent years).
Finally we did manage to find an islandish point where we dumped our baggage’s & took a refreshing dip in chilling waters at 5.30 pm. We also bought a bathing soap to cleanse our dirt rich bodies which had become red in color same as Jungle soil.
Late evening we head back to our Hotel (Jagdalpur town).
