Trekking in Potheri (1,266 views)

I went to a small trek yesterday with my friends. We chose a small hill near Potheri village, Kancheepuram district, Tamilnadu, India. This place is very close to my college and to the place I stay at. We started that trek at 4:30 P.M. A problem cropped up at the very start – We were three and had only one two-wheeler. But then we somehow managed to get on and rode down to potheri. Initially we did not know where to go (we had done very little planning). We enquired about hills in the region but the guy over there told us that we might risk loosing the bike if we left it somewhere. However we saw this hill on the other side of the railway track beside NH5 and we decided to settle for that. We left the bike at a house with an especially kind man who seemed all excited about people coming to his area and was pleased to know that we came from SRM college (actually he wanted us to recommend him for the job of a watchman!, not knowing how influential we were at college and the kind of reputation we had with college profs J ).

We scaled the hill in not more than half an hour and after some site-seeing and gasping at the wonderful sight of the surrounding. It gives you a sense of infinite elation to be at the top of a mountain (well well, a hill). I spent some time on a rock perched precariously on the edge of a cliff fancying myself to be Edmund Hillary on mount Everest’s peak!, besides trying Leonardo Dicaprio’s flying act on the Titanic which was great but for the fact that I had to suffice with Vikraman in place of Kate Winslet. Well maybe next time, just maybe it will turn out better.

I shouldn’t forget to mention how we made a fire and an improvised stove built with rocks and fed with dry twigs. We roasted some chicken pieces Tandoori style and spend the next hour blowing out fire where I suddenly felt like a fiery Horntail right out of a Harry Potter novel!

We took some snaps and I’ll put them up as soon as them come from the lab. It was a superb experience and am looking forward to the next one – maybe a ride on one of the many “catamarans” of the Marina. Now that promises to be even more fun (and I can do that Titanic thing again!).