We travelled to a beautiful place called Charmadi ,around 80 kms from Mangalore city, nestled amidst the pristine western ghats which is our own UNESCO world heritage site designated in 2012. Our group left office at 7 AM to reach the location around 10 AM with having had breakfast on the way near Madantyar. We were 50 people travelling in the bus from different departments, people who were there since inception to the recently joined colleagues.
Our planned itinerary was simple - Trekking to an unexplored destinationnamed Kode Kallu (umbrella stone) which is situated at a max altitude of 4100 ft above sea level.
It was a beauty to be seen that each one forgot about their caste creed or where they belonged to during the journey.
The togetherness and being there for each other at every step was like each one doing his part in steering the boat towards destination.
The destination wouldn't have been this beautiful if all of us went off in different directions to reach the same destination.
The destination beauty was all worth the trek done for almost 2 hours.