After lots of discussions for a destination for a one day trip from Bangalore, we decided to visit Ranganathittu and Balamuri falls on a Saturday, 9th of January. We(me, Anurag, Govind, Amma and Pappu) started off at 6am from home and after an eventless journey we reached Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary 8:45.
The first thing that one notices about this place is cleanliness. I had not expected a tourist place to be so clean. We soon hired a boat for ourselves and went around the lake. The sight was amazing. There are so many varieties of birds so freely flying around making it a treat for the eyes.The guide was telling us the names of all the birds spotted there. We really felt the lack of a good camera here. Our little point'n shoot digican couldnt get us any good pictures of the birds here. After the boating we spent some time in the garden there and had breakfast at the canteen there.
After Ranganathittu, we changed our plans and decided to go to the Mysore zoo and then go to Balamuri falls after that if time permits. After lots of enquiries about the route, we reached the zoo. Govind enjoyed the zoo more than the bird sanctuary. He was happy to see all the animals that he reads in stories and has only seen in pictures. Though we were all really tired, he was all excited. But even after seeing giraffes and deers in the zoo, he still confuses between the two in pictures. He is not able to relate to the difference between giraffes and deers to this day.
After Ranganathittu, we changed our plans and decided to go to the Mysore zoo and then go to Balamuri falls after that if time permits. After lots of enquiries about the route, we reached the zoo. Govind enjoyed the zoo more than the bird sanctuary. He was happy to see all the animals that he reads in stories and has only seen in pictures. Though we were all really tired, he was all excited. But even after seeing giraffes and deers in the zoo, he still confuses between the two in pictures. He is not able to relate to the difference between giraffes and deers to this day.
Towards the end of the zoo, Amma noticed that her watch is missing. We thought she would have lost it in the zoo and talked to the security there to let us know if somebody finds it there. After coming home and analysing the photos, we figured that she had lost it in the boat at Ranganathittu. But we tried calling them up to see if they have found it but they said they didnt get it.
By the time we finshed the zoo, we were all tired and it was past 2 o' clock. So we decided to skip Balamuri falls. We had lunch at a restaurant in Mysore and then drove back to Bangalore.Anyway, it was a nice and memorable trip. There were many talks of making more trips like this but nothing much has happened yet.
I have photo similar to the one below from my childhood.. In that I had taken my brother in my arms and was helping him feed the girafees at Trivandrum zoo. Here, 20 years later, my brother is showing my son giraffes.
