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Untouched serenity

We had planned to stay at a horticulture department guesthouse which is the most popular option. Actually there aren't many other options. Food is available at a local canteen which is probably the only one there, but if you enjoy a simple three-course rice meal -- rice with Dal, Rasam and Sambar -- then nothing can beat the experience of gorging on it in the open under the natural cover of the tall trees with sunlight streaming through it.

I wondered, had the place been well connected with a good road would it have retained its charm. The familiar sight of resorts and more resorts and crowds that greet you as you enter most hill stations in the country would have been replicated here as well. Kemmangundi, thankfully retains its charm and simplicity and a visitor will surely fall in love with it.

However, unlike the pug (in the Hutch/ Vodafone advertisement), the mobile network didn't follow us everywhere. It is not as if we were totally cut off, but there were extended stretches of land where there was no connectivity. We had an interesting conversation with one of the locals who said Kemmangundi has very few residents and hence no electoral significance and so politicians continue to ignore it.

Also see: A detour that dazzled

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