Belur Trek, planning and masti

This is a new experience, we are planning and executing everything. 9 guys all oracle colleges on a trek to western ghats.

And in a group when frequency matches, what fun. Everyone has been assigned certain tasks basically under 3 heads.

Food
Tent
Transport

There is also one more head called food preparation, which Mr Raghu has so gllefully taken, I will pull his leg all along, that I promise. Today we did almost all the shopping, 9 packs of Jam 1 for each one, 6 packs of Rajma masala, paper plates, Britannia fruit bread 27 packs, breakfast will be these fruit breads so 3 days 3 packs per head. Managed to get only 18 Ananth has got 4 more, we need 5 more. WE couldnt find frozen rotis, this is important cause our dinner is roti + something. WE could only get Frozen parathas. So rotis we will have to find tomm or we will have to carry bread.

Choclate bars we have already got. My concern or rather something I am eagrly waiting to see, how do we light a fire. Guys here say they have been able to manage the fire in wet conditions, fire wood would be locally procured from the forest !. This si going to be fun, I will be looking fwd to the evening camp fire. I have confidence , not saying that I dont believe them, but it will be fun, the struggle to light that fire. If we manage to get some music around that time

Imagine Morisson singing

Comeon baby light my fire
while Raghu would be struggling to light that fire.... :)

He is fully prepared though, he is carrying camphor, they 'allegedly' are a big help in lighting a fire, he is also going to carry some ghee, and best of all the fire wood we are planning locally procure from the forest, I have no clue on this part :)
Thats the spirit guys if anythign else.

The we have God and priest , Sridhar and LSP, it has been decided, that where we camp is the sole discretion of these two folks, no debates no arguments. These generals tell us to halt and we halt.

Ohh then we have the camp itself, we are carrying some plastic sheets and rope , how we will set it up, I am not even thinking. But one thing for sure, their spirit is infectious, I am just taking it all in. Imagine a heavy downpour, in the middle of night, 9 guys, in the middle of no where. somebody did mention something about snakes. I am not even thinking about it. Snkaes are shy creatures, they will stay away. Any ways my plan is to sleep in the midlle of all these peopl, I am not taking the corner slots in the camp.

If something will still crawl all the way to me , I guess thats destiny.

My personal shopping is done, I am carrying some Snickers bars and biscuits.

Drinking water will also be locally procured.
WE are also carrying 1 kg of salt , that was again Raghu's idea. His take is apart from cooking, everyone will be give some salt to fight the leeches. Pretty thoughtful I must say, and our take was, since we have the ammunation even if leechs are not going to bother us, we are going to seek them out and have some fun. So we are indeed carrying 1 kg of salt!