Day - II

When ever i visit new place, its very difficult to fall asleep, so slept only 5hrs and woke up at 4 am, since there was internet, listened music till 5.30am and i try to get out, but the door was locked so, had to wait for 15mins to get out of hotel. Then i head towards small hill  west direction to see the Sunrise. It took 35mins to reach the top, where tourist go to see the rising Sun. Took several shots, since it wasn´t that clear weather, cudn´t get wow shot, but i like this pic of foreigner watching the Sunrise.

After having breakfast i move to the Siddha Cave which was 1:15 mins walk  in the Jungle (north ) from Bandipur. When i started to walk, there were 3 other foreigner going to same place, but they took several breaks and walked slowly since 2 of them was around 65yrs. Walking trail was mostly stone steps going down and there was handle on the left hand side, which made easy to walk, actually i prefer to go up the hill than down, so my legs was already shivering time to time on the way. Since, i was travelling alone in the jungle, i was enjoying the nature, sound of birds and also scared sometime, i try to calm down, relax and move on nomatter what happens. Life starts, where comfort zone ends, so i began to move forward, eat some bars and water on breaks on way. Traveling solo is a way to challenge self and know how to manage the risk on the way. You are on your own, there is none to ask for, so you have to decide everything by oneself.

Main entrance of Cave where little guide and Baba (yogi) is performing some puja to Lord Shiva.

It was the longest and most challenging bridge i have ever crossed, it was completely dark, nothing to hold your hands on, when i look down and tried to step ahead, i cudn´t move a step forward due to fear of falling into dark :-( so i decided to get down backward. Still those 27 steps remind me like i was going in a  mountain expedition to climb & bear the risk of life. 

This cave was found 30 yrs back, i can´t imagine how yogis used to meditate in that huge cave without rays of light.  It length is 437m and 45m height. This cave is the biggest in Nepal and 2nd biggest in South Asia.  I can´t explain how dark, big and mysterious it was to see, and understand it. As told by little guide, this image in the picture look like a tiger head, which i try to capture. Since there was no light at all inside, cudn´t take nice shots as i want to. 

After exploring the cave with the help of torch light, i knew  how important is it  to capture good image with the direct sunlight and in human life too. Without light we can´t differentiate one object to another what it looks like, and how object change its dimension with changing Sunlight. If there was any special light system inside cave, i think it will be a popular destination to travelers worldwide. Murmuring echos of yogi is still in my ears, as he was meditating calmly, peacefully with no distraction. May he find peace within !!!

The day was full of adventure and it was 37 degree in the midday, although i was going to half boil, i managed to walk down next 30min to get bus to Bandipur from Dumre. My curiosity to explore the cave has made me to forget my hunger, so i had late lunch at 3pm in the hotel, which was so delicious, Nepal Thali set. :-)

While i was having lunch some sparrow came to light stand, looks at street so i took several instant shot. To be continued...