Getting lost in a big jungle for the entire day and finding your way back was one kind of an experience. I was fortunate(or should I say, unfortunate) to have had that experience a few years back. We, as a group of 7 people, decided to do a hike to Bandajje falls - gorgeous waterfalls in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, India. None of us had been to that place anytime before, and we just went through some blogs and decided to make a trip. It was 13th Oct 2006, Friday; we started our trip from Bangalore at around 10 pm. We booked a minivan to go from Bangalore to Sunkasale - dropping point from where we started the hike. It was an overnight journey through the western ghats. As we embarked on our trip, the first surprise was waiting for us. Our driver got news about the Naxal attack near western ghats through his friends. He quickly the changed the route and took a long strenuous one; however, it paid off at the end when we safely reached our hiking point in the morning. Western gha...