Serenity - orange county coorg
( Notes from a marketing teams off-site) 24th June, 2005.
After a late night of perfecting our business skills, communication (sign language) and display of talent it was a onerous task to wake up in the morning (dawn) to experience nature’s benevolence on Coorg.
Wake up calls to all rooms ensured that 6 out of the 25 of us turned up for the “forest trek”
The detour around the lake and into the plantation started with some education of coffee plants. Rustica- Strength , Arabica- Flavour, how chicory has huge doses of caffeine. The great hill rongo, long tail,pie hornbill and other birds were introduced by the orinthoologist in the naturalist ( our guide- Ganesh). He quoted liberally from Dr Salim Ali’s work. The names were difficult to remember in the intense 1.5 hours familiarization of nature. We also discovered the names of our RMA’s as they resembled the jungle blabberer ( seven sisters).
There was a huge excitement around the “naked lady of the forest” and curious people can ask for a photograph from Shrishail who captured the moment for posterity on his mobile.
The Euclyptus, Chadsil( where sick elephants cure their upset tummies), kusuma, orange, atom bomb chillies were a treat to discover.
The tree ants on the bamboo shoots , licking the back side of red ants ( lemon ants – are supposed to be good for the eye) and procession ants were a marvel to observe.
Shomu’s desire to greet the elephants was unfulfilled though our very own corgi elephant – Ganesh demonstrated a friendly marked charge and life charge.
The parallels on the rogue elephants during “musk” wisened us and cautioned us to be careful around the bachelors( shrishail , anurag, Shabari and Meenakshi).
The last mile brought the greatest delight when we touched the source of cauvery and were treated to a melody by Ganesh.
With great regret we headed back . Everyone of us wanted to soak in the tranquility and serenity of mother nature..
Obviously Ganesh has experienced many a corporate types in his sojourns and there was a surprise quiz to check our retention of the “gyaan download”
After a late night of perfecting our business skills, communication (sign language) and display of talent it was a onerous task to wake up in the morning (dawn) to experience nature’s benevolence on Coorg.
Wake up calls to all rooms ensured that 6 out of the 25 of us turned up for the “forest trek”
The detour around the lake and into the plantation started with some education of coffee plants. Rustica- Strength , Arabica- Flavour, how chicory has huge doses of caffeine. The great hill rongo, long tail,pie hornbill and other birds were introduced by the orinthoologist in the naturalist ( our guide- Ganesh). He quoted liberally from Dr Salim Ali’s work. The names were difficult to remember in the intense 1.5 hours familiarization of nature. We also discovered the names of our RMA’s as they resembled the jungle blabberer ( seven sisters).
There was a huge excitement around the “naked lady of the forest” and curious people can ask for a photograph from Shrishail who captured the moment for posterity on his mobile.
The Euclyptus, Chadsil( where sick elephants cure their upset tummies), kusuma, orange, atom bomb chillies were a treat to discover.
The tree ants on the bamboo shoots , licking the back side of red ants ( lemon ants – are supposed to be good for the eye) and procession ants were a marvel to observe.
Shomu’s desire to greet the elephants was unfulfilled though our very own corgi elephant – Ganesh demonstrated a friendly marked charge and life charge.
The parallels on the rogue elephants during “musk” wisened us and cautioned us to be careful around the bachelors( shrishail , anurag, Shabari and Meenakshi).
The last mile brought the greatest delight when we touched the source of cauvery and were treated to a melody by Ganesh.
With great regret we headed back . Everyone of us wanted to soak in the tranquility and serenity of mother nature..
Obviously Ganesh has experienced many a corporate types in his sojourns and there was a surprise quiz to check our retention of the “gyaan download”
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