TREKKING TIGERS!

Trekking Tigers Two Days Trek to Venkatagiri [Music above Clouds] 2nd & 3rd OcT 2010

2010-10-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

65 Nature Loving Souls including 10 Trekking Tigers leads left Chennai last Saturday

10 cars, 1 Van & 6 Bikes

towards

One of the beautiful peak

venkatagiri Hills
2 hear de
[Music above Clouds]

11 hrs fun filled drive on state and national highways

30 Hrs Trek to sleep above the clouds,

Night trekking through steep trails

Breath Taking views

Musical Clouds @ drizzling weather

Torch light dance in the fog

Yummy soupy noodles & delicious tea

Tasty spring water & lots more...

Venkatagiri Trekking trail is still in wraps and untouched, not yet a regular destination for the trekkers. You need to trek up hill to reach the Venkatagiri Peak. Venkatagiri Hills trek is close to the Tirupati. These hills are almost parallel to Tirmula hills.

Palem Kota is the base. There is a fort like structure atop which is believed to be built by robbers for keeping their stolen money and gold. On the summit, there is also a small temple structure perched on cliff. The summit provides you a spectacular view of the surrounding. The trekking path is covered with small to medium sized pebbles, and you pass through thick thorny bushes, beautiful mountains, steep Rocky Mountains and spring waterfalls.

Trekking Tigers spent a weeks time with many efforts to get this trip organized successfully.

3 Cheers to all trekking Tigers leads who managed to volunteer between their busy work schedules.

Thanks to my Co-Organizers Kaushik & Nithyan for taking the lead in all coordinations.

Special Appreciations to Vadivel from the entire team for all coordinations/support through out the trek and for the delicious Tea prepared by him.

Congratz to all our TT leads & Volunteers Guru,Rinku,Vivekanandan, Archana,Gayathri,Sucinder, Naresh,Vel & others for the excellent work done in all coordination’s.

Trekking Tigers also appreciate our Other volunteers Vel, Mahesh, Ajay,Vikram in real time support/sweeping during the trek.

We love all our energetic Participants for the excellent weekend and the fUN you guys gave to all of us.

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Happy Trekking

Biju VK

Trekking Tigers

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CTC's TrekkinG TigerS Presents One DaY Trip to Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (Sunday – 26th Sep 2010)

2010-09-29T03:33:00.000-07:00

60 Brave Beautiful Souls including 2 kids and 6 Trekking Tigers leads left Chennai last Sunday

12 cars & 7 Bikes

towards

The World’s 2^nd Largest Mangrove Forest.

10 hrs fun filled drive on coastal roads and national highways,

2.5 hrs drizzling Ride in 6 Motorboats,

1 hr of wonderful mangrove ride in 5 rowing boats,

20 hrs amazing trip,

Beautiful Mangrove & Bird Watching

Fun activities, games & Talent competitions @ beach.

What else U need for a Beautiful Weekend @ drizzling climate in pichavaram.

About a stone’s throw away are the mangrove swamps of Pichavaram, great for boating, mangrove watching, bird watching, with a picturesque island thrown in.

Another world Pichavaram is all green and blue and white as we set off in the boat.

Ahead are the mangroves in shades of emerald, reflected in blue water against an even bluer sky.

On the sand bar, thousands of gulls in a long stretch of white, glintsilver against the sun as they take off en masse…

We slow down as we enter a narrow creek, with aerial roots brushing us lightly as we drift by.

A lone egret feeds in the shallows. It’s another world out here, where the tidal backwaters mix with fresh river water from the Vellar and the Coleroon

to create a unique estuarine ecosystem and some of the most amazing and adaptable life forms.

Most amazing is the mangrove plant itself, growing in a few feet of shallow water,

Yet able to withstand the constant ebb and flow of tidal water with the aid of its aerial roots that also enable it to absorb oxygen from the air.

One of the earliest eco-systems of the world, mangroves fascinate wherever they occur.

Trekking Tigers spend more than a weeks time with many efforts to get this trip organized successfully.

3 Cheers to all trekking Tigers leads who managed to volunteer between their busy work schedules.

Congratz to all our TT volunteers Kaushik, Nithyan, Guru, abhishek, Rinku, vadivel & Gayathri for the excellent work done in all coordination’s.

Thanks to our Pondicherry CTC Volunteers Vijayan, Naveen & Raj for arranging yummy breakfast and other coordination’s on the go.

Excellent work by our accounts team Mr. Vadivel & Sudhir Oberoi.

Trekking Tigers appreciates Tamilnadu Tourism Corporation, tourism manager, guides & drivers for all coordinations at pichavaram.

Thanks to Hotel Saradharam for the buffet lunch provided.

Hats Off to Mr. Peter who helped me with all his inputs & support for the last 3 years.

We love all our energetic Participants for the excellent weekend and the fUN you guys gave to all of us.

We also congratulate all our competition winners who became the stars of this trip.

The Pichavaram trip team gets another opportunity to meet your new friends with some fun, games and other activities.

As demanded we would also have a post trip outing/Get-together

Get-together dates will be informed soon to our P3 participants only.

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Happy Trekking

Biju VK

Trekking Tigers

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Independence Day special trek -15 Aug 2010

2010-08-20T06:58:00.000-07:00

It was a very pleasant day with chill southern breeze. Early to rise and lot of expectations pondering in the mind,64 members to be taken care of mostly freshers. Interestingly we were on time in our first pickup point. Glooming faces with expressions enough to spell a thousand words just waiting to explore their long found Independence in their own sweet ways .In spite of having a little problem in keeping the convoy without breaking till the end we had one car wander off path and the sweep car had to wait for him to put him back on track. After the checks and cross checks we were all set out of Chennai looking forward to a great or rather once in a life time experience. In all we had just a handful of experienced people to lead and sweep the whole group.

We had a small grouping at the dam entrance to celebrate our Independence Day in the most unique of places, with the most unique of flags, Of course our Indian flag. The ceremony started with a flag hoisting and continued with the full group singing the National Anthem which was real peppy and concluding with cutting of cake by the youngest of the group 10yrs Master Mahesh .Lastly the cake distribution.

As we started the trek it was something that had pleased the weather gods that there was chill breeze still prevailing to our surprise. It was almost 10am and we were running out of schedule. We had to make sure we don't miss out on something so we checked with each other and made sure we were set to leave. After the distribution of rations to all and giving the maximum baggage to regular trekkers we were finally set to leave at half past ten.

There was not much change in the weather however the temperature among the new comers was rising. There were various relevant, kidish questions but we were all prepared. Someone even had the doubt if there will be hunters carrying guns and some other questions. As we entered the forest we could see the excitement in all faces.They were in high spirits and were very eager to know when we will see water. As we advanced the adrenalin pumping grew. The first water crossing was a pleasant surprise to all, some took a dip rite away, some slept flat out on the stream and some just sat to enjoy the site. The old dude's just watched them enjoy their Independence and to add a new dimension to it. As we advanced to the first pool some were enthusiastic and some were very careful in putting each step as they were interested but cautious.

“This place always throws surprises at you no matter how many visits you make and it never seems to satisfy you enough that you stop thinking of it.”

However it was turning out to be a great experience to the experienced. We were handling amateurs in this way of life and had to do it their way to make it simpler for them. After reaching the first pool it was fun personified. They were jumping, shouting and exploring new ways to spill water in the stream .We spent about 30mins in the first pool and set out on the trail again. The trails had either disappeared or the vegetation over grown so it was a bit tricky to move around without getting lost. To the second pool the start was with a steep climb where one has to exercise extreme caution, however one of our experienced trekker Mr. Nithyan helped people over the tight curve. The second pool was a welcome delight with crystal clear water and equal space for swimmer and non swimmers to enjoy alike it was a great hit .We had Breath holding competition and then the big splash competition and many other activities like helping the ladies to cross the pool zone to reach the falls zone ,but the ladies were more particular in trying to drown the guys trying to help them, it was truly fun watching them in the act.

The next pool was truly for swimmers as there was no scope for non swimmers so about ten members decided to call it a day and stay back. So we had to leave someone experienced to stay with them so we left few experienced members for supervision. The remaining group set out to explore the trail. It was fun filled and also meant to be taken with care, so the experienced trekkers had to take the call and make sure they take the right step at the rite place to move the team forward. As we reached the third pool the swimmers had loads of fun diving. With time fast running out, a few went still ahead to the other pools of whom a commendable courage was shown by one of the girls Jisha who was duly commended. Some people had their lunch there in the third pool and a few went ahead to explore further .It was fun looking at some members jumping from about 20ft after my approval for the safety reasons. Well everyone has their own choices.

It was time and we had to start our return journey as it would become impossible to walk in the dark. So after regrouping and taking a head count we headed back to the second pool where there were a group of people waiting for us. On reaching those who had finished their food relaxed, some had their lunch, some had their biscuits and some others were back into the water as though the craving for this water is ever lasting.

To avoid any delays in reaching the entry point by the slow comers, we sent one team along with nityan towards the parking zone so that all can reach on time. Others waited for some more time enjoying the crystal clear pools, relaxed a bit, finished their lunch and set out on the final phase to the exit point. By the time we were in then exit the advance party was on the schedule we combined together and were back on time. It was sharp 6pm and the sun was setting .We had a closing speech and a few were commended for their exceptional contribution towards the trek, prize distributions and started back home...

I would also like to highlight few volunteers/members without whom this mission would have never been successful.

Three cheers to all brave talented beautiful souls given below:-

Guru, kaushik & abhishek for their extraordinary efforts and contributions towards successful completion of this trek.

- Kaushik, shrinidi, vetriselvan, selva kumar, krish, gurumurthy - our zone coordinators for their volunteerism and for managing their zone members to their best at the assembly points.

- Nitya and archana for their support in leading/sweeping the team and volunteered to bring their car to provide transport to our wait listed members at the last minute.

- Neetha volunteering for the zone coordination in tidel in the early morning even though she dint join this trek.

- Charu, master Mahesh & guru – The team entertainers ;)

- Murali, charu, jisha, sundaresan, guru, kaushik, master Mahesh - winners for the various talents.

-Last but not the least, all our participants who had proved that they were the best no matter what the odds may be.

-Our security person who took care of all our vehicles at the forest parking area.

WE are also thankful to Mr. Peter van geit without his assistance, these trekking activities would have ever happened in Chennai.

Waiting for the next opportunity to be back in the Heaven Of Gods.....Nagala ……. Our Second Home :)

Organized by Biju VK

SUV Xtreme Mountaineering Trip - May 29, 30 & 31st 2010

2010-06-18T04:45:00.000-07:00

Organizers: Ansar, Biju, Manoj, Rajinikandh & John Anand

Written By: Muneer

I walked into Ansar’s office and the first scene I saw was Ansar and Biju talking nonchalantly, making others around them ROFL and Mohan sleeping like a child in another corner, unmindful of anything in the world. Little did I know that I’d have a deja vu of this scene many times in the next three days. Also, little did I know that I’ll take back home bagful of memories and heartful of friendships.

We started a little late and reached our destination very late because Ansar’s car broke down in the middle of nowhere. This gave an opportunity to lie down on tarpaulin by the roadside and watch the stars at 4am on a full moon day. Bliss, I say. When no help came by, it was Scorpio towing Scorpio. And since Ansar - The Speed King was involved; even the towing had to happen at 60kmph.

We stopped at Ambur for lunch. The food was top notch. And it would stay that way throughout the trip. Ansar’s car broke down again and had to be taken to the car hospital for the second time in 12 hours. Most organizers would have called off the trip then, but not our man, Ansar. It had to continue because the-giving-up-gene is not built into CTC’s DNA.

We started off again and reached our destination by 3am. The whiff of fresh air, the sight of the first deer, the drive through the 41 hairpin bends - which from the top looked like a giant curled up python taking a siesta after a heavy meal, and the sounds of chirping crickets made all the tiredness of having slept for only a couple of hours fly away.

Day two started with a drive through what looked like a Sequoia forest. The setting was just right for a well orchestrated symphony. Vocals were by the birds and insects. BGM was by the waterfalls. Human laughter added to the effect. Music from the car speakers sounded like cacophony. We took it all in standing on the rails of our speeding Scorpios.

The Indian Niagra was up next. Truth be told, I was a little disappointed with the falls as the volume of water in the falls was lot less than what I had expected. But that din’t stop us from splashing around for an hour at the source of the falls. Note to self: Visit Athirampally after the rains.

But to compensate for the disappointment, we had a camp fire. And boy did we have a blast. The after-party TV shoot in which John, Biju, Ansar, Rajini, Uday and others spoke to VJ Shareef about the spirit of CTC, the comradeship of sticking together during times of dire straits, and the passion involved in this brotherhood gave us goose bumps. Am sure Leo must have been very happy with this shot. After the parting we rested. No, not in a regular hotel but in a renovated clay-roofed old house. The house reminded me of my now demolished ancestral house in Kerala.

Then came the usually most hated part of the week, Monday morning. But since this wasn’t any monday morning, we spent it at nature’s spa. The creek was about 100m from where we stayed. The strong current made sure that our tired muscles were massaged well.

The trip was almost coming to an end. We were in the slog overs. And like every good team, we made maximum use of the slog overs. Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Offroading. For people who suffer from lack-of-rush-of-blood-to-the-head, this is a recommended treatment.

In a sense the offroading experience is a metaphor for life. Only the ones who strive and persevere to climb the seemingly impossible steep terrain that disguises stepping stones as obstacles, reach the top to enjoy the view.

The view from the top of Nelliampathy Hills could rival the Eiffel. The strong breeze was cool. The yellow sun turned red with envy, not realizing that she was only adding beauty to an already picture perfect setting. Like in the final scenes of Stanley Kubrick movies, our trips final scene too dint need much dialogue. The visuals did the talking.

The journey back was what made friends out of the acquaintances. Everyone in our car who stayed awake shared their ‘Autograph’ stories. Stories one would share only with the closest of friends. Unable to hold our eyelids open after 4am, we fell asleep. John-The Warrior kept driving (without a Redbull :).

We woke up in Chennai on Tuesday morning. It was Back to office, Back to pollution, Back to the concrete jungle, Back to the mundane world.

I enrolled myself for this trip not knowing any of the participants of this trip. But I’m glad I did, not just for of the awesome experience but also for the kind of people I met during this trip.

I’d like to thank the organizers, for having spent the time and effort to plan and execute the trip. Special thanks to Leo, VJ Shareef and their crew for making a show out of our trip. We’re going to be on TV. Yayyyy :)

One DaY Trip to Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (Sunday 13th Jun 2010) – Bikers & Riders Special

2010-06-18T04:42:00.000-07:00

Organizers: Biju & Paayal

Written By: Biju

83 Brave Beautiful Souls left Chennai this Sunday in 13 cars & 18 Bikes towards

The World’s 2^nd Largest Mangrove Forest.

10 hrs fun filled drive on coastal roads and national highways,

2 hrs Wonderful Ride in 8 Tourist Motorboats

20 hrs amazing trip

Beautiful Mangrove & Bird Watching

Fun activities on the GO, Slow speed race competition for bikers, Fun games & Talent competitions @ beach.

What else U need for a Beautiful Weekend

About a stone’s throw away are the mangrove swamps of Pichavaram, great for boating, mangrove watching, bird watching, with a picturesque island thrown in. Another world Pichavaram is all green and blue and white as we set off in the boat. Ahead are the mangroves in shades of emerald, reflected in blue water against an even bluer sky.On the sand bar, thousands of gulls in a long stretch of white, glintsilver against the sun as they take off en masse…

We slow down as we enter a narrow creek, with aerial roots brushing us lightly as we drift by. A lone egret feeds in the shallows. It’s another world out here, where the tidal backwaters mix with fresh river water from the Vellar and the Coleroon to create a unique estuarine ecosystem and some of the most amazing and adaptable life forms.

Most amazing is the mangrove plant itself, growing in a few feet of shallow water,Yet able to withstand the constant ebb and flow of tidal water with the aid of its aerial roots that also enable it to absorb oxygen from the air.

One of the earliest eco-systems of the world, mangroves fascinate wherever they occur.

Our organizers worked day and nite to get this trip organized for last 4 days without sleep.I thank our Co Organizer Paayal for all her Ideas and support for executing the trip.My Special appreciations to our volunteers Kaushik, Sailesh, Suvam, Ajay & Deepak for the excellent work done in all coordination’s.3 Cheers to Nithyan for helping me in transport and to keep me awake throughout the nite. Thanks to Shibin for arranging and packing snacks throughout the nite.Big Thanks to our Pondicherry CTC Volunteers Vijayan & muneesh for arranging yummy breakfast and coordination’s on the go.Thanks to our accounts team Shibin & paayal for their excellent work and time.

CTC also Thanks the Tamilnadu Tourism corporation, tourism manager and guides for arranging special lunch and motorboats for all our members.

We all Thank our CTC Founder Peter for all his inputs and support.

We Thank all our energetic, brilliant Participants for the excellent weekend and the fUN you guys gave to all of us.We also congratulate all ourcompetition winners who became the stars of this trip.

Written By: Sailesh

Pleasant drive through the scenic highway,Hungry breakfast near a century old bridge,lots of fun games and photographers coming out with the best shot,delicious lunch by Tamilnadu tourism,Firing chase on the way to chennai.
WOW! What a day it was.

I would like to give a summary of the trip and here it goes from the start of the day.
At early hours,felt like travelling in a train and after a few seconds realised that it was the earthquake that disturbed my sleep and my sweet dreams.

Early Morning, All were ready to rock the sunday as the earthquake did and we left chennai aroun d 5.40 am.

On the way we saw a exhibit of powerful bikes from Suzuki,Kawasaki,Honda,Yamaha.Thought we can use it for our drive but due to some conditions apply we left the place with our own beast with some group photos and later it was a non-stop drive to pondy and what a drive by Ela that too with a great speed in Ranjith bike. Keep it up Ela.

We reached pondy at 8.00 and refreshed ourselves by having breakfast which was much needed at that time and filled the tanks of the vehicles which was much needed for them also. We reached pichavaram after an hour drive from pondy and we were divided into groups to accommodate in all boats and left to the beach on the other side. The beach was the place where we spent most of our time playing fun games,taking photos and ofcourse! splashing water.Had a good time with Vasan,Sriram and kadir in the water.

All the winners of the fun games will be awarded when we meet again,but the most important thing is participation, not winning. so congratulations to all the participants and better luck next time.

The photographers were doing their best to take the best shot and i think the award for the best photography goes to...... aha..i think only myself and shibin knows... dont worry shibin..nammakullaeyae irukkum.. and still we are expecting more photos from our gang.

We left the beach and headed towards the boat house and we had a welcome board designed by tamilnadu tourism for CTC in front of the hotel where Delicious lunch was served.

After calculating the expense by the finance experts,we had the last fun game of the day, the slow race for bikers and that’s it, we left pichavaram and the final pit-stop was at pondy.

Started from pondy around 8.00 pm racing through ECR and few bikers firing through GST road leaving behind the memories of the day in all hearts.

Many thanks to the organizers - Biju & Paayal for organizing such a wonderful trip and the volunteers for helping out the organizers.

Hope Biju will be converting his sleepless nights into sleepy day and nights till he organizes the next one.

One good news for all is that we will be meeting again and this time with a difference and more fun.
C U All soon.

In Search of the Origins of Nagala - May 8-9 2010

2010-06-04T06:13:00.000-07:00

58 brave beautiful souls left chennai in 9 cars and 6 bikes

in search of the origins of nagala (AP)

including 7 members from uFX TV Crew.

Bangalore/Hyderabad members joined at utthukotai and nagalapuram.

The most beautiful things in life are not what we have or what we see...it’s what we remember and what we experience

The Trek started in war with honey bees.
The localities who reached the nagala base pool had disturbed the lifestyle of honey bees which in-turn targeted every one around the first pool.

The localities had left the place running out of angry bees however our CTC battalion faced them without any weapons
It was looking like a war field with 58:2008 (CTC to bees ratio) ratio. finally we were the winners with few minor injuries,
where the bees gang had to surrender.

Very good start welcomed by bees

A trek which started with 40 Feet steep climb and many sliding pools on the way with loads of fun diving,
sliding and more video coverages by the uFX TV Crew had boosted our spirit to know whats more coming on the way
before reaching the peak.

I can feel the heartbeat of every soul enjoying the pools to the maximum and their eyes looking out for more challenges.

Meanwhile Organizers had given a short interview to the uFX TV crew about the trek experiences and challenges.
TV crew were doing a tremendous job by capturing all the beautiful fun filled moments throughout the trek.
Our special thanks to the TV crew (Leonard and team) for their extraordinary work by providing their complete support along with our trekkers.

Few Trekkers went to check the 840m peak on the same day, where others found their camping site.
we got a chance to meet few localites staying in the hill in a small hut near our camp site.They also helped us to know the location better and to get some hot rice where few got the chance to taste the same after a long trek throughout the day.

The stars came out to look for the new visitors in nagala hill and the preperations where ON for preparing tasty soup and yummy noodles.
Teams were divided to setup the cooking place, to get the wooden logs, to get the water and to initiate the camp fire.
We had also prepared sandwich where few got the chance to taste it.

After yummy hot tasty dinner, many had decided to sleep early due to sleepless friday nite and few had already
skipped their dinner and left to sleep.

Sunday Sun rise along with our tasty tea/coffe. Checked the physical status of the team members weather to proceed as per
the plan or to change the trail inorder to reduce the pressure over them. Since 2 had leg injuries, made us to change the trail for their convenience.
The actual plan was to reach the eastern entry through DEAD END POOL however the plan was dropped keeping the injured people in mind.

So took an other trial which would help us reach directly near the temple in eastern entry. The sadest part was that we dint find water as expected
which made everyone to walk through the trail with limited water in the morning hours and with no water during the afternoon hours till 8:00 in the evening.
We had to cross another peak without water to reach the temple. On the other end the TV crew were still capturing the unforgetable moments of the
trek and trail when they were also facing the same issue. I need to appreciate for their dedication towards their work in all circumstances.

Finally the organizers and few volunteers helped to get everyone to cross the 2nd peak during the evening.

We organisers were thinking that we are gonna complete the waterless mission soon but another surprise was waiting for us in the 2nd peak.
We found that few had taken another trail without our knowledge which had delayed our move from their. Its gonna dark soon, so I and peter
came to a conclusion to regroup at another point after getting the people who went through the unknown trail. Peter took the team towards the temple,
but jothivel was found sleeping and was not ready to start along with the group, as he was delayed to start, we made him to go along with 2 sweepers and i went
in search for the missing guys again and found 1 person when i reached back near to the core team. how ever we need to find another 9 members
who took a different trial to reach the eastern entry. Few voluteers along with our organiser went in search for water to get the team back to normal
and to get them reach the water point near the temple at the eastern entry of nagala.

kudos to Peter, Alex, Sherif and other volunteers for the same.

Team regrouped near the temple after enjoying the stream water more than an hour after 8 hours of waterless trail.
I can see their happiness on their faces after spending good hours at the stream however we organisers along with few volunteers where busy analysing
the missed out members. After getting the final attendance, we had reached to a conclusion that all others are safe back to village and3 found missing.
we found that they were jothivel along with our sweeper aswin and anand and i was pretty sure that they may had stopped to proceed further due to lack of
energy after long waterless trail and was expecting from our sweepers that they should be near the hill opposite to the dam so that we can find them when
we reach near the same. The same happened and we were already ready with the water,snacks and medicine to get them back from the top of the hill.
peter took the rescue mission to get the 3 back and at the other end our CTC rescue team has been informed for additional help as per the call given by our
sweepers before they found us.
Peter reached them in less than 1 Hour and served them the water and snacks. meanwhile our rescue team had reached all the way from chennai
to our camp base in less than 2 hours. Our rescue team(Ansar, Guru, Sujai) immediately started the rescue mission to get them back to the base.
All our members have been brought safe back to the camp base. The rescue mission was completed in less than 3 hours.

All other members were eagerly waiting for our 3 dear trekkers. Finally the team started to move back to chennai around 6:00 on monday morning after
everything got settled.

I Respect and thank each and every one for their dedication, involvement, support, coordination and the fun you guys gave to all of us.

Hope this trek had helped us to see both extream faces of nagala and our members to know their maximum capability.

And also hope that the trek had increased ur confidence and mental strength to survive in a desperate situation..

Thanks to Peter for organizing this trek along with me.

Thanks to all BraVe BeAutifuL SouLs Who Made My WeekenD THE BEST EveR!!

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Meet u all very soon…

Stay in Touch for more fun filled treks with CTC..

Love nature and U start loving every thing!

Trek Trek and Trek always

Biju V.K

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TREKKING TIGERS!

Trekking Tigers Two Days Trek to Venkatagiri [Music above Clouds] 2nd & 3rd OcT 2010

venkatagiri Hills

venkatagiri Hills

[Music above Clouds]

Trekking Tigers

Trekking Tigers

CTC's TrekkinG TigerS Presents One DaY Trip to Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (Sunday – 26th Sep 2010)

Trekking Tigers

Trekking Tigers

Independence Day special trek -15 Aug 2010

SUV Xtreme Mountaineering Trip - May 29, 30 & 31st 2010

Organizers: Ansar, Biju, Manoj, Rajinikandh & John Anand

One DaY Trip to Pichavaram Mangrove Forest (Sunday 13th Jun 2010) – Bikers & Riders Special

Organizers: Biju & Paayal

83 Brave Beautiful Souls left Chennai this Sunday in 13 cars & 18 Bikes towards

The World’s 2nd Largest Mangrove Forest.

10 hrs fun filled drive on coastal roads and national highways,

2 hrs Wonderful Ride in 8 Tourist Motorboats

20 hrs amazing trip

Beautiful Mangrove & Bird Watching

Fun activities on the GO, Slow speed race competition for bikers, Fun games & Talent competitions @ beach.

What else U need for a Beautiful Weekend

In Search of the Origins of Nagala - May 8-9 2010

The World’s 2^nd Largest Mangrove Forest.