Sak Town

Sak Town, known to most people as Sakleshpur, is a few miles from Hassan in Karnataka. It is a coffee and pepper growing hub. The chief occupation of the residents here is agriculture, and when they are not attending to their money minting crops, they spend their leisure time in the Planter's Club (a very apt name for its location). I had the pleasure of traveling there this past weekend with a couple of majaa (=fun in Kannada) friends. Our excuse was to visit another majaa (for the lack of a more interesting adjective) friend who has now become a planter himself, and more over, a very active member of the Planter's Club.

The highlights of the weekend included the

5 hour bus ride on the Karnataka Sarige Bus (on which I had planned on sleeping but my friends had challenged themselves to annoy me), fresh filter coffee, chicken ghee roast (2 whole kgs of it!), akki roti, the local bar tender cum waiter who kept us liquored up for the 30+ hours that we spent there, and the visit that never happened to Gautham's estate.

It was a relaxed comfortable weekend. I wanted to mention Planter's Club cause its a place with a unique character. Its definitely not comparable to the lush resorts that are coming up in the Malnad region, but its got its charm and at a very reasonable price. Its a clean friendly place with the facilities (not read spa) you'll need for a weekend getaway. For all the food and liqour that they shower you with, you'll probably end up spending only half of what you would on a night out in town.

As to why I've titled this post "Sak Town", I'll save that story for another day. I wish I could go back this weekend too, but life must go on in namma Bangaluru. I'll just have to stare at the half empty plate of chicken ghee roast and console my belly god. *sigh*