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Merthi Peak trek (Monsoon trek)

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Hi friends,                      July-August is the Aashadha month or Aadi month or Ramayana month in Hinduism and it is the official start of line of religious festivals upto Diwali. The weather will also be pleasant in most parts of the country before the onset of  North-East monsoons which will precede fall and winter! This year, many parts of Karnataka and all of Kerala were lucky to receive copious rainfall which to some extent helped in resolving the Cauvery issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.                                                               Talking about rains, we went for a monsoon trek last week with a group of enthusiastic runners from a marathon group. We are with this group, especially my husband who is a good runner and into running for a long time. Monsoon is basically off-season for many tourist spots for obvious reasons and also due to school days. We have been to treks before at different places in India and abroad, but they were all of short distan