The Sweet Moments !!!

Here comes my blog after nearly two months at SELCO Foundation !! I had been traveling and on the way encountered some really interesting events and met some really interesting people on the way. One thing love about my job is that it takes me to beautiful places. I am working on solar fence and for the past one month I have been approaching various dealers and customers of solar fence.

First was a visit to a farm nearby, on Western Ghats. A farmer whose land was frequently visited and destroyed by elephants, deers and baisons. He had put up a fence three years ago and I was on my way to meet this customer. Believe me, getting to his farm was a mini trek. I had been with my colleague and we had to park the bike 2km down the hill. It was the first week of July and the monsoons had arrived in Malnad. During my climb up the rains had already come and I was struggling with the umbrella in one hand and a raincoat that protected only my upper body and the rain was getting my jeans wet. On the way up we crossed a beautiful stream. 

The beautiful stream !!!

Had to stop by this stream to enjoy the water carefully caressing my legs

Walking up the hill a kilometer we reached his farm and I was totally was engulfed in the beauty of nature around me. There were coconut tree, areca trees, paddy and a beautiful traditional malnad house, and protecting the whole property was the solar fence. Before I met the farmer I never knew what magic a fence can do neither did I have the clear idea of working of a fence. I was amazed by the way the farmer was explaining all about the fence. Sitting in SELCO Labs, after a one week research on the web I had a picture of fence in the mind which consisted of a panel, regulator, battery, energizer, pole and wires. Going there made me realize that fence has so many other components too. Fence also has tighteners that is used to keep the fence wires tight and also an equipment to tighten the wire to the tightener.

Tightener

Then the farmer was explaining to me the grounding aspects of the fence. After a one hour discussion with the farmer I realized that he knows so much about fencing and I had collected so much information from this customer.

The second visit was to Puttur, to meet the branch people and understand the demand for fencing in those areas. Again me and my colleague went in his bike. As usual it was raining, and this time the bike ride was adding to the chaos and making me more wet. But it never bothered me. I had so many beautiful things to look around. Travelling on the Ghats can be so mesmerizing. One the way found this stunning river.

One of the bridges that we crossed on the way to Puttur

The river that was so pure, so serene !!! 

My colleague had to work on a paddy seedling transplanter on a nearby farm, and I had spotted this an elegant butterfly.

This beauty queen had the time to pose for my click !! 

 Now, this is my second travel regarding solar fence and I was loving it.
Next was a place called Sullia which is 3 hours from Belthangady. A visit to a site nearby on top of the mountains was breathtaking. The following day I was in a farm in Uppinagady which is 2 hours from Belthangady. Look what I found in the farm, a fungus that doesn't really look like 'fungus'.

Fungus can look attractive !! ;)