MadeMyTrip!!! Part 2

Hi again...

now comes the two third of my trip. this was the part when we enjoyed the most. as told in previous blog, after kodai kanal we went to tekkady. arguably (should write 'un' before this word) the worst place in my trip.

the day we just entered kerala, was a 'band' day. all shops were closed, and because of that, we had to pay 1300/- as entry fee (which is just 750/- on normal day. now if u r a CAT aspirant, please find the realstion of these two entities and tell me. it ll really helpful...) after paying 'taxes' we moved ahead towards the tekkady, which is a wild life sanctuary. we were just about to enter but a guard there told us that the boat ride for which the place 'famous' (i didnt even know the name of the place to tell u frankly) is completely full. and we wont get any ticket. so frustrated, we went ahead to take lunch. but there also, because of 'the day' the hotel was full and we were not supposed to get any food for next hour. again frustrated we thought of moving ahead to munnar. there also we were faced with problem. someone told that we wont be allowed to enter munnar until late evening. more frustration. (now u know why i said 'un'arguably worst place of trip.) we took about turn and entered tekkady.

once there, we saw a loooooooooong queue for buying boat tickets. cursing the guard who told us that tickets are sold out, we stood in line. but the line was not that unpleasant, because of someone standing in front of us in the line. (we were all guys, so u know what made us stand still in the line) after some efforts we got 7 tickets and it made one of us not to come for the ride.

boat ride was not at all bad, same way it wasnt not that good also. (for a ticket of 100/-) they say animals come to drink water, that time we can see them from the boat. but i think the animals were already done with there thurst. not a single animal was visible for almost entire ride. at last while returning back we got a glimpse of some animals. all other time we were watching wild things (yeah not animals, :D ) i have a lot of videos, but wont update here. a li'l sensored stuff...

a small word - if u have limited time, then its advisable to skip tekkady.

we left the tekkady after having some food, then we again entered the previous restaurant. our time was turning back to normal, we got food with normal delay. then we left towards munnar. in between driver wanted some food, so we stopped and to give him company, we had tea. (some photo session again...)

there was no obstacle to stop, as a man had mentioned before. this time, the trip started to become a li'l traditional. we started singing and playing antakshari. so the ride towards the munnar was comparatively smooth. (except some of the bumps on the road) we reached munnar at about 11:00 - 11:30. it was very cold out there. again we started house hunt. finally we got a cottage. now the food hunt begun. it was late, almost all shops were closed. but we managed to get our hands on some food. then at cottage we finished the food and slowly dozed off while watching the TV.

next day morning, as the owner had promised that we ll get hot water how muchever we want; we didnt get a single drop of hot water. we just washed face and left the cottage to see all the points. first was the tea estates. we romed freely in the estates doing all photo session and all, till the rakhwaldar came running and scolded us. till then we had already taken a few pics.

after a session of photo shoot we left tea estate and wnt to see dam. it was dam(n) good. at least to take pics... the water was very deep, while taking one pic we all were standing on the wall. we were so afraid to look down that we just finished taking photo as soon as possible and came down from wall. while taking photo also we were holding each other. we also bought some home-made chocolates there and finished there only. (record time :- 3min 42sec. just a guess of time. didnt measure by stopwatch)

then the most exciting part of the trip. speed boating. this one was just too good. the boats were so fast, that we had to do video shooting to capture the speed of boat. but the ride was too good. water splashing all over as boat rushed forward, or while turning and even while stopping.

then there was a echo point. thats the first echo point i have ever seen having a lake and boating. we kept wondering why that point was called echo point. there was no echo at all. not even as much as we get on cellphone network. as there was nothin to do anything there, so again we did some photo shoot.

next point was a shooting spot. there we did shooting. we do what the point tells to do. at echo point we tried to get echo, but the nature didnt respond. so we did photo shooting. ekdum filmi eshtyle...

next stop was a point called something like 'top mountain' or 'top point' (dont remember exactly) which is the highest point on kochi-munnar road. the weather here was pleasant. nothing else extra ordinary. just another point where u can stay just looking at mountains, admiring their beauty. and time will just pass by...

now was the time to visit last and most awaited point. a falls. i again dont remember the name. extremely sorry for that. the main reason is, when we reached there we were just thinking of going in falls. no one even thought of asking the name of falls...

from there, we came back to bangalore. 3 day trip, for which planning was done for almost half a month came to an end. thats all. if u want more information on exact route and all the details of places to go, u r looking at wrong place. search google!