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Kerala, my experience!
Jan 22, 2006 04:52 AM 2186 Views
(Updated Feb 03, 2015 09:24 AM)

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It was the winter of 2004, nice and warm enough but not too hot or cold. I went back from USA to Hyderabad to go on a honeymoon trip to Kerala with my wife. It was just after Diwali. Enjoyed the festival with friends and family and then set off to Kerala via train. It was a fun ride to Cochin.


I had all the vouchers etc. already printed out that were sent to me by my travel agent. The first stop was Cochin. There was not much to see in Cochin in my opinion except the dock yard which was not much. So we went straight to the office of a friend of my dad from the railway station and got into a car to drive upto Munnar. The journey to Munnar was awesome. But I have to warn the weak hearted that it gets pretty rough out there. The first few kilometers were OK. Then it was all a steep ghat road and me and my wife had to hang on tight almost always when the driver was taking those nastily dangerous and narrow curves with ease, as though we were absent. GOD, I had to throw up once, my wife felt nauseated twice and we constantly felt as though we were on top of the vibrating sewing machine going on and on.


Finally after about 4 or 5 hours if I remember right, we got to munnar. Oh that beauty was just spell binding. We went straight to hotel tall trees. I have to tell you, this was one very nice resort. Beautiful and HUGE cottages, with one hell of a balcony view. Awesome top of the hill restaurant with amazing views and very nice food. Anyways, thats where we spent about 3 days. We roamed around the various attractions like the TATA tea gardens, boating at the DAM, echo point and so on. It was just spectacular.


Then at the end of the three days, we started to come back downhill and the first stop if I rember it right was Thekkady. We stayed at a hotel called Caramom County. Nothing spectacular, but some of the attractions were spice gardens, spice stores and some shopping. The spice gardens was awesome, that was the first time we were able to see various spice plants. We stayed there for about a day or so.


And then we started downhill again and the next stop I think was Allepy. This is where all the house boating is famous. We rented a small houseboat. There were three people who were driving it. The food was cooked on board and we got to taste authentic Kerala style fish and other dishes. It was a bit hot and the smell was not the best. At night, we were really frustrated with the mosquitos and insects. We also wished there was AC. So overall, the experience was OK. Keep these in mind before you get on one. SO that was another day and night stay.


Then we went on to goto a place called Kumarakom. This is where all the lake side hotels and resorts are. We parked at a hotel called Whispering Palms. This was one very nice hotel. We went on a sunset cruise in the evening. There was a gorgeous lakeside view, make sure you book in advance and ask for a lake view room, these are usually taken. We sat there looking at the lake in the evening before the cruise. After that we swam a little in the swimming pool  which was another nice feature. The restaurant was also very good, again, the problem was insects. But the food was nice. Some other attractions were the Peiryar Tiger Sanctuary. Make sure you get there early morning around at least 6AM. Then take a ride on the boat. You may get lucky and see some elephants, let alone tigers. We stayed there for may be 2 days.


I think at the end of it, we ended up spending half a lakh Rs, but we stayed at the best of the best as we wont be doing this again anyway. Then we proceeded back to Cochin and then got on the train, and went back to Hyderabad. The whole experience was one of a kind and I definitely recommend Munanr to anyone before it gets too corwded and commercialized, hurry up!


Enjoy it while you are on earth!


Nature Lover.


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