WE 20 AT KERALA.
WE.. WE 20 are a group of friends from BITS, Pilani. During the last four years of staying together at Pilani, we have had quite a few trips to locations in North India. The trip to Kerala, which is what the blog is about, is however special because this was the first time that even the girls in the group could be roped in for the trip.
Kerela – .. we all had heard of it and were eager to get there and witness the beauty with our own eyes. Setting off on friday night, our group was there at Thekady by Saturday afternoon. The greenery that we saw on the road to Thekady had no parallel. It was green all around and there was no place where one could spot bare ground. Greenery that seemed to pacify all disturbance ..
The tourist rush at thekady forced us to postpone boating in the famous Periyar lake to the next morning. We paid a visit to the spice plantations instead .. The light drizzle there made the weather more pleasant than ever. Camera flashes all around.. our hearts filled with sheer delight!!We spent the evening roaming around the market place while the shopping buffs found something to keep them engaged.
The night was drawing closer and we were getting ready.. getting ready to begin the adventurous night trecking in those dense forests of the Periyar tiger reserve. Three forest department gurads accompanied us on the treck including a gunned man! Darkness seemed to swallow and engulf the entire surroundings and we were moving ahead able to see only as much ground as our torches could illuminate. Seeing those deer, wild boar, barking deer and bisons in the dark night in those dense forests was an enthralling experience. Not to mention those huge trees.. especially the one with the huge hollow bark with bats hanging upside down inside it. After three hours of roaming around the jungle we returned back to the tent we started from. It was then that we realised that we had leeches in our shoes..those ugly blood sucking creatures... bloody Son Of a Leech!!
The next morning saw us sailing across the huge Periyar lake with those beautiful herons, eagrets, cormourants flying across. It was an amazingly astounding wonderful view! The entire boat sent out a roar when we spotted elephants on the hills... Believe me, it looked marvellous.
We left for Munnar soon and reached there by Sunday afternoon. The tea planatations on that we saw on the way were possibly one of the most beautiful things that I have witnessed till date. Spending time in those tea gardens.. the small pond.. the cattle grazing.. the hanging bridge.. it was really a haeaven on this earth.
We booked a cottage in Munnar and had lots of fun playing cards and laughing together at all the jokes.. We went to the echo point and the dam early Monday morning. Time put a constraint on us to leave Kerela. We started the return journey for Bangalore. On the way, we went to the Bhavani temple near Erode where a divine sense filled the surroundings. It got really late in the night by the time we touched Bangalore.
We were really tired, but a scintillating feeling was there all along. This has been a trip to remember for life! After the trip all of us have one unanimous opinion.. Kerela is undoubtebly God's own Country!!
Acknowledgements
Kumbakarai Dhabdhaba, Son of a leech, I really appreciate this, Gudadhe Tigers, Marathalli Rockers, Indira Nagar leeches, Leechi leech, Adi ki daaroo , Scorpio Tatoo, Latrine soap, Avomin Devi, Waterfall Hungama, Amsterdam in Thekkadi, Boating Bamboo, Bamboo Rafting, Zeher Hai ke Pyaar Hai, Sutta Na Mila, Kartik’s Lift off, Battery Exhausted, Sony Music DJ, tribute to sushant , DCH, Its no river it’s a dam, File Error, Kya gaajar , the coveted seat, Veena’s elephant family, Karkare didn't spill, Least count speed breaker, Dus bahane, Tumse milke dil.., Kamar ke jhatke, paddy aur takiya, Munnar auto, Honeymoon Cottage, Elephant on Top, Topless tower, Tata Tea Ltd, hollow tree, Leech aur Anushree ka khoon ka rishta, Misha nahi to Amisha, Flora & Flora, andaz apna apna, Paddy raat ko kuch kiya kya.??
