Munnar,The Destination for Nature Lovers

Hi friends,Am here to share my experience about visit at Munnar.Am a keralite from Ernakulam district. Munnar is about 100 km away from our city. I had visited that place about 8-10 times and it is one of the best sight seeing place in Kerala. When we hear munnar the first thing that comes to our minds are the tea plantations.The munnar hills is the one of the largest tea plantation after Assam.The munnar hills are offering the visitors a good atmosphere as well as cold climate.The munnar has several sites including top station, ecopoint,suicidepoint, pallivasal, mattupetty dam,Eravikulam national park etc.... The best time to visit munnar is between march and October.

Those who wish to visit munnar they can fligh down at Kochi International Airport,dropped down at Aluva railway station or Ernakulam Bus Terminal.

The un-forgettable location for me at Munnar is Top station and it is the most beautiful location that tourists prefer to see in munnar, and I hope this is the highest place at Munnar,around 2700 ft above the sea level.This area is the best location for sight seeing,trekking and for taking photographs. 

  There are lot of hotels and resorts in munnar to stay at an affordable rate.

I would suggest you to visit this place once in a lifetime and feel the nature of beauty. 

Thank you

Vishnu c v

Trip to kodaikanal

During my ug summer vacation me along with my friends had a trip to Kodaikanal. It is a city in the hills of the taluk division of the Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations".We left Malppuram, kerala on 9th April 2016 & reached next day early morning 6.30. And we checked in a resort and have our breakfast. after breakfast we started exploring the resort. After resort exploration, we went to the Coakers walk. Coakers walk is a very famous tourist destination in Kodaikanal. It is 500 metres from the bus-stand, constructed by Lt.Coaker in 1872. It is a 1-kilometre paved pedestrian path running along the edge of steep slopes on the southern side of Kodai. On a clear day one can view the deep valley and stunning panoramic view of the plains.

We completed the full 1 Km of walk (one way). Finally we settled ourselves on a bench placed on side of walkway from where one can enjoy the panoramic view of valley, plain and towns. Our next location was guna cave, Guna cave Named after Kamal Haasan movie Guna whose shooting was done here.lt is a very deep cave with dangerous slopes. Area around the cave is guarded with iron grills. You can get the view of cave from a distance only.our next location was pillars rock, Pillars rock A nice valley where two rocks are standing side-by-side and will give you a feeling of "Petronas Towers" of Malaysia. View of the valley is very nice from this place. It was a very cloudy day and after a wait of 15-20 mins we were able to see the Pillars rock, which was covered under clouds till then. Clouds were coming and going, giving a hide and seek view of pillars rock the next location is kodai lake, A big lake in between the Kodai town. Rowboats and pedalos can be hired at the Kodaikanal Boat Club, The Carlton. Horses and bicycles can be hired beside the lake for short periods.

After the koldai lake visit we returned to resort and travelled back to home. 

Trip to Golden Temple

Whenever I was seeing a person in a turban, it always attracted me towards Sikh culture, I was getting an insight of visiting the golden temple to know more about this culture.

When I was in Ludhiana on a weekend I planned to visit the gracious city Amritsar and explore the beauty of the golden temple. 
The Golden temple is a place where you can reach through various transportation facility.
Nearest Airport- Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport (11 kilometres far away from Golden Temple).
Nearest Railway Station- Amritsar Railway Station (2 kilometres far away from Golden Temple)

Now I am going to share some beautiful things about this temple.

• The only temple is not made of gold everything there you will feel as pure as gold, and the vibe of this place is also so charming which will make you forget whatever you left behind.
• At this temple, nobody will ask for a single rupee for any service, food, visit and knowledge given by Sikh guru. this place will make you feel so blissful.
• Below are some of the pictures I would like to share which i captured during the visit.
  

  

  (A place where everyone is equal)

  
  

  

  (On the entrance you will see some colourful fishes in holy Sarovar/pond)



(Marvellous creation)

• This temple's structure is a combination of Mughals and Sikh origin influence.

  

  (view of the golden temple on a sunny day)
  

  

  (yeah it's me)

TWO DAYS OF OOTY

This could be the total fun and happiness i experienced during my UG degree. This trip was to ooty with my gang for my birthday😍 celebration. This was taken on 03/09/2017 a day before my birthday having fun in a park, it was raining and that made the pre-celebration fantastic to the core.

The day on my birthday went very well. We enjoyed the entire ooty and those two days will never taken off from me. 

MYSORE TRIP

I Rahul Singh posting this blog from Srinidhi mail due to some technical issue while logging. During Diwali vacations me along with my friends had a trip to the one of the cleanest city of India i.e. Mysore. We left Chennai on 3rd November & reached next day early morning 6.30. The climate was very cool and pleasant & enjoyed the bliss of the cleanest city. At first we had the authentic Davangere benne Dosa as breakfast and moved to our visit the "MYSORE PALACE".

Mysore palace which is an official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty , and the seat of the kingdom faces towards east representing the hills where Chamundi Devi is resided .

The architectural style of domes of the the palace is commonly described as Indo Saracen with blends of Hindu, Mughal ,Rajput & Gothic styles & also the palace is surrounded by a large garden area. The night view of the palace was magnificent decorated with the lights☮.

After the visit of palace we went to the zoo. The Mysore zoo is one of the oldest and most popular in India. Started in the mid of noon with scorching sun above our head and finished the entire visit by evening .

This picture of Bear having a nap after lunch was one of the adorable moment. Later we went to St. Philomena's Church. 

After seeing the beautiful architectural view of the church we called the day off , as we were tired of seeing many places. The next morning with the fresh mood we went to the Chamundi hills 15 km from Palace. There was a long Que for the the Darshan of Chamundeshwari Devi and later we were blessed after seeing the shrine .

After the hill visit , we came to Railway Station to catch the Chennai train & back to the destination on 6th morning. Exploring new cities , cultures , traditions , food , climate ... etc are one the best experiences of life , Where we can understand how people live , communicate. This 2 days trip along with my new MBA friends was really amazing which really freshened up my mind from the daily hectic routine of college.

 

The abrupt tour

Yes..!!!after a long keen discussion whether to visit Ooty or Madurai on our Diwali holidays....we came to the abrupt decision that we all will be visiting "Pondy".Yes..I am talking about Pondicherry which is officially known as Puducherry.Its a city situated in Puducherry district of the union territory,and is surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu to which it shares most of its culture.After coming to know about its history and its enchanting beauty,we decided to visit it.

    So,all prepared  six of us(all of us were visiting pondy for the very first time)commenced our journey from CMBT(Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus),Koyembedu.After a long 4hrs(actual time taken is 2h 50min....😐)journey,we reached Pondicherry.After reaching there..first of all,we all decided to feed our exigent stomach.After having a powerpack lunch we bestired ourselves to French war memorial which is situated just opposite to the Rock Beach in White Town.After relishing the beauty of that memorial we   all  headed towards Bharati Government Park which is situated just behind the memorial.It has a captivating piece of architecture inside it by the name of Aayi Mandapam..

After visiting Aayi Mandapam..we headed towards Kargil War Memorial..which is situated at a distance of 650m from the park...and after paying homage to our bravehearts we headed towards the most attractive part of our visit....the french colonies.I mentioned the term attractive because,once you are inside the colonies...you start doubting yourself that whether you are still in India or you landed somewhere in France....😄.While on our way to the french colonies we were forced to halt by the charm of colonial building of The French Consulate General.This colonial building has changed over the years,and yet managed to retain some of its original 18th century charm.

                

                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                          

Finally as we were running out of time(trip destroyed mainly due the techical snag our bus developed while heading pondicherry...😢)..we decided to wrap our trip by visiting the Rock Beach which is situated in White Town locality.we also witnessed a huge statue of The father of our nation - Mahatma Gandhi just infront of the Rock Beach.It was really a outstanding masterpeice I would like to appreciate.

Finally with a promise of visiting again(this time not in a bus...😠)..we said "Au revoir" to Pondy and headed towards Chennai....🚗

Thalassophile

It was the day when I came to Chennai. Chennai a place where everything is different, it means language, culture, climate . But I like everything about this city. I reached Chennai at night around 11:00 pm. And at night this city looks very beautiful.

Here you can see how beautiful it looks at night. When I came here I was not knowing that I will like this city. One of the reason why I like Chennai is its weather and beaches.. According to me  beaches are the best place to find peace and one can forget all his worries by looking at the sea.