Munnar

Munnar is a real beautiful place. Its relatively more beautiful than any other hill stations I have been to. Or might be I visited the place in the right time. Monsoon such a beautiful thing. The trip to Munnar has lot of falls in the mountains. Beautiful scenery all around the place on the way to Munnar.

We started around 12 in night from Bangalore. To enjoy the sunrise we stopped along the road.

The Tamil Nadu and Kerala border is filled with multiple check posts and the cops there shamelessly ask for bribe. There was a small stream running close to the check post and we got down there to take bath, just to be stopped by the police. We were fined Rs 225 because apparently we tried to get into restricted area. After pleading with them for half an hour they gave us a bill. There was a check mark against trekking in the bill. Apparently according to the police getting down the stream to take bath is known as trekking. Shame on you guys.

First day, we trekked into a tea estate. We had a camp site with water and electricity and tents. The next day we took a jeep ride to another camp site and started the trek to Chukkan mudi.

Wayanad

Yet another road trip started at the very last moment, without any plans. Friday night 9o clock, still in office working. I start calling my friends for a trip. One agrees, another need a bit of convincing and then we start at 12. The plan is to checkout Wayanad this time.

This is how the morning looked like 

Took a break to witness the sunrise

 

On the way to Irupu falls

On the way to Munnar, we decided to take a stop at Irupu falls to refresh our energies. We reached there pretty early. We had to wait for sometime to be allowed in. We took bath in the falls and we continued on our way to Wayand. This whole trip we did one thing right. We tried the local cuisine all the time. We tried Kappa with fish curry for breakfast and we continued to Kuruva Isand. On the way, we were stopped by the police to check for alcohol. Bunch of guys in a car and everyone assume you drink.

Bamboo raft to the Kuruva Island

After kuruva Island, we tried visiting the Edakal caves, but we wouldn't because it was late and they had closed the entry. The next day our plan was to hit Chembra Peak. We had bought supplies for the trek and we had a good nights sleep.

But we were unlucky. We learned that the trekking is closed due to some fire accident a month ago, and will open only after a month. So to fill in the time, we checkout out the Banasura Dam.

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