Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Kodaikanal

Day 6 was hectic. We started from Ooty for Kodai and it took almost 7 hours for us!! I am not sure whether we were on the shortest possible path or not. We were damn tired at the end of the day. And on top of that, we didnt like the hotel we had booked. We went out in the evening and managed to get a room in Hotel Goldan Inn (no pun intended). We decided to move into this hotel tomorrow.


Babu thought it would take hardly 3 hours to cover entire Kodai. We thought otherwise.

There is one single road in Kodai which will take you through all the tourist spots.



Since it was season time, a huge rush was there in every other spot. So we decided to take a diversion.



We actually started following one car and then discovered a nice temple. From there we could view the Lake quite far off.



Two pillar rock was good, but cloud was creeping in and out of the frame.



Kodai Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes I have ever seen. Surrounded by green, its a treat for your eyes.






And the other spot which you must visit is the Croaker's Walk. We had been there in the morning, but decided to give it another try in the evening. And it was worth the walk.



EPILOGUE

There is always something left in you even after you close the story.

Our flight from Bangalore was on Day8 at 8PM. And we were planning to start from Kodai on the same day. We realised that it would take approx 9 hours to reach Bangalore from Kodai and on Day7 it came to our mind that it might be a bit risky.

But somehow we thought that we can make it if we start a bit early. And we started at 430AM!!! This is one of the most amazing journeys I ever had. Coming downhill at that dark night was a bit chilly to say the least. We saw the sun rise on the go. Had our breakfast. Took some snaps to break the monotony sometimes. And kept moving otherwise. Babu lost his way twice, but quickly managed to come back to the right track. Then there was some highway drama - a truck driver and a bus driver having a brawl stalling all other vehicles on the highway. We reached Bangalore airport by 2PM. The security was not too happy to see us this early and requested not to enter. We made a second attempt at around 330PM and made our way into the airport.

Sitting there, we thought that it might be a good idea to have a personal blog just to freeze these 7 wonderful days. What we never realised was writting the last paragraph would become so difficult!

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