On December 07 left Chennai by Mangalore Express at 17:00 hrs.
Reached Calicut (Kozhikode) around 04:15 hrs and auto-rickshaw dropped us (Kesavan, Krishna MP-organiser & me) just in time to take bus heading to Mananthavady about 3 hrs journey. We had Puttu with Kadala curry for breakfast and
took another bus from Mananthavady to Thalapuzha. Reached Thalapuzha in 15min where a waiting Jeep dropped us to Kambamala Guest House of Kerala Tourism.
Kambamala is located in Wayanad district.
Jitesh welcomed us. After a quick refresh along with our guide Kenjan (local tribe)
we started to trek. Within 30min of trekking, we met Mohanan -another local tribe.
Along with Mohanan, Krishna MP & me reached the hill-top and climb-down was a cake walk. The entire trek and walking while returning took about 3 hrs. After which there was a small stream falling from the rocks where we spent some time and then reached Guest house around 15:3Ohrs. Lunch was chapati and kappa with Salad, chicken curry. Then we took a nap cos of the heat outside. In the evening we had a chat with Jitesh - caretaker of Guest house until dinner time and as requested they served rice with tomato curry with Pappadam, chapati, chicken curry and salad.
Krishna MP & me kept talking till 01:00 AM.
Kambamala is located in Wayanad district.
Jitesh welcomed us. After a quick refresh along with our guide Kenjan (local tribe)
we started to trek. Within 30min of trekking, we met Mohanan -another local tribe.
Along with Mohanan, Krishna MP & me reached the hill-top and climb-down was a cake walk. The entire trek and walking while returning took about 3 hrs. After which there was a small stream falling from the rocks where we spent some time and then reached Guest house around 15:3Ohrs. Lunch was chapati and kappa with Salad, chicken curry. Then we took a nap cos of the heat outside. In the evening we had a chat with Jitesh - caretaker of Guest house until dinner time and as requested they served rice with tomato curry with Pappadam, chapati, chicken curry and salad.
Krishna MP & me kept talking till 01:00 AM.
Kambamala was really fascinating with peaks all over filled with Tea plantation.
December 08, we left guest house around 7AM, Jeep dropped us at Thalapuzha from where we took couple of buses to reach Thirunelly - Maha Vishnu temple. Spent some time inside the temple and took stunning pictures around the temple. We left Thirunelly by 10:30 AM.
Our journey countinued at 10:45 AM until another bus dropped us at Kuruva Island.
We had lunch at 12:20 PM - rice with fried fish, fish curry along with sambar, buttermilk. Kuruvadeep is another name. It was nice being inside Kuruva with lot of trees and loads of shade with people being transported in rafts between small islands.
We left Kuruva by 02:30 PM or so and reached Mananthavady around 03:25 PM.
Took a bus to Calicut which left Mananthavady around 4PM and dropped us around 7PM in Calicut (Kozhikode). Krishna MP got vegetable fried rice and I had parata with egg masala. Reached home sweet home at 8 AM on December 10.
Thanks to Krishna MP -my Infinite co-worker who organised everything for this trip.
It was travel trip for me with few hours of trekking. Glad that I was able to trek in Kerala. We have plans to visit the place in March 2013 and spend over-night in hill-top.
Lets see how things unfold.
December 08, we left guest house around 7AM, Jeep dropped us at Thalapuzha from where we took couple of buses to reach Thirunelly - Maha Vishnu temple. Spent some time inside the temple and took stunning pictures around the temple. We left Thirunelly by 10:30 AM.
Our journey countinued at 10:45 AM until another bus dropped us at Kuruva Island.
We had lunch at 12:20 PM - rice with fried fish, fish curry along with sambar, buttermilk. Kuruvadeep is another name. It was nice being inside Kuruva with lot of trees and loads of shade with people being transported in rafts between small islands.
We left Kuruva by 02:30 PM or so and reached Mananthavady around 03:25 PM.
Took a bus to Calicut which left Mananthavady around 4PM and dropped us around 7PM in Calicut (Kozhikode). Krishna MP got vegetable fried rice and I had parata with egg masala. Reached home sweet home at 8 AM on December 10.
Thanks to Krishna MP -my Infinite co-worker who organised everything for this trip.
It was travel trip for me with few hours of trekking. Glad that I was able to trek in Kerala. We have plans to visit the place in March 2013 and spend over-night in hill-top.
Lets see how things unfold.
