Kerala: God’s Own Country
August 11 to 16, 2006. With my best buddies Devendra and Advait, I went on a trip to Kerala for a short duration. We got cheap air tickets 3 months in advance and also the holidays were conveniently placed: weekend followed by Independence day and Janmashtami. Tourist season in Kerala is between September and March, so this was off-season. With an unplanned itinerary, we set upon this short trip to God’s own country.
Places visited: Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kovalam, Kanyakumari, Thekkady, Periyar and Munnar
Travelogue
Day One: Arriving in Thiruvananthpuram
Day Two: Thiruvananthapuram, Kovalam, Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari
Day Three: Periyar and Thekkady
Day Four: Periyar to Munnar by Bus
Day Five: Munnar and surrounding tea estates
Day Six: Munnar to Kochi and back to Mumbai
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Priyank,
Give me your mail id. Will send you some snaps. I need to know the place details in case if you are aware of that. It’s really a nice place. Me & my friends are planning to visit but don’t have full information.
Nataraj
↵Hey…
Nice post! I am going to write one on the same. I had been to Kerala recently – 15th April till 27th April n u know what, its heaven!! Yess, its GOD’s Own Country! I would have read this post earlier, the tips would have had helped me…
Never mind, I am planning to go to Kerala in 2019 – in the Kulunji season ( which comes each after 12 years). Till then if we happen to be in touch, we will go together!! Be in touch!!
Alpana
↵I am a native of trivandrum, Kerala. Your travelouge about kerala is quite interesting
regards
Once upon a lifetime in kerala
↵Hi Priyank,
↵Great post about kerala from urban indian perspective . but there was a small mistake . The town near to thekkady is not “Kumbli” . Its Kumily . I am pointing it out as it may misguide others who are planning to visit kerala.
WoW…this is an amazing post with a wonderful description and some simply Awesome shots. It was lovely going through Kerala through your post.
↵Dear Priyank,
Wow!!! Grant writeup…
Some mistakes in spelling like “Kumbli” near Thekkady is Kumily (or Kumely). It is not a mistake for u, Any way it is a wonderfull writing…
↵Actually, I am from cochin and visited more than 100 times in thekkady and munnar and all places in kerala. BBut when I read your writing, I need to visit these places once again…Good photos. Thank you very much…
Any of your further visit to kerala, if you want any help, you are welcome to contact me……
please tell me a nice lodge in kerala and its cost also.
↵you have penned down an exhaustive post!!..but since I have been to kerala..i could relate to it…well..i found the KTDC boat trip to be very boring….i mean views are wonderful…but that’s about it…no animals can be sighted in any season..we had gone in peak season but could only spot the animals u guys have captured…munnar was very interesting though..like your pics and found that u have taken some pics at the same spot as I have taken!!…..but the thing you have missed out on is the backwaters..kumarakom and allepy offer wonderful houseboats in which one can rent….the views of the backwaters are absolutely ethereal!!!!…
↵Also…it is a better idea to hire a car than travel by buses……we hired a car for 3 days….and it was much more convienient…..
↵hello priyank,
I read the whole travaloge..I am very happy to know u r experiances in kerala..I am a person who is intersted in knowing more about kerala,its people,its economy,food,tourisam etc.Actually i am a person fom kerala who is working outside indelhi..
↵After coming to delhi i realised that kerala is the place with most hospitable people,climate and food..My opinion is that it is the best place to settle dwn .One should experiance kerala once in his life time….
TGIF!!! Finally, some moments without having to think on things to do tomorrow and with time to come and enjoy your posts! This is a wonderful post, but 2800 words and more than 100 pictures is a lot of work for your readers…
↵Thanks for your comments at Blogtrotter where I’m now strolling around Bilbao!
Have a great weekend!
Hi all!
This is my first visit to this blog. I landed via a link provided by Priyank on Nita’s post. Terrific to know there are so many people who avoid the package tour mode and travel on their own.
Is there is anyone here who plans to travel to China for the Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009 — the longest in the present century, and approaching the theoretical limit of duration of totality south of Japan. But even in Shanghai it will be close to six minutes.
It actually starts in India off Surat, but mid-July is hardly the time to bet on viewing consditions. Even China is a gamble, but less so than India.
↵Hi
A very nice and well organized post. I’m from Kerala and its so nice to hear people saying such nice things about and the people!
I’m from Kottayam, where that English problem with bus driver happened..So
” thankU. I go today, come next day.”
↵One more tip about Kerala, As pointed out by Noble John you can expect a harthal any day any time. Y’day (5th May ‘08) was a hartal sponsored by the left in protest of fuel price rise and the news of harthal was flashed in the channels even before the price rise was announced .
↵Kerala might be the only place in the WORLD there was a hartal when Saddam Huessian was hanged.
Hi Priyank, thanks for the comments. Yes, thats right lot of the places near big cities are undiscovered. Tomorrow I will be visiting Wayanad, I will post the blog next week. Do check in, I hope you will like it. I liked your Kerala photos….Kerala is truly God’s own country…
-Maneesh.
↵AdmirableIndia.com
Dear Priyank,
If you plan any more trips to Kerala (particularly Thekkady/Munnar) please contact WIA-Anakkara. They are running some home stays. Reasonable. More over Anakkara is a beautiful place which is less known to tourists. 12 KMs from Kumily on the way to Munnar.
↵You may get all details in
http://www.spicetourism.com
beautiful
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