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Kumily Slideshow
Kumily
Travel Blogs from Kumily, India
Periyar wildlife sanctuary
This is a top pick! ... a mountain which was a perfect example of the "might is right" rule of Indian driving. I got off the bus when we reached Kumily and when I stepped onto the bottom step it promptly fell out from beneath me and broke away from the bus! I'm truly surprised ...
India Nature: Forest Restoration in the Anamalai
This is a top pick! ... by TATA, a large conglomerate, for example, were acting progressively, so there is perhaps hope. Truly what Sridar and Divya were doing was important work, as most forests in India are under extreme pressures. Every tree counts in restoration ...
Good Shepherd Children's Home
This is a top pick! ... form of checks or demand drafts to the following: Biju K. Joseph, Immanuel Orphanage Account A/C: 553802010000778 Union Bank of India, Kumily Branch Kerala, India. You can also contact Brother Biju at +91 9447387251 for ...
Kumily
This is a top pick! ... The honeymoon couple are at the bus stop along with another Indian couple, an Indian family and a French couple. We are all going to Kumily so the honeymoon couple persuade us to catch a bus which has turned up and is going half way, and then we can ...
India Nature: The Highlands of the Western Ghats
This is a top pick! ... by. The trip visit into this part of the Western Ghats lasted one week and went through Munnar, Eravikulum National Park, Kumily, and Periyar National Park. The road passed forests, small homes in the woods, tea and coffee crops, cardamom under ...
Kerala holiday May 2008
This is a top pick! ... which connects the hills of Kuravan and Kurathi, through the lush plantation areas of Kattapana, Vandanmedu, Puliyanmala, Anakara, down to Kumily. We reached the Periyar House Hotel within the sanctuary at 5.40pm, barely within the 6pm vehicle curfew. The ...
Keralan Backwaters and Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
This is a top pick! ... the Western Ghats, the mountain range that splits South India in two, home to many spices plantations and one of India's largest National Parks, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. Periyar is particularly famous for its tigers, of which sightings are very rare, ...
Kumily
This is a top pick! Friday 24th February 2006 Kottayam and Kumily Back to the train station and heading inland (for a change) and north to a place called Kottayam. The train journey took 4 and a half hours. We passed the time talking to some young male law students. One ...
A Spicey Location
... bus, and who should we see - Mr Kit Barron himself! He then skipped buses, changing his plans and joined us on our bus to Kumily. We arrived in the thick of the night but the town was still buzzing, it was only a small town but I had really good ...
Tracking Elephants in Periyar
Up early and caught the local bus to Kumily. Met a lovely couple on the bus, Bob from Manchester (who was a translator for years and could speak ten languages) and his wife Marie France from outside Paris. We stayed in the same homestay as they were ...
from the beach to the cardamom hills
... was great and highly entertaining for the villagers I ran past. Not as entertaining for the cows who were scared of me. 2. SPICES Kumily is famous for its spices and it's wildlife sactuary, Periwar. I went to a spice plantation today and saw cardamom ...
Nilgiri Marten at Periyar Tiger Reserve
Rare sighting of the elusive Nilgiri Marten at the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady, Idukki Distt., Kerala, India Several short trails lead off the road going from the entrance point to the boat jetty. These trails invariably end up at 'fingers' of ...
Kumily
Strike day - Tuesday
... six throws. We rushed back to the TV just in time to see the Indian victory. Go India! In the evening, before dinner, we took a short trip to see their nearby church, school ...
Elephants
The journey from Munnar to Kumily took forever. We arrived at the bus station at 10 for a bus at half ten in the morning. This bus was then cancelled. At 10:50 a bus arrived and we got on. About 5 mins later we stop in the middle of nowhere and reverse ...
Missing Tiger Mental Driver
The bus ride was an experience I hope not to have to repeat anytime soon but given that this is the only route into the hills I will be doing it again in 4 days! The driver was possessed and reminded me of Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races except he ...
Kathakali
Periyar 'Wildlife' Sanctuary
Kumily is a pleasant town in the hills of Kerala; so it's a shame that the journey there was so hellish. A non-aircon bus ride, hurling at full speed around ricketing mountain roads, blaring repetitive bollywood tracks at headache-inducing volumes, in the ...
The Russians are coming!
10th January 2009 Sakthi Hotel, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, South India Cloudy and warm Mettapulayam - Coimbatore - Pollachi (81kms) There's not much to say about the ride today. The road was a little up and down, traffic was ...
Taken to the Hills
It was taxi time now, for what turned out to be a 6 hour journey up hill to Kumily which is the base for the Periyar National Park. Once again we learned the art of the horn. Our driver averaged some 7 a minute so that tots up to 2500 beeps on this ...
Spices and Sarees
A PINCH AND PUNCH FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH AND NO RETURN! I forgot to do that to anyone on the actual day so I'm playing catch up now... First thing in the morning after breakfast (which happened to be an identical version of the meal i had had ...
Anyone for tea?
... 't. We set off this morning with the intention of taking a minor road from Devikulam through Udumbanshola, Kallar and Vandamettu to Kumily then Thakkady. We got to Devikulam (a crossroads with a few stalls and 2 or 3 really posh hotels - but ...
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
The reason why you go to Kumily is to explore Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. Besides all the small game, Periyar is known all across Southern India for its many Wild Elephants and its very few wild Tigers. So I took a guided trek in the jungle, hoping ...
Tiger, tiger burning bright.. the quest begins
... (3 hours) then local bus (supposed to be 4 1/2 hours). Our driver was however, a maniac with a death wish. The road to Kumily winds its way through mountains with sheer cliff faces, amidst the tea plantations. Kanan and I had a special treat, a front ...
Kumily, Jungle, Tea and The Accident
Kumily / Thekkaday / Periyar Wildlife Reserve – Our last stop in India before making our way back to Mumbai and on to Melbourne and the train and bus combo from Varkala to Kumily was a local experience. We sat in the third class open window car and ...
