Kumily, India Travel Blogs

India Nature: Forest Restoration in the Anamalai
Apr 23, 2007 (1 photos)

... 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 ecology.

Periyar wildlife sanctuary
Jan 10, 2005 (3 photos)

... 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 we ...

Good Shepherd Children's Home
Feb 16, 2008

... 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 additional ...

India Nature: The Highlands of the Western Ghats
May 8, 2007 (12 photos)

... 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 canopy, ...

Kumily
Apr 14, 2006 (10 photos)

... us to catch a bus which has turned up and is going half way, and then we can change to another bus that will take us to Kumily. It's better than standing here for two more hours so we all get on. The bus gets half way and we get off in a village which is ...

Kerala holiday May 2008
Jun 13, 2008 (210 photos)

... , the flotilla of boats headed slowly back to the jetty. By this time it was almost 9am and we were ravenous.   Kumily: All that fresh unpolluted air does wonders for the appetite. Breakfast over, we called our driver to take us to some ...

Keralan Backwaters and Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Mar 21, 2005 (5 photos)

... 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
Feb 25, 2006 (11 photos)

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
Jan 31, 2006

... 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
Mar 12, 2008 (22 photos)

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
Feb 4, 2007

... 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 ( ...

Strike day - Tuesday
Feb 20, 2008 (42 photos)

... 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
Mar 22, 2006 (3 photos)

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
May 31, 2008 (2 photos)

 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 ...

Periyar 'Wildlife' Sanctuary
Aug 15, 2009

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 ...

Taken to the Hills
Feb 18, 2009 (6 photos)

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 journey ...

Spices and Sarees
Feb 1, 2006

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 ...

The Russians are coming!
Jan 16, 2009

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 ...

Spice land
Aug 18, 2008 (6 photos)

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Kumily
Dec 2, 2009 (82 photos)

... up being one of the cleanest places we have stayed in India, it has bed sheets, towels and a tv so we were amazed. Kumily is a small town just outside the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary so most people stay here if they are visiting the park but it also has ...

Anyone for tea?
Jan 16, 2009

... '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.
Feb 18, 2007 (10 photos)

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 to ...

Minisafari, Goverment hospital and Ooty
Mar 6, 2007 (24 photos)

... we were pretty unlucky this time, but we will definately go to one of Indias numerous national parks again....can't leave India without pictures of a wild elephant or a big mean tiger!    Oh - and of course the car ...

leeches and tigers and spices, oh my
Mar 22, 2009 (22 photos)

We arrived in Kumily (where most of India's spices are grown as well as tea, coffee and chocolate) in the early evening, quite exhausted, and so decided to for once go with one of the guys waiting with pictures and promises of a guesthouse. It ...

Kerala - The Backwaters
Apr 30, 2006

Kerala is known for its backwaters. Channels that run through the entire region and are navigated by a variety of boats. Some are larger in nature. Houseboats with rooms on board. Made from wood but have small motors to propel them through the water. ...

Moonilavu day over Papachan's
Feb 19, 2008 (30 photos)

... and our hands were entirely clean above the knuckles.  Our after-dinner conversation covered more politics of USA and India and Pakistan (election tomorrow), fuel prices, American customs of marriage/divorce, work, relatives and friends that live in ...

Periyar Tiger Sanctuary- no tigers here
Dec 16, 2007 (18 photos)

... bucket when I wanted was better.  Anyway, enough about hot buckets, back to the tigers or lack of tigers. The first morning in Kumily (the town outside Periyar) we got up at 5am to walk the 4Km into the park to sign up for the jungle walk, we ended ...

Cardamon hills
Feb 19, 2009 (6 photos)

... another car and driver to take us on the next leg of our journey.  We've moved 112km south to a small town called Kumily near the Periyar Wildlife Reserve.  Got a nice spacious room at Rose Garden Home Stay for 750 rupees per night.  We've ...

Fishoponds anyone?
Jan 16, 2009

11th January 2009 V M Lodge, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu, South India Cooling down Pollachi - Udumalpet (30kms)   A very short day today because we couldn't make it all the way to the place we're headed.  Our ultimate destination ...

Cardamom Christmas
Dec 25, 2006

... nbsp; The main purpose of this entry is to let you know where we are on Christmas Eve and how we are.  (T) We're in Kumily, Kerala, on the edge of the Periyar Tiger Reserve.  We're both well. (R) ;-) Merry Christmas, and much love to all our ...