Taj Residency Kozhikode

... into the undergrowth .............for 2 hours we walked of the beaten track ............but no sign of anything..........Hmmmmm perhaps they are hunting us i thought .......as we extremely trustingly followed our guide ........
we saw some crazy insects , wild deer, a giant squirrel or two and i came pretty close to a viper snake ....but thats as exciting as our day got ........no elephants , no tigers................Well needed excercise none the less.

Kalpetta, Kerala, India nickmofry

Thirunelli is in beautiful beautiful Wayanad in Kerala, India. I went there driving with my wife and my mother. The drive from Bangalore is beautiful and takes about 6-8 hours. One travels through four wildlife reserve forests on the way. If you are lucky, you can spot a wild animal. we had a miraculous near miss with a tusker. He stepped into the road a foot behind us. It was very scary and exciting at the same time. I have seen elephants before, but those were the tame ones, but ...

... low atmospheric pressure within the centre of the depression. As these storm surges come ashore, they may resemble (though are not) tsunamis, inundating vast areas of land. Such a storm surge inundated Burma ...

... The staff are incredibly friendly, going out of their way to be helpful. I arrived full of cold and was provided with chest rub and lots of cups of tea.

The bedrooms are spacious and comfortable with attached western style bathrooms. Bucket showers but hot water. They also have Tata Sky which is great when rain means you can’t go outside.

Traditional Kerala Food is all cooked on site and is delicious. All the fruits and vegetables used are grown on the ...

... the tourist centers are more or less equiv.-distant from Kalpetta. Green Mount Cottage is located in a calm and serene vicinity just about 125 meters from the national highway. It is fully outfitted to accommodate six families at a time separately. Each one is fully furnished with one sit - out (65 Sq. ft. to 125 Sq. ft.), one bed room (240 Sq. ft.), one family coat, fridge, cable TV, dining table with three chairs, Cain chair with ...

... by the sight of a number of thin streams of milky waterfalls on the pathway to Enteeveedu.The soft tunes of the Bollywood flick '1942 love story' (" Rim ghim rim ghim" ....) floating like honey in my ear-drums doubled the joy to my senses. The rain does wonder to the lush greenery, I wondered as I marveled at the sight of the wet, sparkling purplish green leaves and my heart rejoiced to ...

... told that one of the main tributaries of Kabini River (Panamaram rivulet) takes its origin from Pookot Lake.Boating facilities, a children's park, a handicrafts and spices emporium and a fresh water aquarium are among the tourist facilities available here.

.We bought the entrance tickets and ticket for camera and went inside.Thick bushes and tall trees along the path round the lake gave a calm spritual ...

... real luxury in India, like a lot of places, you have to pay a lot of money. The good thing about a lot of Indian hotels is that the rate you pay is for 24 hrs, so if you check in at 8pm you check out at 8pm, which can be useful if you are getting night buses or flights etc. So we are now in the Shastapuri, which is much more like home, at 415 rps. There is a bar on the ground floor so we have found lots of strange men being ...

The highlight of Kerala, India or anywhere else I've ever visited probably. It's not easy to get too, 5 hr train from Cochin and a hairy 3 hr bus trek up winding jungle mountains to Kolpetta, a small town close to the wildlife sanctuary. It wasn't a definite go when we were deciding on where next from Cochin, the journey sounded a nightmare and the sea, sun and incapacitating temperatures didn't make us desperate to venture back into the unknown, but I'm glad we did ...

... So once again I felt like wimp. Sticking to a nice hotel and not venturing off site. Though, truth be told there is nothing to see here which is why I wasn't planning to stop in this City in the first place. I kept reading my Lonely Planet guide to see if there was anything worth doing. I couldn't just sit in the hotel. Finally, I found that they had listed a dessert shop with good candy and bread. My two favorite food groups. So I rallied for the occasion. Headed ...