Woodlands, The Wayanad

Coorg or Kodagu the most sensuous place in southern part of India, actually it is border place between the two South Indian States; Karnataka and Kerala.

My first visit to the place was via Mangalore one of the major city in Karnataka, it was really a marvellous journey from there especially through the roads just before the Coorg's capital Madikeri.

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... walk around with a guard up !

Now we are in the middle of Kerala away from the coast .........in a mountanous area.......our accommodation is a homestay ...with a woman that we have stayed with previously so we knew and know exaclt what to expect ......we have the top floor of her house ...which includes a living room ....balcony , two rooms with bathrooms.......coffee, tea and juice on tap.....and beautifully prepared Keralan Breakfast and Dinner ...

... It has many pillars, on which one can find exquisite carvings. In the inner sanctum one can get a feel of a past era. Everything about it is exactly as it was built more than thousand years ago. There are no historical data as to who built this temple. But it is believed that a succession of kings worked on it. The Papanasini river is close by and one can also see a Shiva temple which is in a small cave.

I found the whole place resonant with history and spirituality.

... was sneaking in jokes each one completely cracking us up. This time around it was little billy and the blondes who made their mark. The elephant trunk graft joke is now legendary....

Evening started with 100 pipers, JW and brandy for me. We asked Ganesh and family to go ahead and complete their dinner and sleep. It amazed us on how confident they were to have strangers in their house and sleep with peace. The compound area of the homestay is huge ( for coffee ...) we got ...

... 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 ...

... one tea poi and a bath room (70 Sq. ft.) with hot water facility. We also offer Indian, Chinese Continental food and Kerala delicious vegetarian non-vegetarian homely food provided on request. With all the very best amenities including Ayurvedic Massage. Yoga facilities staying at the Green Mount Cottage will be an enjoyable and a memorable one.

http://www.greenmountcottag e.com and http://www.wayanadtourandstay.com

... to relax n chill out.... n do just nothing.We just lazed around...then had a lovely lunch with my fav mango curry.after lunch ubaid was reading his novel swinging on a hammock n we were just chatting abt everything we could connect to..it started with my Art of living (i gave 'em some "gyan" on it...n motivated 'em to join aol....avinash sir must be smiling here) then it moved on to ...

... but I have the Muslim edition suit. It's a tankini, but the top is thick and heavy and was the stupidest possible choice to bring along. The purpose of staying in Palakkad was to just break the trip as it's too far to drive in one day from Calicut to Munnar. Palakkad is a commercial center and has a lot of interesting shops. But we still didn't get to go shopping as there was a Hindu festival at a temple dedicated ...

... refers to island in Malayalam and kuruvadweep is group of three islands. It looked very adventurous. Our guide told us that this place had three islands and it¡¦s a stretch of 950 acres land bounded with Kabini River. This place looked ideal for picnic spot and so myself and nick decided to spend the whole day there. We started from First Island. I saw lots of wild birds, rare orchids and vegetation. Then we came across the river and took a boat to cross the river and came on the next ...