At Kalpetta we took a room at Arun Lodge which had accomodation for rs 200 and deluxe room for rs 440. We took the deluxe room and it was really good one. We got some pamplets to work outour plans as we have not planned anything out. The original idea was to spent the whole week at Wayanad.
The next day after some asking around we decided to catch buses to possible locations. Our list had Pookot lake, Chain tree, Tamarassery Churam, Soochippara Fallas, Meenmutty falls and Kanthampara falls. We took a but to Vythiri from where we got an Auto to pookot lake. Rs 10 entry fees and Rs 10 for the camera, then the boating costed Rs 30 for 20 mins. We can have a walk around te lake and sit around taking photos and enjoying the beauty of the lake. We can pedal around in the pedal boat and go to the Ambal group to one end and make it back within 20 mins.
They will keep extra rs 30 as security if you extend the stay in water for more than 20 mins. We got back in time though. I bought some jungle honey and Then nellikka. We walked bac to the bus stop and tok the next bus to lakkidi.
We had a difficult time finding the chain tree. It was not much, but a big chan fixed to the ground after going rounf a big tree. Legend has it that a wild mans ghost is being imprisoned that way. This guy supposedly helped the British officer make the Thamarassery pass and the officer killed hi to take all the credit of the find. Te Ghost was wreaking havoc on all vehicles passing thriugh the pass and he was eventually captured and chained to the tree.
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| From Wayanad Dec 21 08 |
We walked back to the Thamarassery pass and walked down some hair pins. There are 9 hairpins and the sight below is breath taking.
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| From Wayanad Dec 21 08 |
After a photo shoot and some fruits from the vendors there we decided to head back. We got bus to Kalpetta and then to a place called Meppadi. From mepadi we had a bus to soochippara junction. Bus to this place is a rare find and from the stop itself there is a trek of 2 kms to reach the falls. Lots of people were there majorly consisting of college and school students on tour.
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| From Wayanad Dec 21 08 |
We had food after 1km which consisted of Kerala Rice and Fish fry. One our way down the mountain slope we went to the wrong directon (left) and ended up at a small falls which we thought was the original falls. Now there was no way to go down, but we managed down and had a bath. On our way back in order to get back and head for other places in the list we saw the original route. We heard whistles and shouts from that direction and following the trail ended up at the real Soochipara falls. Now we decided to cancel all other destnations and to enjoy here. The thing is that there are no guards or any kind of safety system at the place. The endeavour was dangerous of sorts as any one cal slip on the slippery rocks and fall into the rushing water. But the effect of standing under the white misty falls was heavenly. Me and my cousin spent some time under the falls and i swam my way back to the shore after some cooling off in the freezing water.
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| From Wayanad Dec 21 08 |
We reached back at the junction at 6 and we found that it was already dark.. There was no humans in sight or any other vehicles. We decided to walk back all the wayand after some walk we got a jeep. If we could not have gotten that jeep then it would have been some night. We got back to our room at 8 and had some food. Then we did some planning for the next day and went to sleep.
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