This time,in April for a change we descended down to south, kerala, God’s Own Country. and what a change it turned out to be. Many may tell varied versions about munnar , periyar etc., but the most memorable part of the holiday for us was the drive from cochin airport to munnar, approximately four hours by car. i loved the drive more because the entire drive was through the lush green jungles and one of the best roads i have ever seen in ghat section leading to Madurai from Cochin.
keralites Very nice and friendly people. i had heard about the language problem , yes, to some extent, it is there, despite 100% literacy , surprising isn’t it ?.
it was really a welcome soothing cool escape from the heat in the plains where mercury hovering around 45+ degrees . With a daily schedule of chilled morning , a heavy downpour in the late afternoon, and misty evenings with the misty winds and clouds at an altitude of 7000 ft MSL. Imagine we were covering ourselves with thick blankets in the night in the month of April ,peak of the summer, and the night temp. dipping to 9′degrees Celsius.Overall a lovely place in summer with the exceptionally good service at the club mahindra’s lake view resorts, absolutely top class and authentic kerala food delicacies in the ala carte menu. I will not forgive myself if i do not mention the friendly staff at the resort. they are just too good like your own family members.
Basically one should visit munnar to stay at the place and enjoy the weather at munnar with an alternate day a trip to periyar wildlife sanctuary ,spice plantations,Tata and Goenka group tea plantations, can be included in a weeks schedule which won’t be much hectic.
I will come back to munnar again. bye till then !!!!!!!!!!!!!