tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32264466754926546462024-03-06T02:24:11.869+05:30My TrailsSome of the places i visited over the years...Shaazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15481368640792771238noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3226446675492654646.post-6807761308440156812009-03-25T11:13:00.000+05:302009-03-25T12:20:19.377+05:30Wayanard Wanderer - Jan 09<div><span style="color:#000000;">Wayanard, is a small hill station in the northern part of Kerala. We at office decided to make use of a weekend to visit this place. We took a train to Mysore from where we drove down in a cab to our resort. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6stQcjTGJG4hrhm-r8ATjppWX0TG6q-2F5ARZBejRHTPWe_tRuzowQpZshZob7zpGD6wzUiRNgof5RgP3a1HffSGNe8gpQkxXYsq2kcRQZkfr_Sx7sFqo7a_j3s82JKIx1MboXJBdo/s1600-h/_MG_4832.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317005009097240754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6stQcjTGJG4hrhm-r8ATjppWX0TG6q-2F5ARZBejRHTPWe_tRuzowQpZshZob7zpGD6wzUiRNgof5RgP3a1HffSGNe8gpQkxXYsq2kcRQZkfr_Sx7sFqo7a_j3s82JKIx1MboXJBdo/s320/_MG_4832.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>"Gods Land Resort",</strong> is situated off Wayanard, somewhere in the Nilgiris. So basically we were hovering between the borders of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. </p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO917M_mWmof1UYepUTV0F0MjgFI-7wIZj5qIXkMgtgynRsQjrCn7x1j3rFhSVMLlvX9PrfGSyXS5fdTZ6EGyPRKAP1d4XG2fKE_pyRNIxD-IBEjOtB7Ygq8LlLisJ6ZpMFyZyPeCNySA/s1600-h/_MG_4820.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317005101564660338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO917M_mWmof1UYepUTV0F0MjgFI-7wIZj5qIXkMgtgynRsQjrCn7x1j3rFhSVMLlvX9PrfGSyXS5fdTZ6EGyPRKAP1d4XG2fKE_pyRNIxD-IBEjOtB7Ygq8LlLisJ6ZpMFyZyPeCNySA/s320/_MG_4820.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><p><br /></span></p><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO917M_mWmof1UYepUTV0F0MjgFI-7wIZj5qIXkMgtgynRsQjrCn7x1j3rFhSVMLlvX9PrfGSyXS5fdTZ6EGyPRKAP1d4XG2fKE_pyRNIxD-IBEjOtB7Ygq8LlLisJ6ZpMFyZyPeCNySA/s1600-h/_MG_4820.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a> </div><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><div><span style="color:#000000;">The location of our stay was absolutely beautiful. It was located on top of a hillock with tea estates all around it. </span></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqTaY0vcjTIKtlbZdLAdZxU_llKESXy0hDi7YcuN6B8I9oZ4EfsvAXzwGXfgtw0mm0znE8RLufuYEuNb3p3WPLPhVKzt0tAg6tjrfXjumRav5N-9BhMKJeNyoVpcj-No6FmIBSfhmE9o/s1600-h/3234611066_6cf9d4d363.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317012724689659906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqTaY0vcjTIKtlbZdLAdZxU_llKESXy0hDi7YcuN6B8I9oZ4EfsvAXzwGXfgtw0mm0znE8RLufuYEuNb3p3WPLPhVKzt0tAg6tjrfXjumRav5N-9BhMKJeNyoVpcj-No6FmIBSfhmE9o/s320/3234611066_6cf9d4d363.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;">After freshening up, we all decided to go down one of the hills to a small stream and watch the sunset. </span><br /></p><div><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRDK502hyEmhOUnwK7Adwn2_7TEZBAoh7Al1L8ruBZjj4sxPZJKAHGOeZiM8xjLeWLZYfEprsEnVDJa5J9nfd6V6sb0f0S-fxb-7J2gukNHpHcfWIVSR5xAnk0IPtTLLla95_8gKlEzo/s1600-h/_MG_4854.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317005317088519186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRDK502hyEmhOUnwK7Adwn2_7TEZBAoh7Al1L8ruBZjj4sxPZJKAHGOeZiM8xjLeWLZYfEprsEnVDJa5J9nfd6V6sb0f0S-fxb-7J2gukNHpHcfWIVSR5xAnk0IPtTLLla95_8gKlEzo/s320/_MG_4854.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKpz1mM9wBwdWUideAXmIzW68dDuhU1NqMSc94HIg_Zmg2iQU7xE3RGMklHmmFGrAGeydpHj1wLe0pikiK3Gahi_kMaZG_k1Onc8YxGwpJYNKVkVlLH53jAxMucMCuUFCh1pihvN_WGA/s1600-h/3231637082_a7a25b9a29.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a></p><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><div><br /><br /><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRDK502hyEmhOUnwK7Adwn2_7TEZBAoh7Al1L8ruBZjj4sxPZJKAHGOeZiM8xjLeWLZYfEprsEnVDJa5J9nfd6V6sb0f0S-fxb-7J2gukNHpHcfWIVSR5xAnk0IPtTLLla95_8gKlEzo/s1600-h/_MG_4854.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a></p><div><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKpz1mM9wBwdWUideAXmIzW68dDuhU1NqMSc94HIg_Zmg2iQU7xE3RGMklHmmFGrAGeydpHj1wLe0pikiK3Gahi_kMaZG_k1Onc8YxGwpJYNKVkVlLH53jAxMucMCuUFCh1pihvN_WGA/s1600-h/3231637082_a7a25b9a29.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317005231423130962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKpz1mM9wBwdWUideAXmIzW68dDuhU1NqMSc94HIg_Zmg2iQU7xE3RGMklHmmFGrAGeydpHj1wLe0pikiK3Gahi_kMaZG_k1Onc8YxGwpJYNKVkVlLH53jAxMucMCuUFCh1pihvN_WGA/s320/3231637082_a7a25b9a29.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><div><br /> </div><div><span style="color:#000000;">The next day we visited a waterfall (Suchipara) and a Dam (natural dam). I spent most of my time taking photographs of places and </span><span style="color:#000000;">experimenting with my camera. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo56mnd5lzx0DOgajxDE2LrIuTnoBHQ57SvDNXkXg2PDRJm1by7vsybq2bD_IW9yoECWqD1tZHnEfDuV9tvYi5jJkSkgurIhsav2Q-PsHaEWDdhgwNTzgAdaYw0FmhgPJF-HgxfkfCeA/s1600-h/3231643604_ff4fdff6d1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317013909209562594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo56mnd5lzx0DOgajxDE2LrIuTnoBHQ57SvDNXkXg2PDRJm1by7vsybq2bD_IW9yoECWqD1tZHnEfDuV9tvYi5jJkSkgurIhsav2Q-PsHaEWDdhgwNTzgAdaYw0FmhgPJF-HgxfkfCeA/s320/3231643604_ff4fdff6d1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span> </p><p><span style="color:#000000;">The landscape near the dam was just breath taking. was amazed to see something like this in India.[at least the parts that i have </span><span style="color:#000000;">visited so far]<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317012588039698450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r3xlfHLH-ZtuoXOpCnB6soxLvW5zHr4agr52iwcZkhvFs48iiyp2nL3-ju_1qBBwJezvG77NxHwfUz8vQ3i5-YJ5hYmg9RBe7RmNeUlvlfgPD_nTrg507HSIoVzj899EKLH1Ed8J9AA/s320/3268573810_3147d2c523.jpg" border="0" /></p><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSoTJal-oCaGXaqdcnnK9zaQbRpY_CEHreSJxLagrQNzTnQ-qWV4XKOsfRZeQiwsRQiz67KpWh2ELwXigUZcBNqSQSbs6GbHxj3gDy2PZ86T3ossBV_FGn82gF8mjHxbPvkzYV-etGN4/s1600-h/3231643604_ff4fdff6d1.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a></span></p></span><div><span style="color:#000000;">Much of our time was taken up in trekking, visiting a cave (Edakkal Caves) and lazing around in the resort in the evenings.</span></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"></span></p><span style="color:#000000;"><div><br /></div><p><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMctYLG5rOEFF-MdEQu8wuvTQF24WvGYDVs8NhkyfgvpyI1gfZrNy0qkqoBwOOUNaUnGA8Xzg9Q4TJWQISc6cV8-8LgAhHMP2LBvh5uachqQoMud3LXlzAoNh4YBjPz080rCYXvmDPcgI/s1600-h/3236783010_5cb2630908.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317005798365652962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMctYLG5rOEFF-MdEQu8wuvTQF24WvGYDVs8NhkyfgvpyI1gfZrNy0qkqoBwOOUNaUnGA8Xzg9Q4TJWQISc6cV8-8LgAhHMP2LBvh5uachqQoMud3LXlzAoNh4YBjPz080rCYXvmDPcgI/s320/3236783010_5cb2630908.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span></p><div><br /></div><p>It was a nice respite from work for a change..and we all needed it :)</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMctYLG5rOEFF-MdEQu8wuvTQF24WvGYDVs8NhkyfgvpyI1gfZrNy0qkqoBwOOUNaUnGA8Xzg9Q4TJWQISc6cV8-8LgAhHMP2LBvh5uachqQoMud3LXlzAoNh4YBjPz080rCYXvmDPcgI/s1600-h/3236783010_5cb2630908.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></a></span></p><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shaazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15481368640792771238noreply@blogger.com4