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Day 3 - Coimbatore – Palani – Thekkady
Woke up around 6.30am, cleaned my bike and myselfJ, saddled up my bags and by 8 am was on the road towards thekkady. Tanked up in the nearest bunk, so that I wouldn’t have to waste time enroute and took a while to negotiate the Coimbatore traffic and reach the SH. Roads were a bliss after this, and i have been lucky to have good roads to ride, which wasn't expected by me. Had a friend in udmalaipet tried to reach him and came to know that he is on his way back to ChennaiJ. My next stop was near palani to have some lime juice to keep me cool, and moved on. I skipped lunch and filled myself with chocolates and Juices on the way and reached Periyakulam. Heard from one of my friend about Aghamalai and kumbakarrai Falls. Route to the falls was awesome with forest on both the sides and no people around, had fun riding. But the falls wasn’t that worth the visit – was just like tada falls with less water and more quarterJ. So returned back to find out the way for Aghamalai, but got confused with the directions from the locals and I was out of periyakulamJ. I was in no position to try again, so started ahead to thekkady itself.
Some Morning Sunrise Shots
SH Roads
Contrasting Trees
To Move cattle from one place to other either walk them
or transport them
my Ride taking rest under a shade near palani
Palani at quite a distance
Palani Temple Hill
New Railway lines been laid
Some Random shots
Road to Kumbakarrai Falls
Posing Time :-)
A Big Banyian Tree
Reached Thekkady by 4.45pm and checked for the tickets which were available for the entry but no boat ride. Meanwhile a local guyz asked me whether I wanted a place to stay, I nodded yes and next time minute I was in a neat double bed room with my own balcony for Rs.500, right next to the entry gate. After settling up my luggage and all, I went to get the entry ticket, thinking I can try taking pictures by sunset by I was 5 minutes late and they said no tickets. Enquired for the next day, morning 5.30am tickets will be given and the first boat ride for 2hrs will start by 7.30am – which was my target. With target being set and whole evening in my hand, I tried to explore the places around by walk. Took a refreshing bath and walked to the nearby ground where the traditional kalaripiattu show was being held. 1 hour show costed 150 bucks and it was worth the visit. Really admire the stunts performed by them and how they try to conserve their tradition. Once after their show, the audiences were allowed to enter their arena and pose with their weapons. Even I opted for a single photo, but the guys were very much eager to click and asked me to pose in different ways with couple of weapons J which I liked. Way backed I strolled down leisurely, had my dinner in a local restaurant – one thing got to be mentioned here is that for non-veg people its heaven even in the small restaurants. Also one more thing I find different here is that I found lot of foreigners. On my way back to room, tired some street + night photography, only couple of them came out well. Reached room and slept soon so that I can get by 5.30am to get my entry tickets.
kalaripayattu Arena and thier Stunts
Some Firey Stunts
Thats me posing :-)
Clicked this when i had my dinner
Tried some photography
My Balcony
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