A Fantastic Road Trip to Vagamon,Thekkady, Ramakkalmedu and Idukki.. :)

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ajmalfazer replied

11-04-2011, 06:26 PM
Originally posted by Yedu Narayanan View Post

lucky man. . . u r so lucky. . . pls call us for the next time

Thank you.. Sure Next time I'll call you.. Next trip in my mind is a Trip to Gavi. But i heard like Bikes are not allowed inside gavi forest..

Originally posted by lenin View Post

Hi guys nice trip and awesome photos...

Thank you..
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lenin replied

11-04-2011, 11:09 AM
Hi guys nice trip and awesome photos...
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Yedu Narayanan replied

11-04-2011, 12:41 AM
lucky man. . . u r so lucky. . . pls call us for the next time
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ajmalfazer replied

10-28-2011, 01:11 AM
Originally posted by Ananth View Post

Nice Pictures there! How i wish i could get transferred to Kerala.. You guys have the cream of all the fabulous terrain. all under a day's ride

Thanks Buddy.. I went through some of your trip logs.. simply awesome. I am an infant in front of you who is just learning to walk ...

Originally posted by Ananth View Post

I see you guys visited Kalvary mount as well. How was the track to the top? In June they were building up the concrete path till the top. Was it completed?

Ya the concrete track was completed.It was a good experience to take bikes to the top. The starting of the track was a steep concrete road, then tar road and after that it was just a jeep track with no tar roads,and then started the concrete track. But it was not fully concreted ,concreted only for a jeep tyre size at the both end and the road.
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Ananth replied

10-27-2011, 05:18 PM
Nice Pictures there! How i wish i could get transferred to Kerala.. You guys have the cream of all the fabulous terrain. all under a day's ride

I see you guys visited Kalvary mount as well. How was the track to the top? In June they were building up the concrete path till the top. Was it completed?
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eliksir replied

10-25-2011, 12:30 AM
nice trip. the phone/cam thing at dam is quite irritating. They took away my phone ( I didn't know they were prohibited. The only board that said so was rusted and almost unreadable). Had to beg for about an hour and they gave back after deleting the snaps
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ajmalfazer replied

10-24-2011, 01:13 AM
Originally posted by melbin View Post

Nice write up Ajmal,

Thank you Melbin...

Originally posted by melbin View Post

I saw that breath taking scene on last kerala G 2 G,I was on your tail buddy

I think you are mentioning the curve at which our jasmine rider lost control and fell down.. It was a terrific moment.. I scratched my foot peg at that curve and when i was about to approach the next curve i heard some sound and when i looked at RVM I saw one red pulsar slipping and going out of the track..

Originally posted by melbin View Post

Me too faced that similar situation on 23ed of sept

Oh really.. Which all places you visited ? was it a bike trip.?
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melbin replied

10-20-2011, 09:41 PM
Nice write up Ajmal,

Originally posted by ajmalfazer View Post

Then we Proceeded to Parumthumpara, and reached there by 9 Am. The ride to parunthunpara from kuttikaanam gave us much opportunity to do lots of cornering with most of the time scraping the footrests.

I saw that breath taking scene on last kerala G 2 G,I was on your tail buddy

Originally posted by ajmalfazer View Post

But when we entered the dam we could not resist our self-stopping the bikes on top of the dam. The view from the kulamavu dam was awesome. But suddenly the some police men came and scolded us for parking on top of the dam.

Me too faced that similar situation on 23ed of sept
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ajmalfazer replied

10-19-2011, 01:59 PM
Originally posted by Naughty VaIsH View Post

ajmal this is done before the kl g2g2 rite .. nice trip bro.. well for more option in photo uploading you should check with the tread " how to upload photo " so that it will put for beauty .. looking forward for more ride with you ahead

ride safe

Ya just 3 weeks before our G2g.. I found it very difficult to upload the pics .Actually i would have posted my trip log before our g2g, but only bcos i could not upload the pics i didn't.

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ajmalfazer replied

10-19-2011, 01:35 PM
Originally posted by aargee View Post

Its ok; the scenaries are really awesome; any hotel info pls?

Sorry Brother... I don't remember the name of the hotel we stayed. I had the business card of the both hotels but recently when i changed my wallet I kept it some where. Anyway I Know the exact locations.

On day one we stayed at a Hotel at kuttikaanam, a place located on kottayam-Kuimily (KK) road. This is the place where the road divides into two one to Thekady and the other to wagamon, Kattapana and Munnar.
The hotel is on right side of the road just after the kuttikaanam junction(towards Thekkady side).

Rent: Rs.800 for 4 person; Rooms are ok for bachelors but not recommended for Family..

On second day we stayed at a hotel at kattappana.. This hotel is near maria Bar located at central junction, kattappana, the road just parallel to the bus stand. U can find many hotels on this road..
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Naughty VaIsH replied

10-19-2011, 09:29 AM
ajmal this is done before the kl g2g2 rite .. nice trip bro.. well for more option in photo uploading you should check with the tread " how to upload photo " so that it will put for beauty .. looking forward for more ride with you ahead

ride safe
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aargee replied

10-19-2011, 08:49 AM
Originally posted by ajmalfazer View Post

Its very difficult to find a pic without anyone of us.. any way I have attached some snaps.. not sure that fotos are scenic(none of us r good photographers) but definitely the places were..

Its ok; the scenaries are really awesome; any hotel info pls?
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prabhubravo replied

10-19-2011, 03:47 AM
great excellent trip you guys had.. post more pics of the statue...
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ajmalfazer replied

10-19-2011, 01:52 AM
Originally posted by avk84 View Post

We have been to Ramakkalemedu and Thekkady last year. The birds eye view of plains down there and the sheer speed of wind is awesome.

Also we did a full day trekking on Thekkady that involved rowing the bamboo boats...

Wow..Great. I would say Ramakkalmedu is a must see place, if adventurous enough one should trek to the topmost .
How was the trekking.? Did u People Trekked to forest.?? How many kms did u covered ? and how much did they charged .??
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ajmalfazer replied

10-19-2011, 01:44 AM
Originally posted by aargee View Post

Rating this thread 5* for the scenic route you've taken; but in turn, pls post some more scenaries, not more of people

Also, any specific reason why you guys missed Gavi which is near Parunthumpara?

Did you guys had to take any permission from Forest dept for places any where after Thekkady & beyond?

Also appreciate if you can share the places of hotels you stayed. Tks.

Its very difficult to find a pic without anyone of us.. any way I have attached some snaps.. not sure that fotos are scenic(none of us r good photographers) but definitely the places were..
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