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nice. What lake is that?

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Its the view of Aliyar reservoir

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We started by 5.15 am from Alleppey. Took a coffee break at Edapally and had breakfast at Angamaly. Took the deviation to Athirapilly from Chalakudy by about 7.45 am

Stopped by a small but beautiful place before Athirapilly for some snaps



The morning sunrays


The sun began to shine


Next stop was the bridge in from of Silver Storm.

The blue sky was just magnificient


View down the bridge


The opposite side


180" view


Silver Storm Amusement park


We passed by Athirapilly by around 8.30 am. Decided to skip it as we all had been there.

Athirapilly: Courtesy - Google


Stopped at Vazhachal as it wouldn't consume much time.



So peaceful without any tourists at this hour


Water running over the rocks was music to the ears


Set off from Vazhachal by 10.15 am. The route to Valparai was just perfect. Thick forests on either sides, smooth well maintained tarmac, lots and lots of long sweeping curves and sharp turns and some wild animals if you get lucky or may be unlucky!. We didn't see any eventhough the route was filled with elephant dung some of them fresh!

Smooth tarmac


Cornering every chance we get


The Sun began to take its toll on us


Enjoy the Tea Plantations of God's own country


Into the plantations


Green, Green all around


Saving some more for later!

Sholayar Dam


From the top of the Dam


Lunch was from Valparai. Had some delicious Tamil Nadu style biriyani from Sri Lekshmi Chettinadu Mess. Left for Pollachi by around 2pm

Valparai - Pollachi route


Route was filled with hairpins. Eventhough the numbered ones are only 40 am sure there were double that number!

Cyclists along the way


Some more greenery


The only animal we saw!


Say bye to the Tea plantations


There is a Loam's View point on the 8/40th hairpin. The view is surreal! But if you want an even better view stop a few hairpins before that.

Enjoy the view from the top


See the hairpin at the bottom. That is Loam's


At Loam's


The way down


8/40 hairpin


Valparai - Aliyar was just 60+km but we took 3 hours to cover it. The route was serene!

We stopped for tea at Aliyar by 5pm. Decided to skip the Dam as we were short on time and left for Thrissur. Apart from the Vadakkancherry - Thrissur stretch rest of the roads were well maintained

Dinner at McD, Thrissur



Got held up by some heavy rain around Edapally - Vytilla road but reached Alleppey at around 12.30 am.

It was an amazing trip. Saw some of the best places in South India, had lots of fun and above all spent most of the 17 hours on a motorcycle!

Thanks for your patience...

Until next time


A short video of the ride
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Dream ride - Manali - Leh! Coming soon..... Hopefully!

Re: Riding the Lush Green routes of Vazhachal-Valparai-Pollachi

Some really nice snaps there!
Ride on!

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Re: Riding the Lush Green routes of Vazhachal-Valparai-Pollachi

Very nice pic log!

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