Trip to Wayanad - Kerala

Wayanad--(gods own country) on bday'2010

Finally i confirmed this trip thou i planned to visit it many times before..As last bday i visited coorg this time wn d day approaching frnds started asking me wr i
planned this time to be part of team :)...so i had plans but inspite of time conflict i redesigned trip n informed in short notice to all...we briefed it to be a 1night/1day trip..

Lastmin dropouts:naidu n vijay n few other frnds misd this trip due to the dependencies @work i pity them as it was awesome trip..

We started 2 hours late in my plan..6 of us started @4pm waynad is in kerala which is around 350kms drive of 5-6 hours..but unlike other trips this time we have atough call on length of journey as there is Nagarhole forest @ karnataka-kerala border it wil be open til 9pm..which means we have to make it in below 5 hrs...
Traffic made stil worse as we tuk more than a hr to jus go out of bangalore...thank god! Driver is so excellent,in full control of situation n made it Just 10mins before to the forest
gate if not theres no way to stay til gate opens next day morning..So thr ws no breaks for tea also til we getin the forest gate..ride itself ws too adventurous calculating distance left
in lap :) and time we hav..it ws like team supporteam F1 driver..:P

I bookd a homestay(gems holiday) thru common frnd but amazed myself to see it wn we reached around 10pm..its a spacious,nice lonely home located inside a tea estate..fud is perfect wid gobi,chicken kabab n gravy wid roti n pulav..we left place in tummy fr d surprise cake which bro n pradeep boarded last in cab :D...
We started takin pics as tht home has lots of articrafts lik cheetah,bear,deer n snakes skin n their demos..thou we r busy in pics old clock ticking big sounds to makesure we didnt miss 00.00hrs ..To my surprise even homestay n travels ppl brot in one more cake n joined celebrations :)..bday song n camera flashes,bday bumps and loud clock ringing bells mixed in right blend for cakecut..

Amidst of all those i tuk calls frm friends n @00.30 hrs we sat for a campfire played games n had a black coffee..early in d mornin we got up to catch mist n luk around places at homestay..we tuk few snaps and ate Puttu kerala spl for brk fast wid kadala black chana n veg curry along wid dosa. we slipd frm thr around 7 to reach chembra peak: its a flush green tea estates ,misty clouds around..


we thot of skippin full trek and went to view point n tuk some pics...




Thr is one more cake cut at top of the hill
at viewpoint...thr ws such a heavy breeze
we couldnt protect candle light :)
..there were few leaches tht tasted andhraguys
haemoglobin in the trek :( ....

From thr we headed to soochipara waterfalls..we tuk so mny snaps tht camera charge drained out..we got some shop wr we plugged it n dressed well
for the place to enjoy waterfall which needs 2kms trek downhil..its one of the best waterfal wr i went into the water..its at natures best wid thundering sound and bountiful waterflow wid monsoon at peak it roars so hard like a lion..we formed chains n crossed stones to get a place underwaterfall..one doesnt need to measure the height n flow to enjoy the shower as we got drenched in sec with the spray of water reflected from the waterfall itself..
We couldnt control the excitement n thn we reached peak to tak camera n trekked again 2kms to catch excitement on camera :)

We decided to come back from thr to bangalore as we were out of charge..we had few samosa ,cakes n hot coffeee n started back..On the way we spotted elephant , peacock ,deers and monkeys in the forest...

Wow! wat to say its amazing feelin on bday ..go for teaestates,campfire,trek,view point and waterfall...it ws an awesome journey n worthwhile..Few of bestpics of mine at each place

This trip wouldnt have been great wid out team..luv u team had a gr8 company
Srinu--Bojo Gajini hitting gym for 6 pack
,Hemanth-- "Silent killer",
Sriji--Chatter boox made us talk a lot hemanth bcame victim fr being silent ,
Kuladeep-- to my utter shock came wid out going to offic on weekend,
Pradeep--- Nokia employee n ambassador wid N97 photographer by choice and
lastly Myself :)-- bday boy he he he hey organised this wonderful trip yaar!
wat u ppl say??...isnt it luk wonderful trip? lik to c ur feedback in comments as last time trip thr were lots of comments from readers