After a week of our marriage, we planned for honeymoon in south. Earlier I thought of deep waters in kerala, but then later we finalised for Munnar & Kodai along with one couple.
We left in the luxurious 1st class cuppe of Coromondal Express for chennai on 5th Dec. However, due to delay of train by more than 6 hours, we missed the connecting Chenar exp to coimbatore. This was the tragic start of our happy times :-)
As we were 2 couples, we took the time out and boarded for the bus at mid night for journey to Coimbatore via Salem. After reaching Coimbatore at4pm, we were picked by our car for Munnar. Reached Munnar Sterling Resort at 10pm.
However, after this long tiresome journey Munnar was the right place to be.
Munnar is nestled in the undulating mountain ranges of the southern Western Ghats and is unrivalled among the tourist destinations of Kerala. Its inescapable natural beauty lured us like anything. I can highlight Munnar for its remarkable ambiance, lush green tea gardens, mesmerizing lakes, dense forests and a cool salubrious climate. Munnar is located at the confluence of three mountain streams, Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala.
Our Sterling resort was situated further 15-17 kms uphill to proper Munnar, thus the scenic beauty was just breathtaking. Its the perfect place for honeymoon couples. I recommend Munnar as a must trip for leisure and relaxation. There is much more about Munnar that simply cannot be put in words. Yeah onething i shall say is be informed about this magnificent hill retreat before embarking on a tour.
After 3days of lovely stay we departed for Kodai Kanal in early morning, and after approx 4-5hours drive we were at Kodai. Kodai or Kodaikanal is a hill station in the Palani range. It is also called the queen of hills. On the way you can see a hill river or two and also two waterfalls called Rat tail falls and silver cascade. In some places you can also see forests. The Kodai town, like many other hill towns is built around the lake. As compared to Munnar, its a very crowded place and has many market places. We arrranged for Sterling Resort in Kodai, which can be rated above standard resorts, and of the all, very resonable.
Our Kodai trip was more adventurous than leisure like Munnar. We enjoyed boating in the lake, double cycling, roller skates, and horse riding was just unforgotable. Also visited view points like Pillar rock, coackers walk, Bryant park, Jain Temple, berijan lake - where we did speed boating, Guna caves - was closed ;( and deep forest of huge tall eucaliptous trees.
All the 3 days were full of fun and enjoyment. After this we moved to Bangalore via Volvo, whic took almost 8 hours. Here we stayed at Shitalbhai's (our eldest cousin's) place and visited Wonder-La! Water theme park. After 2 days at bangalore, our journy took flight back to Kolkata. Unfortunately our booking in evening flight was not confirmed and we had to stay overnight at bangalor's new airport. ;) Again, this was a tregic end of our Honeymoon, and morning flight went delayed for 5 hours...... so it took almost 24 hours to reach back home from bang'lr to kolkata via flight. :)
