God’s Own Country – Wayanad, Kerala

A very good start – Wayanad

Gazing around the mixed emotions and unexpected tiredness ,pain on body, feverish cough in the cool hilly area – with the hot companion of sun. Sometimes expectations have been decreased to a low level due to an untiring mind and tiring body. The time period between November and January is almost hectic due to the Indian festivals which will come in row .Let’s go to Wayanad.

Suffering due to fast travel

All though everything doesn’t happen as planned. We should patiently accept and live with it. I haven’t adopted those skills till now. I might have many worst situations. Due to fast travel ,I lost my strength. Wayanad welcomed me so great, but my body didn’t cooperate to accept its greeting.

This trip questioned my body ,”Would you be able to travel?”. It’s hard for me to answer this. I like to travel but my body and mind didn’t respond. Worst situation. Let’s go! A cold morning ,the cold wind of Wayanad air strikes off the feverish skin of mine. The hairpin bends are greeted with its number ,so called “1” ,”2”…The sun came out from the hiding sky and mountains.

First Sunrise – Wayanad

The mountain sunrises are precious and divine. The sun rays in between the small valleys give a big boost. The fresh oxygen from the forests gave me strength to overcome a few degrees of fever. Sometimes we all need nature to heal.

Monkeys are the kings of mountains. In the hairpin bends of Wayanad monkeys roam in huge amounts. It tries to hunt the food from travelers. Acute little boy ages 6 or 7 ,eating chips one by one .A monkey suddenly ran towards him to get his chips. The child was so kind, he gave his food to the monkey. The gesture of the child makes me so glad.

Edakkal Caves – A namesake visit

After viewing the viewpoints in Wayanad, I started going to a main place named “Edakkal Caves”. In order to reach the top of the caves ,we need to go several steps ahead. As we were tired even at the start of the day itself, we just roamed down the Edakkal caves entrance. Sun sucked all the energy. It’s unfortunately 12 noon.

Karapuzha Adventure – Zipline stuffs ,not me

Skipping Edakkal Cave, stepping into Karapuzha adventure .Karapuzha dam is also situated in the same place. Zipline is a popular activity. Kerala’s one of the longest ziplines. It ranges up to 600 metres. I didn’t take much risk and quit this too. I sat in a corner place in the sand ,and watched all the people who were coming through the zipline. Me and my childhood friend commented and watched them joyfully. We won’t take much risk like one brave friend. The truth is our fear though. It prevents us from going to the zipline.

Poopoli – Wayanad

One fine evening ,a park named “Poopoli”. Poopoli means flower park in Malayalam. The park is big in size. The different varieties of flowers were decorated in beautiful shapes. I saw the peacock design of flowers and the boat design. The alignment of flowers may take many hours.

900 Kandi – Best Times

Next good day,900 Kandi which is also an adventurous place to visit. A narrow glass bridge is located here .Also risky adventurous sports were performed here. We took a jeep after walking a few metres. This jeep journey is hard for the drivers. The path towards the top is full of rocks and sand dunes. The trees over there are done and dusted.

Journey – It’s wow

But the crack-jack jeep journey makes everyone dance up and down unknowingly. It was a cool experience. My cough got reduced somehow. Fever also gone. Swing is the main attractive sport in 900 Kandi. It hangs like a cradle .Like a cradle with 2 seaters it would be hanging through a rope tied into a big tree. When they release the rope ,the cradle-like seater goes in high speed, left and right several times. Again me and her tried this. I was also afraid but not much.

Butterflies

My friend started murmuring into my ear “we are going to die it seems” “I feel nervous did you feel the same”. I was also afraid of this but I didn’t expose myself. I exposed a little .But when she exposed her fear of dying I was also afraid and shouted as hell. We both shouted as hell and said “We are going to die on this slope, none will identify us even if we die in this huge forest” she said “.

I replied “Yes! That’s correct ,none will identify us …”.Everyone are laughing at us like they were thinking ,”it’s just a small swing ,Why are these two idiots shouting this so hard”. I accept it is a small swing but only me and her it gives butterflies in our stomach. While thinking now, it feels like a comic scene.

After 2 minutes ,we calmed down. It’s one sweet memory. Bye 900 Kandi. Next, to Kanthanpara Waterfalls .It’s also such a good place to take a bath. Its a long tire waterfall which flows in Kilometers. It has 3 cascades.

Pookode Lake Walk

Pookode lake has cold weather with a blissful view of mountains all around. Boating in a lake surrounded by mountains. Wow. At last the legendary waterfall named Thusharagiri .Its a three phase waterfall each one situated one above the other a few metres up. I sat on a big rock in the middle of the forests, running through tireless waterfalls, mid-sun’s comfortable evening’s rays ,cool vibrant atmosphere ,gushing sound of waterfalls .Oh my good. This place!!!Awesome trip.

I hope I have shared my exploration across the Kanthanpara waterfalls to Pookade lake. This blog covers Edakkal Caves, Kazapura adventures, 900 kandi ,Kanthanpara Waterfalls ,Poopoli and Thusharagiri.

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