Kerala Trip..... Day 2 in Munnar

23r Dec 2009, Munnar

Another day in Munnar for sightseeing. Last night we told our driver to be ready by 8:30 in morning after the breakfast. And surprisingly it was me, who never gets up before 8 in morning, who got up first in the morning and by 8:26 AM we all were out of the hotel waiting for our driver to return from his breakfast. I guess the credit for our getting ready on time should go to my alarm tones, which are enough to even wake up Kumbkaran!!! (but unfortunately not enough to wake me up)

First, we moved towards Matuputty Dam, a small hydro power station built on Kundal lake, there we clicked some pics and then move a few kms ahead where there was some boating facility was available at lake.... We rented a pedal boat, and touched some of the distant points in the lake where no one was going.

After the enjoyable boat trip we moved towards another sightseeing point “Top Station”. This point is at the top of the hill where you can go by your car, and enjoy a nice scenic view considering it is completely a tea plantation area and you can see small tea plants on all the sides. We couldn't reach that particular point because of the dense fog (yes at 4 PM), and visibility almost dropping to 5-10 meters and it was difficult to drive further on curvy hilly roads in such dense fog. On our return trip from that point we stopped nearby some open tea gardens and roamed around in between the green plants…. After that we stopped by at a floriculture garden it was more like a nursery with a big collection of beautiful flowers. We spend about an hour there and then returned back to our hotel.

After resting for some time we went to market for some shopping and dinner. We purchased some local spices, coffee and dry fruits. Then for dinner we went to the same restaurant where we had dinner the previous day. The noticeable thing about the dinner was approx 4-5 ft long Dosa that we three shared after having a paper dosa (as our starter :P). When the dosa came to our table, we became the center of attraction of whole restaurant with everyone’s eyes on us. Even some foreigner sitting on adjacent table asked us whether we were going to eat that all on our own hehehe… Neways we managed to finish it off and then had a coffee….. I would say a strong coffee, perhaps Kerala’s specialty in Glass and Bowl. After dinner, we walked around in market for some Ice Cream but didn’t find any :(.

So after that we went back to hotel with a bottle of Thumbs Up [:)] and some packet of chips to have it while playing cards in our hotel room. After playing cards, we go back to our beds so as to get up and go towards our next destination Thekkady/Kumili.

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