http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Kerala , Wayanad en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 11:41:23 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 11:41:23 +0000 We got up at around 530am and headed downstairs to checkout. We were told that this would be no problem but as we wandered down the stairs there were no lights on in the reception and no signs of life with the front door locked. As our seats on the train were booked I was annoyed and shouted out something unprintable when suddenly some poor little Indian lad who was asleep on the floor behin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-438166.html Easily search Hotels in Wayanad Kerala with the help of kerala hub site. Kerala hub also offer travel services such as kerala hotels bookings in several hotels such as Wayanad ResortsWayanad Hotels.httpwww.keralahub.comkeralahotelshotelsinwayanadkerala.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-404496.html After the Silent Valley area I spent two nights in Vythiri. Unfortunately there was some sort of general strike and all the roads were blocked so I got stuck hanging around the hotel my one day there. Fortunately the food was good. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-315824.html Unsurprisingly enough confusion reigned supreme as our traveling triad attempted to suss out the best way to get into the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerela by way of bus originating from Mysore. On the map it was a short distance by road in the bus station however it took a number of conversations factchecking board reading and head scratching before we were relatively comfortable th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-267734.html We woke up to another huge breakfast prepared for us and then Zubaida and the children came round to say goodbye and to let us take lots more photos. We then said our goodbyes and Asif and Gufoor took us to the bus station where we hopped on a bus just as it was about to leave for calicut. Gufor and Asif had ben our 'guides' for the whole time we were there and we couldn't thank them enough for ta http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-254244.html After a massive breakfast and i mean massive we headed out in Asif's amazing car and headed to the tea plantation which covered all the surrounding hills. After pulling what i suspect were some major strings Gufoor managed to get us inside the factory for a look around. Parisons tea plantation was where Yousef was born and Yousef's father had worked as a supervisor. Inside the factory we were sho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-254218.html And it did feel like a fairy tale realised I have got myself out of sequence here but Wayanad richly deserves a mention it was magic.Left Kannur by bus for the 4 hour journey to Wayanad the first hour through dusty ramshackle villages then we began to climb up from the plains to the cool air of the plateau preceding Wayanad. With every mile the scenery gradually changed palm trees repla http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-250540.html But for the long tusks the elephant is successfully camouflaged. Its huge black body merged into the darkness of the woods the wild elephant would have escaped our eyes if Ramakrishnan had not whispered Aana aanahellip. The tracker was already chasing the evasive elephant when the forester goaded us to a solitary watchtower protected by a ditch. A lone tusker is dangerous. A maimed one could http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-225857.html I have travelled to Wayanad almost 3 times by now but I always end up going on short trips and so dont end up seeing anyplace at all. Thinking about it again why bother going around when I can sit on the porch and have a hot cup of tea. For a person like me coming from a crowded city Wayanad is a haven of peace and freshness.Bangalore to Mysore is always a pleasent journey..with the wide road http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-206302.html We get the weekends off from the course so we decided to take a trip to the beautiful and lush Wildlife Sanctuary....... After about 4 hours of driving up windy roads through mountains we arrived at our hotel and we all thought ooooooh fancy posh nice....... and we went to checkin only to find that we all needed passports and of course I hadn't brought mine ...... Minor catastrophe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-179103.html We only wanted to see the waterfalls the first time a little Indien with his Rickshaw and FlipFlop impressed us. Our hardest trekking we ever did. Diep down and I can tell you the way up was not for Sysys.......But the view was super. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-169107.html It was like an island shields of water keeping reality at bay. Rain white and whistling beyond the windows and morning dreams were the only things real. ldquoIsnrsquot it time to gordquo somebody asked. No one including the enquirer bothered to find out. Last night we were all excited about the morning trek. Now no one wanted to break the spell. We were dreaming about a drenched dew http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-157688.html Wayanad is on the northern end of India's southernmost state Kerala. The hills of wayanad are plantation country with coffee being a prominent crop. Drive down the winding roads of wayanad for a sense of how British rule in the last century changed dense jungles into unending rows of coffee plants. A few forests remain most of them protected reserves. Wildlife spottings include the Asian elepha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-54292.html Again apologies for the huge volume of text I'm churning out but I'm having such a fantastic time that I want to make sure that I can remember everything. The 12th was the best day yet by a country mile. Woken by Venu with a cup of tea at about 6.30 and then straight off for a morning safari. I was cold for the first time in India not an unpleasant feeling especially given that we were maki http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-46447.html Today was the day that I realised that there is next to no point in writing this blog. When a day starts with the sun coming up over the Indian ocean watched from your hotel's private jetty and finishes with a great homecooked keralan meal complete with chilled Kingfisher and followed by a night safari in the foothills of the Western Ghats when that happens you know that you can't describe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Wayanad/blog-46443.html