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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal March 25th 2013

This post is a small rewind about my trip to kodai with office friends. It’s a long plan & fixed well before 2 months. I made all the arrangements from booking the cab, Lodge, Dance & dinner… So its a most memorable one. Travellers: Krishnakumar, Raghu, Praveen, Santhosh, Kishore, Samuel, Suresh, Malairajan, Kumaravel. img=http://krishnakumarrajan.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/199009_10150174786157216_3009219_n.jpg?w=150&h=112 I went to Madurai 2 days before our trip, as for my personal work in my native. Bought all the snacks (Tirunelweli Alwa, mixture, Athirasam, murukku, bovonto, cakes….) from Madurai & my mom prepar... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal March 2nd 2013

I’ll begin this post by saying we’ve officially been in India for a month! My how time flies! We made it to Kodaikanal, a small hill station in Tamil Nadu, a little after lunchtime. The owner of our guesthouse, B’s Hive, sent a taxi to pick us up, and we were dropped off and shown to our room. Not only did only did our room give us a wonderful view of the hills and valley, but, since it wasn’t occupied, we were upgraded to a bigger room with a bay window and a veranda for free! Unfortunately, this turned out to be pretty much the only form of “service” we received during our stay. We never officially met the owner, and the staff was rarely anywhere to be found; therefore, whenever we needed anything, like ... read more
Steep Alley
Our Bay Window
View near Pillar Rocks

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal August 18th 2012

Whenever I have an assignment bringing tourist to Batu Caves, I tried to elaborate more when I gave commentaries on Hinduism and Batu Caves as a whole story which gives me pleasure to do so. After I have learnt from tourism school , my own research from the internet, visited Batu Caves frequently to ask around the Indians about Batu Caves and Hinduism which somehow has thicken my knowledge and making my story more interesting when I gave my commentary. There is this part about Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati decided to test their two sons, Lord Ganesha (Elephant God) and his younger brother Lord Murugan (The God with his peacock). Lord Shiva held a Golden Mango of Wisdom in his hand and told his sons whoever circles the world and return first to his ... read more
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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal October 11th 2011

Route : Bangalore - NH7 - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Dharmapuri - Salem - Dhindikul - Kodai. Left Bangalore around 3 pm. Stayed overnight at Dhindikul as it got late and wanted to avoid the ghat section to kodai in the night. Recommend to stay away from the main Kodai town to interact better with nature !! Restaurants : Cloud Burst !! ... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal August 22nd 2011

Our Kodaikanal Honeymoon We started our journey from Chennai on Aug 12th by Ananthapuri Express to our native Trivandrum after a very long gap of 6 months. The train managed to reach TVM @ 1PM with a 2hour delay. We were pleased to see our native which welcomed us with a nice climate unlike the metro Chennai. We had a 1 week stay in TVM with our family, enjoyed homemade food. Days passed by faster than we expected and it was Aug 18 in the blink of an eye. Our train was scheduled @ 8.25PM but to our dismay, it was 1 hour late thanks to Indian Railways. We have booked our journey from TVM to Madurai by Kollam-Madurai Passenger. But the train sped up quickly as we drowned in our sleep. Train reached Madurai on ... read more
Kodai
Before starting hill jouney
Pine Forest

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Kodaikanal February 8th 2007

8 fév. Réveil. Un robinet a coulé toute la nuit dans notre chambre sans fenêtre de Madurai. La chaleur est intense. Je suis un hot-dog steamé. Comme on a besoin d’un break des grosses villes, on se planifie une ride vers Kodaikanal, la "hill station" du Tamil Nadu. Ça fait toujours du bien de quitter le bruit et la pollution pour aller respirer l’air frais des montagnes! On se retrouve donc sur une route zigzagante pour un total de 3 heures et demie. C’est tolérable... car cette fois, on est assis sur la banquette avant d’une jeep privé. Un petit break des City-bus, ça fait du bien ça aussi. On arrive à destination... surprise! On gèle! En 3 heures d’ascension, on est passé de 30 degré à 8 degré. C’est paradoxal l’Inde, jusque dans son climat. ... read more
Nénuphars Kodaikanal
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