Trip begun on the New Year Day of 2011. The three families (Genius, Madhu & Myself) were planning a trip together since long, and could not make it together till this date.
We started off early morning (an hour behind the planned schedule) at 6.15am. We reached the Chained Tree temple by 8.30am. Had a break there. It was bit chilly, but not so dense cold as we anticipated. Only the Girls had sweaters with them. Adults were comfortable with the weather. The climb up was not so hard as the roads were patchworked and the no dense mist (Thanks to Global warming!!! shall we say so?)
Our first official stoppage was at Pookode lake. We had our breakfast there. ( it was memorable because I got mistaken over planning it, and Genius has encashed it fully!!!!) We had the boating. The driver was bit interesting and he explained that the shape of the lake is like the map of India (Oops! it resembles so to some extent.) Kids had there time in the available park there. Meenakshi was leading the kids, and excelled in the bars and cages there. Later, after the shopping at the counter there, we moved onto soochipara waterfalls. On the way we had our lunch at Meppadi. The arrangemetns at Soochipara for preserving the nature from Plastic waste is point to be noted and lauded. The stretch to the waterfalls was bit tricky towads the end. Being the first of Jan, the area was packed and hence couldnot enjoy it. Rocks were slippery, hence mainly had a distant view only.
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