27th Sep 2019
I was in Gurgaon, started early morning at 4:30AM. The airport was too crowded. All the ten rows in security check were full. Thank God I reached 2 hours before departure or I would have had a problem.
I landed in Kochi at 12:30 PM. We were only four members. The other three members were from Jaipur. Their flight landed at 1:35 PM. Driver Rahul was waiting for us. After arrival we started for Munnar. Enroute we had lunch at Kamat hotel, which was very close to the airport.
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We visited Cheeyapara waterfalls and Valara waterfalls on our way. Then we visited Periyar spice and ayurvedic garden. It was nice. Bought some spices. Reached Munnar quite late. Had dinner at hotel grand plaza, Munnar.
28th Sep 2019
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Woke up early morning. The view from the room was beautiful, took some pictures. After breakfast we stopped at Mettupally Dam. The lane was very narrow. Next we saw echo point, there the other two members also joined. Now we were six of us in total. I bought pineapple, they were quite nice. This place is also called shooting point. We could hear echo. Had lunch, went back to the hotel.Next we went to see Rose garden and Kundale lake. We went for a Jeep safari. We were four of us, they charged Rs.1000 per head. First we saw the ripples waterfall. We had to get down 95 steps and also of same length hilly slopes. It was wonderful. Then we saw a bridge had passion fruits. Next we went to see a view point where we saw the sunset, it was really beautiful. Had dinner in the hotel where we were staying.
29th Sep 2019
Woke up early morning. Had breakfast. Then we started for Alleppey on the way we went back to spice garden. Manju had forgotten her mobile in spice garden. We were quite late, reached at 1:30 PM. Had booked house boat from Joy Jacob. It was a double deck boat. The food offered was also good. The boat costed us Rs.9000. We took only one pair of clothes, rest we left in the cab. The boat stay was wonderful. Most of the time I was sitting up. They gave us pomfret fry and other curries. It was a beautiful experience.
Night we slept well. Our bedroom and toilet was quite spacious. At 6 PM they anchored the boat. The AC was on, we slept well.
30th Sep 2019
Woke up at 6 AM. They gave us tea and then breakfast. They took us around once more and brought us back to the place where we had started yesterday. Rahul was waiting for us. He took us to a shop where I bought three Kerala special sarees. One for Pritha, one for Gouri and one for myself. We started for Kochin hotel Tita's inn. On the way we stopped near Tea Garden and clicked some pictures. Before going to the hotel went to a museum. It was nice, had nearly 3000 articles collection of Raja. The ticket costed Rs.100. Evening we went to see Chinese Fishing net. Itv was not very nice, teh beach was also not very clean. Got massage done, costed Rs.1200 for one hour. It was just about okay. Went back to the hotel.
1st Oct 2019
Got up early morning. Had breakfast, not so good. We can avoid this hotel next time. Left for airport.
Note for next time:
1. Stay near Cherai beach
2. Dont book innova executive - space is less
P.S - These are excerpts from my beloved mother's diaries and journals. Hope you find them useful. Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.