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It was on 9th December 2012, I was in my native Palakkad and my wife joined me at Coimbatore Railway Station at 2 pm. After our lunch at KR restaurant, opposite to the station, we started the drive around 3.30 pm to Kodaikanal via Pollachi – Udumalpet – Palani. The distance we have to cover is about 170 kms only. I filled up my Octavia tank at Coimbatore itself, and would be sufficient to reach back Bangalore . By the time we left Coimbatore city limits it was almost 4.15 pm as there was heavy traffic in spite of being Sunday. We reached Pollachi around 5 pm covering 38 kms. As we crossed Pollachi the panoramic view was very good with hundreds of windmills visible from the road. It’s really an awesome view. Though it’s a single road, the condition is very good. We covered next 70 kms to Palani and crossed around 6 pm. We took the bye pass road and took a right turn to Kodai. From this point the road condition is not all that good. After a few kms the ghat road starts, and the road is very narrow and in bad shape. However, the traffic was very less. This road joins Kodai – Madurai road and we took a right turn. We have to cover another 15 kms. The road is extremely in a bad shape and you cannot shift from 2nd to 3rd gear. I think I never seen the roads in Kodai are in such a bad shape during my past several visits. We had our Hotel booking done through cleartrip. We checked in around 8 pm at Hotel Spring Valley, a budget hotel. We had our dinner at the restaurant and retired for the day.
And day two, after breakfast we started around 10 am. The weather in the night was around 12 deg C. The day was very pleasant. First we went to the Pine forest where lot of film shooting take place . It was little crowded but not much. Further we proceeded to view point, Devils Kitchen also called Guna cave because the Tamil movie ‘GUNA’ was shot here, Pillar Rock, The Golf course, Green Valley View. We had our lunch at Hotel Astoria and proceeded to the lake. Around 6 pm we went back to the Hotel.
Day three - kurinji Andavar Temple, Chettiar park, Coakers walk. After lunch we went to the lake side had little bit shopping and came back to the hotel.
Next day around 9 am after the breakfast we checked out and started our journey back to Bangalore. We reached Bangalore around 5 pm, Overall it was a nice journey. I have lot of pics but not able to attach, if someone can help, I can do it.
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And day two, after breakfast we started around 10 am. The weather in the night was around 12 deg C. The day was very pleasant. First we went to the Pine forest where lot of film shooting take place . It was little crowded but not much. Further we proceeded to view point, Devils Kitchen also called Guna cave because the Tamil movie ‘GUNA’ was shot here, Pillar Rock, The Golf course, Green Valley View. We had our lunch at Hotel Astoria and proceeded to the lake. Around 6 pm we went back to the Hotel.
Day three - kurinji Andavar Temple, Chettiar park, Coakers walk. After lunch we went to the lake side had little bit shopping and came back to the hotel.
Next day around 9 am after the breakfast we checked out and started our journey back to Bangalore. We reached Bangalore around 5 pm, Overall it was a nice journey. I have lot of pics but not able to attach, if someone can help, I can do it.
Thanks
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