26th August 2019, 12:40
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday Kodaikanal We then drove all the way to Polur Village To Polur Village  Some pictures from Polur Village  Approach road to Polur    Polur kids, friendly and lively kids   That's the entrance to the village  Cars can come only till here, then we need to park and walk into the villages. Reminded me of the villages in Himalayas   continued... |
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26th August 2019, 15:36
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday Kodaikanal Leaving Kungfu Panda (Jr.) we went to explore the village  We had some good tea and Vada from a shop  Refreshed, we took a stroll in the village     It was time for us to leave, Kungfu Panda (Jr.) waiting for us  Road leading to Polur, now we take it back to the main road  continued... |
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26th August 2019, 16:04
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday Kodaikanal On our way from Polur, we crossed a bridge and wanted to checkout the river. Polur to River We drove down the bridge  There was not much water  Just a trickle  Enough to give Kungfu Panda (Jr.) a wash  But it seems carrots gets washed here  We moved on towards Kilavarai We reached Kilavarai, right takes you to Kilavarai Village, which we did last evening. We were focused on left, we need to find the walking route to Kadavari Pass.  The route from Polur  We parked Kungfu Panda (Jr.) near a shop at the fork and wanted to walk to Kadavari as the locals do. It was 09:30 by then, and now starts the exploration by foot continued... |
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26th August 2019, 19:21
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday Kodaikanal The Walk, this is the plan we had in mind  From Kilavarai Jn, we walked in search of the route to Kadavari  We could see Polur from this side of the hill   We could also see Kilavarai Village   Finally we could see the turn towards Kadavari, the dog shows us the way!  Yes, the route which goes to the left is our way  We started following the lady and the dog  4x4 might make it by the looks, but we walk like everybody else   continued... |
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26th August 2019, 19:32
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk There were farms on both sides as we walked. A few houses also we could see. This is now very much part of Kilavarai Village. A house amidst the farm  Huge expanses of land, its pleasing to see the cultivation   A small house / storage amidst the farm    Another house, cattle too  Now the route became fully rocky  We walked on the rocky path  We kept following the lady, the doggy left us and raced ahead  It was a climb, we were gradually climbing a mountain    At the end of the rocky section we found a beautiful house  continued... |
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26th August 2019, 19:42
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We continued to climb the rocky path  The beautiful house now behind us   The path remained rocky, and we still climbed     We finally reached flat land   It looked like there are vehicle movements here  A few bikes went past us   We saw a building  Looks like a watch tower   We rested here for a while, It was 10:00. Thirty minutes of slow climb till now. continued... |
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26th August 2019, 20:41
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk Golden bark!  We continued on with our walk  I found this seed interesting   The route narrowed down, now may be its trouble for even 4x4 I guess, not terrain but width of the trail    There was a tree trunk on the path   Definitely there is no 4 wheel traffic here for a while  But this makes me think otherwise, a nicely cut fallen tree off the path  Route widens out again  Now we were walking through pine country    There was little sunlight falling on the ground, also the pine leaves made for a good cushioned walk  continued... |
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26th August 2019, 21:23
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We kept walking, route turned slushy   And it became narrow again  Flowing water seems to have eroded the surface    And it gets more and more narrow     Fallen leaves and twigs makes it a more mushy walk way   Flowing water seems to have done extensive erosion   continued... |
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26th August 2019, 21:52
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk The flowing water has made the route really hard to trek, equally so for any 4x4s. I doubt given the narrow width this side can have a vehicle trafic       Narrow path    We saw a building in the middle of nowhere and was wondering what it was  And then we stumbled upon this stone  It says Travancore  And the other side says Madras  And that was the border marking, old Travancore/Madras one. I have seen a similar one in Manjur Mulli route near Ooty. It brought a smile to our faces. Yes, we have reached the border of Kodai and Munnar!! Yay!! We crossed over to Kerala, and are now in the outskirts of Munnar   continued... |
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26th August 2019, 22:05
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk And thus we walked into Munnar  And we started seeing the familiar flags      And we see Mallu boards   We continue our walk      This guy greeted us   The route ahead   continued... |
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26th August 2019, 22:21
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We continued our walk   We see a Government of Kerala Board  Yay! Vattavada circle   I could see my colleague running into the field! I wondered why!  I joined him  It was a huge farm land  People were farming there  The friendly ladies were harvesting carrots  The ladies interacted with us, and struck a conversation. They thought we were there scouting for land to purchase.  We also tried our hand in harvesting a few  The harvested carrots are collected together   This is how they clean the carrots before packing The packed carrots are transported to Koviloor on Kerala side by Mahindra pickup and to Kodai side by donkeys. Kodai side there is absolutely no possibility of a 4 wheel traffic, and since we walked in there seeing the route it all made sense. We decided to walk a bit on the trail toward Koviloor, where the pickup jeeps ply. continued... |
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26th August 2019, 22:39
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We continued our walk through the jeep trail        We reached Keezha Kadavari    We continued our trek ahead on the jeep trail. It looks as if the trail is maintained for the pickups to ply      continued... |
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26th August 2019, 22:59
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We continued our walk on the jeep trial           I get clicked walking into the next village  It started getting misty all of a sudden     It was 12:30, and we were thinking whether to turn back and trek another three hours back to Kilavarai where Kungfu Panda (Jr.) was parked or to go ahead and catch a jeep from Koviloor and reach Vattavada and then a taxi all the way back to Kilavarai. Well that would cost us 30 minutes to KottaKumbur and then 1 hour to Vattavada and after organizing a taxi, it would be at least 8+ hours of travel for that 250+ Kms. Well it made sense to walk back and spend another three hours than to spend some 10+ hours on boring tarmac in some silly taxi. Well it also saves us some vitamin M. The taxi way - No this was not at all a solution  So time and money savings was by walking back. And that we did. But we were getting hungry and rain clouds were getting crazy! continued... Last edited by laluks : 26th August 2019 at 23:09. |
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27th August 2019, 06:59
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk And we started our way back. I had seen a shortcut while climbing and wanted to try that on our return. It was through some overgrown ferns area. I get clicked  Beautifully overgrown ferns  Mist played hide and seek with us    I have captured the moments. Blissful We continued our walk back to the farming village            continued... |
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27th August 2019, 07:08
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| re: S-Cross'd : Kodaikanal (without visiting it) and a walk to Munnar Day 02 : 08th June 2019 : Saturday The Walk We reached the farming village. It was 13:30. Rains started, but it was manageable shower  We continued our walk         Beautiful farm house, wish I could stay here forever. By the way, they had offered us a bed here for the evening, if we wanted to stay back, we had this chat on our way forward, and they thought we'd be really delayed on return.   And on, we continued our return    Ah, the mallu board, border is near  continued... |
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