My Maiden Hill Drive | Kodaikanal - Princess of Hill Stations

kiterunner958 · 16th March 2023, 21:15

Well written and thanks for reminding me of my trip to Kodaikanal in my Ecosport, back in October 2022. I travelled from Thiruvananthapuram-Kerala, with my wife and toddler son. NH 44 drive till Madurai was absolutely amazing. I chose to hire a cab in Kodaikanal to visit local places like Poombarai, Manavannur and other regular tourist spots around Kodai. Using a local cab for local site seeing gave me enough time to spend with family, as I got free from driving in the busy hill roads and map navigation. I skipped Guna caves as I did not feel it was worth all the effort of finding a parking spot and the walk (I have been there before). I will be visiting Kodai again as I would really like to explore Vattakanal area and stay in a homestay or villa.

venkyhere · 16th March 2023, 22:53

Short and sweet travelogue

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Originally Posted by vigsom

We were seven of us -and we had to accommodate ourselves in two vehicles. The split of pasengers was decided such that those prone to motion sickness would travel in the higher seater while three would travel in the sedan.

Shouldn't it be the other way around ? people with motion sickness to travel in a vehicle that has lower body roll ?

cooldip · 16th March 2023, 23:14

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Sharing memories of the same parking lot from December 2021. We were at the restaurant for lunch. I hope you tried the bakery on the opposite road. I don't recall the name but their plum cake was awesome.

Stock finishes in about 10mins every day. Whenever we are around Kodai in December we make it a point to wait in queue around 3PM for the super delicious plum cakes and pound cakes.

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corner_craver · 24th March 2023, 15:28

Wonderful Travelogue Vigsom.

I never seem to get enough of Kodaikanal. There is always the annual customary trip to Kodaikanal for a weekend or longer.

I can vividly see each of the places you have pictured.

I have done 3 trips biking to Kodaikanal. First one was with my college mates in mid 2000's on a Pulsar! the next 2 were on meteor 350, with the last one in Aug 2022.

Last time I drove the accompanying Ciaz from Observatory to Mannavanur lake and it was amazing! All along I believed you need a great machine to have a great driving experience and I realized the twisties are all you need!

16th March 2023, 21:15	#16
kiterunner958 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Cochin Posts: 5 Thanked: 5 Times	Re: My Maiden Hill Drive \| Kodaikanal - Princess of Hill Stations Well written and thanks for reminding me of my trip to Kodaikanal in my Ecosport, back in October 2022. I travelled from Thiruvananthapuram-Kerala, with my wife and toddler son. NH 44 drive till Madurai was absolutely amazing. I chose to hire a cab in Kodaikanal to visit local places like Poombarai, Manavannur and other regular tourist spots around Kodai. Using a local cab for local site seeing gave me enough time to spend with family, as I got free from driving in the busy hill roads and map navigation. I skipped Guna caves as I did not feel it was worth all the effort of finding a parking spot and the walk (I have been there before). I will be visiting Kodai again as I would really like to explore Vattakanal area and stay in a homestay or villa.
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24th March 2023, 15:28	#19
corner_craver Newbie Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Dubai Posts: 12 Thanked: 25 Times	Re: My Maiden Hill Drive \| Kodaikanal - Princess of Hill Stations Wonderful Travelogue Vigsom. I never seem to get enough of Kodaikanal. There is always the annual customary trip to Kodaikanal for a weekend or longer. I can vividly see each of the places you have pictured. I have done 3 trips biking to Kodaikanal. First one was with my college mates in mid 2000's on a Pulsar! the next 2 were on meteor 350, with the last one in Aug 2022. Last time I drove the accompanying Ciaz from Observatory to Mannavanur lake and it was amazing! All along I believed you need a great machine to have a great driving experience and I realized the twisties are all you need!
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