[Games Goblin]

Originally Posted by ampere

My Question:

How do you get admission to that college?
I want to get one more degree.

Even I was floored upon seeing that such colleges existed!

Originally Posted by MX6

Longer shutter helps. Normal persons can hold camera steady up to shutter speeds of 60. Any longer shutter speed leads to camera shake. so keeping shutter speeds in the range of 60 to 100 when the vehicle moves, with appropriate aperture for correct exposure helps a lot in creating such effects.
If one feels they have a pair of very steady hands, then go down to even 10 or 20.

Thanks so much for this advice MX6, others planning to do hi-speed photography on such roads will surely find this helpful! For me- I don't have a professional camera yet :(

Originally Posted by sarmarishi

If Ia am driving to Periyar from Bangalore, will I get to hit this road?

Hi sarmarishi, can you please be specific about Periyar? By Periyar, do you mean Idukki / Aluva / Kalady?

Originally Posted by DicKy

Awesome cool road. saw the pics of ferrari's blasting through these type of roads in the Magic India trip,that's when i found about the winding roads in munnar.
P.S. how much kms is it from ernakulam?(thru the above said road). But my ride is far from sporty,(wagonR)

Hi Dicky, It's around 130KM from Ernakulam to the start of this road (from Devikkolam). And don't worry friend, you will surely enjoy the road whatever the car is!

Originally Posted by inreverse

Wow! It's such a treat to see our country roads with a different perspective (minus the potholes), each road seems so less travelled yet so frequented...!

Since I was never expecting such a road when I took it, I was greatly surprised. I guess when expectations are zero, the surprise will be greater. So you can guess how surprised I was with that day! And yes, it's a refreshing break from the potholes and traffic jams.

Originally Posted by bijuks

Good pics and nice write-up!

Enjoyed it. Your route just circled my home-town. The road quality has improved a lot in recent years.

Indeed, it was very impressive for a State Highway

[drrajasaravanan]

Hi
Great review. Will try it sometime in the future.
Cheers

[sami316]

Hi,

Awesome pics and excellent write up. I missed out on a chance to visit this lovely place a couple of years back. But will definitely plan and go here in the near future.

[prajyot22]

'Kallar-Puliyamala-Kattappana-Vellayamkudi-Idukki-Painavu-Kulamavu-Kolapra-Muttom-Thodupuzha-Muvattupuzha'
must have taken ages to write this...!!

anyways great pics there. looks like a wonderful road in lush green forests..

[gadadhar]

Been zipping in and out of Munnar umpteen times since my better half is from there, never have tried this road and is on my next agenda now. Many thanks for posting this

[mallumowgli]

Great man. You did that kind of driving with your dad sitting beside? I remember my early days of driving with my father. It was more like left-left-left-right-right-right-horn-horn-horn..and so on. Nowadays he is more confident about my driving and I act good when he is there

Good to know that your dad enjoys driving the way you do
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful route. Should try soon though my car is not such a driver's car

[jacs]

Nice snaps GG! You've got a beautiful machine to drift .

[mobike008]

Amazing scenary and agree with you its a drivers car road. I experienced one such road probably not equally beautiful nature wise but had similar twisties that is from Lonavla to Amby Valley.

This route is about 15kms which will turn your insides out but, was fun to tame that road in a 100bhp Fiat Petra that i was driving then.

[sameer sultan]

I drove on this road twice. First in my Shoda Octavia 1.9TDI and then last year in the Jetta AT 1.9TDi. It was amazing driving both these cars on this super stretch. In the Jetta which has an excellent road grip in sharp turns I was doing abt 120KMPH and I was able to turn the car at such an high speed without it moving even a bit away. Nedunkamdum to Munnar is super stretch.

In the Skoda I was with family, hence did not floor it but still I enjoyed driving.

[Games Goblin]

Originally Posted by drrajasaravanan

Hi
Great review. Will try it sometime in the future.
Cheers

Originally Posted by sami316

Hi,

Awesome pics and excellent write up. I missed out on a chance to visit this lovely place a couple of years back. But will definitely plan and go here in the near future.

Originally Posted by jacs

Nice snaps GG! You've got a beautiful machine to drift .

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by prajyot22

'Kallar-Puliyamala-Kattappana-Vellayamkudi-Idukki-Painavu-Kulamavu-Kolapra-Muttom-Thodupuzha-Muvattupuzha'
must have taken ages to write this...!!

anyways great pics there. looks like a wonderful road in lush green forests..

Yes, it did take some time to get the spellings right! With help from google maps of course

Originally Posted by mallumowgli

Great man. You did that kind of driving with your dad sitting beside? I remember my early days of driving with my father. It was more like left-left-left-right-right-right-horn-horn-horn..and so on. Nowadays he is more confident about my driving and I act good when he is there

Good to know that your dad enjoys driving the way you do
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful route. Should try soon though my car is not such a driver's car

Well even I was surprised no one in the car objected to the spirited drive (my dad, mom and two relatives). They were too busy enjoying the road and scenery I guess!

Originally Posted by mobike008

Amazing scenary and agree with you its a drivers car road. I experienced one such road probably not equally beautiful nature wise but had similar twisties that is from Lonavla to Amby Valley.

This route is about 15kms which will turn your insides out but, was fun to tame that road in a 100bhp Fiat Petra that i was driving then.

Thanks mobike008! will keep this route in mind if I happen to be there!

Originally Posted by sameer sultan

I drove on this road twice. First in my Shoda Octavia 1.9TDI and then last year in the Jetta AT 1.9TDi. It was amazing driving both these cars on this super stretch. In the Jetta which has an excellent road grip in sharp turns I was doing abt 120KMPH and I was able to turn the car at such an high speed without it moving even a bit away. Nedunkamdum to Munnar is super stretch.

In the Skoda I was with family, hence did not floor it but still I enjoyed driving.

Those are some great cars to do this stretch! Looks like the Jetta and Laura can handle these roads without breaking a sweat!