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Old 11th April 2011, 11:07   #76
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Nice detailed travelogue with some stunnning pictures.
Yercuad seems to be a much better destination than yelagiri.
Thanks rock18.
Yes it seems to me too like that.
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laluks,

Your photos are very good. You should try the Salem-Ayodhyapattinam-Sukkampatti-Kuppanur-Yercaud route. This route is bit lengthy than the usual one, but will be thick in greeneries. This is my favorite route to Yercaud.
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laluks,

Your photos are very good. You should try the Salem-Ayodhyapattinam-Sukkampatti-Kuppanur-Yercaud route. This route is bit lengthy than the usual one, but will be thick in greeneries. This is my favorite route to Yercaud.
Thanks rameshnanda.

I took the easiest route for me from Bangalore side. Taking that route from the Chennai side is easier. Where does it join in at Yercaud? Near the Pogoda Point?

May be one day if coming from that side will take a drive up through that route.

I guess there is one more route which will join at Kanavaipudur and from there join NH7 before Thoppur. This a fork from the Loop road.

Did not try these too
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Thanks rameshnanda.

I took the easiest route for me from Bangalore side. Taking that route from the Chennai side is easier. Where does it join in at Yercaud? Near the Pogoda Point?

May be one day if coming from that side will take a drive up through that route.

I guess there is one more route which will join at Kanavaipudur and from there join NH7 before Thoppur. This a fork from the Loop road.

Did not try these too
Yes. The 32 km (22 km ghat) section from Salem is the easiest. But, the other route wouldn't be more than 45-50 km from Salem. It does join near the Pagoda Point. That route is worth it.

You are right that there is another unexplored route from Kanavaipudur. I have never tried this. Don't know about the road condition too.

FYI, my native town is Salem . I used to go to Yercaud in my bike atleast once or twice each month during my college days.
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Yes. The 32 km (22 km ghat) section from Salem is the easiest. But, the other route wouldn't be more than 45-50 km from Salem. It does join near the Pagoda Point. That route is worth it.

You are right that there is another unexplored route from Kanavaipudur. I have never tried this. Don't know about the road condition too.

FYI, my native town is Salem . I used to go to Yercaud in my bike atleast once or twice each month during my college days.
Now We have some more reasons to go back

The fork from loop road to Kanavaipudur looked decent, but don't know how long that road is decent. I saw a bus coming in from that route. may be it goes to some village in between. Else the route should be a regular route and we can check it out.
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@ laluks - thanks for the lovely pics. Though i had been on a biking trip to Yercaud sometime back, totally missed some of the sites you mentioned. Now looking forward to go back to do more justice to it
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Now We have some more reasons to go back

The fork from loop road to Kanavaipudur looked decent, but don't know how long that road is decent. I saw a bus coming in from that route. may be it goes to some village in between. Else the route should be a regular route and we can check it out.
Now, I am tempted to try out the kanavaipudur route .

You should try Yercaud after the Summer. Yercaud is more beautiful during the monsoon time.
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Now, I am tempted to try out the kanavaipudur route .

You should try Yercaud after the Summer. Yercaud is more beautiful during the monsoon time.
Cool. So will wait for your adventure

I had been to Yercaud in 2008 after the rains. This was the second visit. You can see 2008 pictures in the initial part of the log. Killiyur falls was amazing that time.
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Day 03, 04.04.2011
Yercaud

After a very good night's sleep woke up late. Today we'll return to Bangalore.

Some pictures of the resort.

PPGs watching TV in the room
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The room
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Beautiful light
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Views from our verandah
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PPGs out in the verandah
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The reception
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Sr.PPG trying to grind coffee
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The activity centre
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One for the record
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We checked out by 10:30AM. Gave the feedback about food, and the lethargic boys. Hope they do something about it.

Wifey walks out of Lake Forest
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We went to Shevaroys for some Dosas.

This is the Red Dragon restaurant inside Shevaroys were we had dinner last night.
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We munched on our Doasa and by 11:00AM we drove to the National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden.

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Day 03, 04.04.2011
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We reached the National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden by 11:15AM.

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The Map of the garden - the state of the garden is also similar!
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There is a lab inside the premises
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We saw this board, and immediately went in search of the second one in the list. Never seen one in my whole life till now.
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We found another board
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And another
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The insectivore is inside this cage
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Some pictures of the insectivorous plant
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After hanging out with the insectivorous for some time we decided to check out the other plants.

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Some more pictures from the garden

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The offshoots of growth, the greens are beautiful
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Checking out the Gyrosperms
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Checking out the ferns
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Day 03, 04.04.2011
Yercaud

Some close ups

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Some more pictures from the garden

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Day 03, 04.04.2011
Yercaud

A giant tree in the garden
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Priceless
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We were very happy to see these kids enjoying their day oout. Thank God we still have hope and joy in the world.

Civvy waiting for us to return
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We decided to goto Anna park, so that kids could have some fun


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We reached Anna Park by 13:00PM. We took some rest while PPGs had a fun time at the play area.

Anna Park
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PPGs having fun
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There was a princess too to play
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Wifey enjoying PPGs having fun
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