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VAGAMON
People say, if you have not been to Vagamon, then you have not seen "Gods own Country". Vagamon has a charm to make a person come back again and again. Vagamon is enchanting all through the year, but the beauty doubles especially after the rains.
Vagamon is called Scotland of Asia. Shillong is also called Scotland of the East. I have not been to Shillong, but after being to Vagamon, I feel Shillong must be equally beautiful.
Vagamon is on the Western Ghats bounded by Idukki and Kottayam districts of Kerala. It is about 1100 meters above sea level. Reaching Vagamon is a very beautful journey through the scenic routes.
We had been to Vagamon as a part of our Onam drive to Kerala.
You can read the Day 1 to Day 7 account of the trip here
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...-valparai.html
The Day 8 to Day 10 of the trip can be read here
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...vved-gavi.html
Day 11 to Day 14 was at Vagamon, and let us have a look at what mother nature brought in front of us.
Vagamon was indeed beautiful.
Day01, 29.08.2010 Vagamon.
The previous night, after and eventful day drive through the forest roads of Gavi, and a quick visit to Pamba and the misty blinded drive through Kuttikkanam, we reached Vagamon and checked into Summer Sand Hill Resort.
After a good nights sleep, I woke up around 06:00AM to see Jr. PPG already awake and at the balcony of our room. Weather seemed to be pleasant, with the rains just stopping for a while.
Jr. PPG enjoying the views and weather.
Wifey and Sr. PPG were still asleep. Called Jr. PPG and went to the restaurant and had some hot tea.
Civvy was happily resting from the nights drive. She had some bruises from the forest drive. Need an oil bath once she's back home:)
Me and Jr. PPG decide to go for a lazy morning drive, so as not to disturb the sleeping gang.
We get on to the drive by 07:15AM.
Civvy infront of the Resort gate
We drove for 10minutes and reached
Vagamon Meadows.
We drove in the direction of Kochukarintharuvi to see the beauty.
We found a small church enroute.
After a while we returned towards the beautiful meadows.
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Ok. This appears to be even more interesting than the Gavi read. )I had never seen the Pampa like that ever before and thanks to you.). I now look forward to the rest of the travelogues from you Lalu.
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Originally Posted by jkrishnakj
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Ok. This appears to be even more interesting than the Gavi read. )I had never seen the Pampa like that ever before and thanks to you.). I now look forward to the rest of the travelogues from you Lalu. |
Thankyou jkrishnakj.
Vagamon is indeed a beautiful place.
Beautiful...
So, 2010 is all for travel and 2011 is for penning it down is it? :)
Get it on. Lets have a free ride with the free guide!!!
Day01, 29.08.2010 Vagamon
I saw a beautiful sight.
A waterfall far away in between the hills
After enjoying the beauty for a while I drove to the famous Vagamon Meadows.
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Originally Posted by mjothi
(Post 2276434)
Beautiful...
So, 2010 is all for travel and 2011 is for penning it down is it? :)
Get it on. Lets have a free ride with the free guide!!! |
The last quarter of 2010, I could not budge a bit due to a lot of committments. Now I got some free time during the weekends, and lo I am back with the logs :)
And we are waiting for those wonderful photographs and a beautiful log from you too, from your current beautiful locale :)
Day01, 29.08.2010 Vagamon
We all stormed the restaurant and ordered breakfast. The service was too slow and lousy. The bread in the sandwich was stale, and I lost my cool. Food was a shocker! The guys at Parambikulam and Gavi had put up a sincere effort to satisfy you. But the services from
Summer Sand, Vagamon and Michaels Inn, Thekkady were sub standard for their costs.
Somehow overcame the shock and walked out of the restaurant.
The outside architecture looks good, but inside the rooms they are typical hotelish.
Some pictures of the resort
Some pictures from the reception
The Pine forests of vagamon are just behind the resort. We walked toward that.
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Day01, 29.08.2010 Vagamon - Thodupuzha
We continued on in Thodupuzha route, when we reached a fork. Right takes you to Moola Muttom and left to Thodupuzha. It was misty all around. An autodriver told me to take the Moola Muttom route as it would be less foggy. So we hit that route.
Some beautiful waterfalls from the route
We exited into Moola Muttom and joined Thodupuzha route. I saw a signboard saying
Calvery Thumapchy Samuchayam. Since it was raining heavy there was no point going there. So we continued on to Thodupuzha. By the time we reached a place called
Uravappara, the rains stopped. So I took the deviation and got into the small roads. The road to the rock was steep, very badly damaged and narrow. So decided not to drive up. Then I had a small trekk to check before PPGs could join me to the temple up the rock. But it was all slippery due to the rains and I did not want to risk it with the PPGs. So we headed back to the main road to Thodupuzha again.
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Day01, 29.08.2010 Thodupuzha
A little further I saw an entrance to
Malankara Dam. Turned Civvy in that direction and drove on.
As expected the Dam is out of bounds.
But to our surprise near to the dam there was a lot of
pineapple farms.
Enjoyed the views for a while and headed back.
Saw a small road which goes through a dilapidated bridge. Parked Civvy there and walked to the bridge.
From there you get
a view of the Dam The otherside of the bridge. A patient fisher man A fishing moment
From here we reached Thodupuzha by 12:45PM. We have to reach Idukki dam before 17:00PM to have a visit to the dam. So it was more like 4 hours at disposal and that prompted me to take the decision to visit the most interesting waterfall and trekking option in Thodupuzha,
Thommankuthu falls.
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