Munnar Diaries #ExploreAgain

We started our journey at morning 8 o'clock on 14th November, 2020 - the Diwali day. The drive was smooth with less traffic. The route was Thrissur - Angamali - Perumbavur - Kothamangalam - Adimali - Munnar. On the way we passed through the beautiful Neriamangalam bridge, which is known as the gateway to highranges. From here onwards the route is very beautiful with forests on both sides. The road was well maintained and so the drive was really enjoyable.

In the evening we went for a walk inside the resort. It was really cold outside. The resort and surroundings looked much more beautiful at night as it was decorated with diyas since it was Diwali. We had dinner and went to sleep around 9 p.m.

The next morning we woke up to the musical sounds of birds. We had a good breakfast from the resort and checked out from there at 10 a.m. We had booked a hotel - Misty mountain for second day. We checked in at hotel at 11 a.m. The hotel is located near 2nd mile viewpoint on the Munnar highway. The main attraction of this hotel is the aerial view of tea plantations we get from the top. That was undoubtedly one of the best views we can get at Munnar.

At 1 p.m, we decided to take a ride on Munnar - Marayoor route. On the way we had lunch from Alibaba restaurant near Munnar town. The route to Marayoor is so beautiful with views of tea plantations and distant mountains on both sides. On the way we were welcomed by misty weather. Marayoor is famous for the sandal reserve forest. It is located at 40 km from Munnar. On this route is the famous Eravikulam national park located. We drove through the route enjoying the beauty of nature and taking stops at random spots with beautiful views.

We went up to Marayoor town and then returned. The whole route is filled with different shades of green on both sides and it was a nice four hours journey which gave us some unforgettable views and memories.

We reached back at hotel at around 6 p.m and had dinner from hotel itself and went to sleep.

We woke up and had a good breakfast from the hotel restaurant. After that we went to the top of hotel to get the aerial view once again. This was our last day of trip. We checked out from hotel at 9 a.m. and then went for a ride on the Munnar - Top Station route which passes through many famous tourist spots of Munnar.

On the way the first spot was Mattupetty dam. We skipped this as we had already visited here before and the place was little crowded. Then we drove towards top station passing by Echo point and Kundala dam. On the way, when reached near Yellapatty we were covered with thick mist accompanied by drizzle. We were so happy with this sudden change in weather even though we had no visibility of the road. We stopped near Yellapatty village to enjoy this and after a few minutes mist began to disappear uncovering the beautiful view of tea plantations.

We then drove up to Top Station - which is a beautiful view point. We decided not to go to the view point as it started to rain heavily then. We then started to drive back to Munnar. On the way back we stopped at Kundala dam. This is one of the most beautiful place in Munnar. The views around here was so refreshing. We spent half an hour there and continued our journey.

We reached Munnar town at around 1 o'clock and had lunch from Alibaba restaurant. After having lunch, we started our return journey to home saying good bye to ever beautiful Munnar. This was the second time we visiting Munnar and it was a much more memorable one than the first. We reached back home at around 6 p.m carrying a bundle of sweet memories.