TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND

Tripoto
30th Mar 2020

MUNROE ISLAND

Munroe island is situated in astamudi lake ,Kollam, kerala.The name Munroe island came from col.John Munroe , residential diwan of travancore .This island is flourished with backwaters,narrow canals and mangroove plants. it is  a group of small islets comprising a total area of about 13.4 sqkm.Coir retting process,Coir weaving, Coconut farms on lake shore,fishing ,prawn feeding ,mangroove plants and migratory bird watch are the main  observable things seen  here.

About my experience

In this trip,three of my friends was along with me. We started our journey at 7 am.We picked direct  bus from kundara bus stand to  Munroe island.It took 1.30 hour to get  there . Basically it was a sudden plan,so we didn't know how to reach and where we get a  boat to travel. We had very limited source of information regarding transporation ,food and stay  facilities.When we get off the bus ,there was a small tea shop next to bus stop.we had a kulukki surbath (lemon juice) from there. Luckily, The tea shop owner owns a country boat  and se we decided to explore the place in his boat.The boat charge was about 140 rupees per person for one hour and it  was comaparitively lesser  than other private boat services.The boat was shaking when we get into it.

Photo of Munroe Island by Gopika S kumar

It was a terrible sunny day. The lakes were full of ducks. Munroe is filled with mangroves and lagoons.we went through the spaces between mangrooves.There was no depth among the mangroves so we went down there.Mangrooves are considered as the gate way of munroe island.

Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar
Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar
Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar

There was a small home stay  in the shore of lagoon. It is a calm -nature friendly place.The Whole furnitures in that house  were made of  woods.

Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar
Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar
Photo of TRAVELLING INTO THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S OWN COUNTRY..MUNROE ISLAND by Gopika S kumar

We saw a small teashop in the shore of lake .We spent 30minutes there by clicking photos,talking with the villagers and the scenery from that point was  awesome. We came back to boat and  continued our journey to the coast we get off. This place will be comfortable for travellers during morning or evening time.