Once Upon A Time In Gods Own Country Ft.A Band Of 5 Crazy People

Tripoto
28th Nov 2019

It was 28th November

Me-Sir i am leaving for my vacation

Boss-Are You kidding you cant go anywhere

Me-I had made all the reservations after asking you around 2 weeks ago

Boss - **Gets Angry**

Me- Gets more angry" I HAVE TO GO"

Bosses are "The Worst"

After a argument with my Boss about my trip to Kerala I hoped on KSRTC Bus to Thrissur with SAFARNAMA Playing on my ears but this time it is not Solo trip it was a Group trip.

#thistimeitsnotloneranger_vinay

Day 2

FAST FORWARD TO 29th DECEMBER MORNING 7:00 Clock

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Photo of Thrissur, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

We landed in Thrissur and made our way towards the railway station for Freshening up after that we made our way towards the Famous Vadakunadan temple.This is our Batch.

The GANG

Photo of Vadakkunnathan Shiva Temple, Swaraj Round North, Kuruppam, Thekkinkadu Maidan, Thrissur, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

Intro : Blue Shirt Guy - Naren My best freind

Left corner is Sunanda Our official/Un official Host

Right Corner is Likitha the innocent ladiki

2nd from Right corner - Bindu Mounika....

That temple is just a beauty we had our time with the Almighty Shiva his son Vinayak and His Colleagues Since camera is not allowed inside we are not able to click photos but the temple is very peaceful postive vibes all the corners.

If you ever plan for this temple make sure you visit night times They said night time will be delight to see entire Vadakunadan temple in Lights

Then after temple we made our way towards Railway Station Our next stop is ALLAPUZHA/ALLEPY

We took general tickets to Alappuzha and had our share of Cheap Thrills And after 3 Hrs we landed in Alappuzha

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Photo of Thrissur Railway Station, Veliyannur, Thrissur, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

Pro Tip:

1)If you are going from Thrissur to Allepy via general ticket try to catch Trains that start from Thrissur or it will be difficult otherwise bribe TC to make allot seats in SL that's how we went

2}Never take Railway station Autos they will charge you around 24 Rs for Km Try to take Local Transport buses This buses will give you a glance of Kerala and Gives you So many CHEAP THRILLS

Our initial plan was to visit MARARI BEACH and take a boat to Kottayam

So then we had made our ways towards MARARI BEACH

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Photo of Alappuzha, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

That beach was the most beautiful beach that I have ever seen in my Life .That was the best Beach time I had ever with 2 Girls one is Craziest girl and other is the innocent girl,that i have ever meet in my life.Craziest goes by the name "Bindu Mounika" She was a Pathaka Guddi and Innocent ladiki goes by the name Likitha. So we had a blast at the beach making Crazy photoshoot with Burst shots and Sunsets pics Mocking each other like they is no tomorrow.

That Pose Never Gets Old

The plan was to catch a ferry by 5:30 and sail towards Kottayam but due to our date with Miss Marari, we lost track of time. It was almost 5:15 From there Ferry is almost 10-12 km which we cant catch unless until we are a band of Meta Humans who are in Kerala while they had a break from saving world. So we thought to take Bus but we thought why don't we ask Local guys about Boat

Kerala local guys are best they just help anyone in need So they is a small shop by the beach side where we went to have snacks and out of blue my brother had asked him about Boats that guy contacted his friend and gave us all details which finally didn't work out due to Time

After that, we asked an elderly man who is standing at the auto stand and that guy helped us to reach last Jetty from Alappuzha to Kumarakom. After a brief discussion with local people, we came to know that they will be Jetty boats from Allapy to Kommarakam. From Kumarakom to Kottayam it is near to 10 km which we can cover by taking a local bus and again we are up for CHEAP THRILLS

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Photo of Once Upon A Time In Gods Own Country Ft.A Band Of 5 Crazy People by Vinay Kumar

That was one hell of a trip with soothing songs blasting out of my friends Bluetooth speaker By the 20 minutes into our journey we reached the middle of the river where it was around 8:00 and it was so calm and very peaceful Finally after 40 Minutes we reached Kommarkam Then from Kumarakom we travelled towards Kottayam by a local bus

Finally, we reached Kottayam at around 9:00 then we made our way towards our "Hotel NeeliMoottil" From the bus stop it is almost 2 Kms which we walked unknowingly because of our company with each other

Then we had dinner for the night and had a good sleepover

Next plan was to go to WAGAMON from Kottayam

Photo of Kottayam, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar
Day 3

So early in the morning we woke up and got Ready started our journey towards VAGAMON You may not get direct buses from Kottayam to Vagamon so you have to go by

Kottayam - Eratupetta - Vagamon

And we took the local bus ride from Kottayam to Eratupetta then Eratupetta to WAGAMON That ride through the mountains of WAGAMON with Doore Doore in my ears it was just stunning.

They is always something with Mountains ,Fog ,Bus Ride & Music.

After reaching WAGAMON we made our way towards our stay ZOSTEL WAGAMON

Staying in Zostel WAGAMON was the best hostel experience till today in my all trips Till this day I had so many trips and I had stayed in much cheaper hotels less than zostel but Staying at Zostel worth every penny.The top floor in Zostel Wagamon was just a replica of Dream House for me A Big Room with big LED TV with a Special double mattress bed and books lots of Books The view from reading space was just Awesome

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Photo of Zostel Vagamon, Winter Vale Road, Vagamon, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

Checking in zostel has another advantage that is Zostel management arrange for Group activities with the other backpackers So we will get a chance to meet Alike people who are Travel enthusiasts and Freaks like us

So we had our Lunch at Zostel kitchen at 1:00 clock

So we meet management about group activities They said it will be at 4:00 Clock We passed our time on Zostel top floor Going crazy by doing Karaoke for Songs. obviously i cant post that here because i don't want any Police case on me for killing people with heart malfunction .That three hours were just lit with a great singer by my side goes by name Naren who is my best friend.

At four clock we went for trekking to JAINMALA and Suicide point. It was a 40 Min ride from Zostel They arranged Jeep for us We went trekking with other zostel mates. The entire journey was an Offroading and the drivers are the craziest guys they had a one on one race from Zostel to the trek point feels amidst of Mad max fury road movie and finally, we reached Trek point Then we started our trek and that view from the top of the mountain was just lit and looks like a Heaven just stopped over there

Then we are up for our Action sequences Clicking photos Then we finally made our way towards Suicide Point and the view from there was just lit that everyone should see once in their life after a long time I got tears while watching that scenery that's it I sat over there for almost 30 mins Slow melody songs running in my ear enjoying the view and wiping my tears

At 6:00 clock Alex (Zostel vagamon volunteer) came and said its time to go we made our move towards Zostel Then we had this Karaoke with Edwin Martin a guitarist/content writer who hails from Kochi that guy was lit we sang like we are

Mohit Chauhan for Jo Bhi main, Suraj Jagan for Give Me Some Sunshine , Vijay Prakash for Hosana, Suchith Suresan for Doore Doore....

After we had or Dinner then the Fun started Drinks, Night, Songs and "DANCE".So we started our Dance at night 9:30 and continued up to 2:00 clock in the night I became Amitabh for Gajarare, Vijay for Apni Podu, Prakash kale for Zingat and fun continued up to 2:00 after that we had karaoke again we became Mohit Chauhan, AR Rahaman etc up to 3:30 it was the fun night I made some new friends in the span of 6 Hrs

Day 4

Then we slept at around 3:30 in the morning and woke up at 6:00 clock for our next trek that is MARMALA FALLS

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Photo of Marmala Waterfalls, Marmala Road, Vellani, Erattupetta, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

We got a ride from Zostel to Marmala Falls which was arranged by Zostel management On the way again we got mad singers syncing to the songs that are bursting out of my phone which are Travel related songs

We went to marmala falls and had some best moments We sat at the falls and just listened to "RHYTHMS OF NATURE"

Photo of Marmala Waterfalls, Marmala Road, Vellani, Erattupetta, Kerala, India by Vinay Kumar

Then we came back to Zostel and had our lunch.Then we bid bye to the new friends and Zostel very sadly Honestly that was the worst moment in the entire trip but everything should end at a point

"GOODBYES ARE THE WORST"

After that We made our way towards Bus Stand since it was afternoon availability of buses are less we took an Auto from WAGAMON to Eratupetta From Eratupetta to Kottayam we took Local bus We reached Kottayam at eve 5:30 our bus was at 6:05

That's it i said goodbye to Kerala with a sad face

That was a hell of a trip and enjoyed every minute with the craziest people by my side.Traveling to new place is always a great with new people.

Travelling Solo brings the best out of you but Travelling with entire set of new people is something more interesting except for one guy i didn't had a interaction with other people before this trip but we got mad and crazy like our friendship is from ages

#loneranger_vinay Signing off untill next Trip

#TravelLikeTheyIsNoTommorow #SeizeTheMomentMyFriends #Kerala #Vagamon #Thrisur #Allepy