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Coorg, i was told a lot about this place, friends of mine use to tell me about this hill station. thought will try this december. will write a little about my experience in Coorg, wayanad and Malapuram.

Honestly the roads are bad, not just bad its horrible, if you are driving from mysore, till upto Kusal Nagar the roads are too good, then after..its bad, i think nobody wants to go to Coorg, atleast the guys incharge of roads.. my suggestion is dont go till you hear that the roads are good to travel.

Me, Priya and Arjun went from coimbatore to Mysore and then to Coorg after spending a brief time in Mysore palace, samundi temple, etc we headed to Coorg.  In Coorg we stayed in a Coffee plantation about 9kMs to the capital Madikera, its a lovely thing, if you are going to Coorg, stay in a Coffee Plantation estate, you will get to smell the real life of the coorgis. Kids will love it.

People suggested me to see  some places like the abby falls, raja seat, etc. honestly you dont expect these from a hill station or rather my expectations where different. the best thing that i liked is the “thalai Kaveri”. the heart of South India. i wanted to go here, as i personally have a traveled to a lot of places where kaveri flows and i use to get thrilled with it and here i had a chance to see where it all starts. you have to travel about 40KMs from Madikera, to “thalai Kaveri”. it worth. the roads are not that good. people also travel to “Thadiyandamol” you can do trekking. i have also listed a few places to visit when you go to Coorg. they are Omkareshwara Temple, Abbi Falls, Talakaveri, Bhagamandala,  Dubare Elephant Camp,  Raja Seat, etc

We bought some honey from the market, believe me one of the best i have tasted and all other hill station items like the pepper, coffee, etc.  you stay in Coorg in a coffee plantation for a family will cost you only INR1500/ night, which is a steal..right. good ones.  and the food is as cheap as India would have had in 1970’s. it is that cheap. two days in Coorg, its was too long for me…

We went to Wayanad from Coorg, roads where OK, good places to see including the “tholpetty” wildlife sanctuary, there is one more called the “nagarhole” near kota. we only went to “tholpetty” as we where heading to “maggi” from wayanad.  If you are planning to visit a wild life sanctuary my suggestion is please visit “tholpetty”- wayannad. its a 28KM drive inside the forest in your own vehicle with a forest guard, its adventures. you will never forget. i have been to Bandhipur, masangudi sanctuaries earlier, but tholpetty is truly a thrilling experience.

From there we went to “Kurva Islands” in wayanad. it was late evening when we finished “Kurva Islands” this is not a great place, wish i avoided this and headed to Kannur where we want to stay for the night, we  couldnt reach Kannur, could only make it “thalassery”. we  stayed in a hotel called ” parks residency” a decent two start hotel, and started in the morning to the near by beaches and then to Maggi. Thalassery has the long scenic coastline. you have plenty of beaches on your way to kannur or if you are going to north Kasargoad, your camera will love these places.  we made it to few beaches near Dharmadam, kabad, etc and came back to calicut for that day night.  In calicut, i had two options to consider for stay, one is Asma towers and the other one “the malabar palace”. i decided on Asma towers as it was near the downtown area so we would walk around to see the places. The hotel is worth for INR1700/. a night with a complementary breakfast.

In the morning, we went to the calicut beach  aquarium, it is a “Must Watch” for kids and elders too, where in our lives we can see such varieties of fish. it is breath taking. I have only seen such fish varieties in the text books. We visited Pazhassirajah Museum and an art gallery where the Raja Ravi Verma paintings are displayed very close to Pazhassirajah Museum.

After a couple of hours shopping in calicut, we finished our lunch and started to coimbatore.  i realized that we are travelling for more than 5days when Arjun asked me “to which are we heading now from here?” i said we are going back to heaven….Coimbatore