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Date: March 13, 2018
Today was our last day in Munnar. We planned to leave the hill station and head to Ernakulam city, in Cochin district.
We then boarded a state transport bus going to Ernakulam city.
The journey to Ernakulam was around 3 hours long. We eventually made it to the hotel I had booked for us. Imperial Regency is a ‘business hotel’ but when booking, it was key that I chose a place close to Kochi Metro.
Date: March 12, 2018
See the previous post for stops at Mattupetty dam, Echo point and Kundala dam.
Our tour continued with the next stop being Top Station — basically a great viewpoint. But we would stop along the way, whenever our driver-cum-guide would spot something interesting.
Now, we weren’t visiting the Top Station in Theni district, in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. The driver told us this was ‘Top Station’ on the Kerala side. The driver dropped us off at the entry place and told us to walk down. There is no entry fee to Top Station.
The previous night, several trekkers were caught up in a forest fire and several young trekkers died. The picture above is one I took using my camera. The smoke from the fire was still blowing. As the locals murmured about the tragedy, we had to continue on with our tour.
So here’s a brief video:
Continue reading “DTPC Munnar day tour: Top station, Flower Garden, Spice Garden – Part 2” »
Date: March 12, 2018
After arriving in Munnar yesterday, we all woke up early to have our breakfast and then head to DTPC‘s office for our full day tour. DTPC is the District Tourism Promotion Council. You can call a day before to reserve your seats for the tour or just show up on the day of the tour at their office by 8am to get your seats.
After having breakfast, we took an auto-rickshaw to the DTPC office.
Continue reading “DTPC Munnar day tour: Mattupetty dam, Echo point, Kundala dam – Part 1” »
