View of the village during a brief tea stop on Day 1
Road to Kodaikanal
Hotel Meenakshi Bhavan
:-)
A beautiful village enroute to trek starting point
Monkey boy Sibin :) hanging from the ladder at the back of the bus
One closeup
And one with hands-free ... btw, bus was moving
Reached the trek starting point
Kukkal Lake
Trekkers starting on the trail
Moss covered tree
Our trail
A wild flower. Do you know its name?
:P
This structure was present near the Temple on top of the hill. Not sure of its purpose.
Wild flower
The Temple
Couldn't resist snapping her. Vivid colours and very beautiful.
See the temple on top? We came down so far in quick time.
Trekkers and the Temple. Find them!
Neelima
Mohan :D
JM trying to scare me :P
A steep face to our right side
We found this bison skull at the camp site :-)
Trekkers on the way to the camp site while we were playing with the bison's skull
Sunset - captured by Neelima while we were out to get water
One more ..
Few people arrive first at the campsite.
Water and firewood comes in
The first tents are pitched
Mohan and co. found a second bison skull with its horns intact & the ever smiling Janani posing with it :-)
Kodai Mani - our guide
This is what is called 'Kola Veri'
Campfire :D Roaring ain't it?
Red hot wood
The guys' gang :D - The Winners who prepared great food
The gals' gang - They lost miserably to us :D They cooked a paste and called it maggi :P
Day 2 - Early morning sun on opp. hill
Sun is just peeking ...
... and his light floods our camp
Early morning hues
4 Idiots :P
The Sun is fully out at last
Our campsite ... a beautiful location surrounded by hills
The tents we pitched
Burnt Breakfast
The Group
Day 2 - Energetic start after a brief stop to fill up water
A view from a narrow ledge on which we were trekking
See the waterfall? It was couple of hills away and we had to reach there
The falls :)
Make shift bridge
Make shift bridge to cross to the other valley from where an arduous climb awaited us
Another look
Samyak
A farm and its hut
Wild flowers
Those hills stood next to each other like siblings
Kukkal Village
These kids waved to us :D
This dude chased me and asked me to take a snap of him. Forgot his name
Some of the hills have been transformed into farms
One of the many farmhouses
