TOP STATION TREK from Kurangani via Muthuvan kudi village

There are two routes to trek from Kurangani village to Top station, one route will go via Central station, you can find the details of the trek here Kurangani to top station via central station

There is another route which goes via a small village called Muthuvan kudi, this route is most scenic compared to the central station one, when you start the trek from kurangani, after 5 minutes a point will come where you can see two routes, right one is an off road with stones and the left one is a tar road. The left route will take you to top station via Muthuvan kudi village.

We started at morning 10 from kurangani and reached the top station at evening 5. We have camped near the view point, Here are few photos with details

Un explored water falls near the trail, there is not proper trail to this water falls from the main trek trail, you have to go through bushes in the direction of falls to reach it, it is a very beautiful falls, perfect for swimming, but very deep

This is kolukkumalai

Sharbat at Central station

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view from the Top station view point

camping site

These three kids tried to sell that fruit for 100 to us.

From this pace you can view all the hills- top station, kolukkumalai, meesapulimala, a perfect place to camp

Muthuvan kudi village, Sunday afternoon, no work, all the villagers gathered under tree

Change PLSSS

Day before yesterday i was traveling to my home from Madras by bus. Bus got stopped at Nellore for dinner, i got down and went to the hotel and stood in the queue at the counter. The person standing before me gave 100 rupees note and ordered Curd rice, the lady sitting in the counter asked for 5 rupees change, he told that he has no change, then she gave the bill along with 40 rupees and a 5 star chocolate, next is my turn

 Me: 1 Curd rice parcel(gave 50 rupees).

Lady: 5 rupees change please(gave bill to me)

Me:  I dont have change, give me 5 star chocolate.

Lady: Please give me 5 rupees.

Me: Its ok, give me 5 star chocolate.

Lady: Please give me 5 rupees change.

Me: i dont have change, seee(showed my purse to her), give me 5 start chocolate.

Lady: Curd rice is 55 rupees, you gave only 50 rupees, please give 5 rupees.

I checked the bill, could not able to control my laugh, gave 10 rupees to her and got the 5 star chocolate......she gave me a dirty look, i guess her mind voice is saying 'where are you people come from??'

STOPPING A GIRL FROM TAKING A SELFIE-1

Morning 5.30, i have completed 10 rounds of running in the Eden gardens ground, it is a warm up for me before doing the Yoga and GYM. I took a blanket, walked towards the pitch and laid it on the pitch, started doing  surya namaskara, sheershana, etc, etc etc...for almost an hour i did yoga on the pitch, then went to GYM room in the ground, while walking from the PITCH to the GYM Sourav Ganguly entered the ground in his tracks and smiled . I said 'You lost today also!!!', 'One day i will finish before you and make you to buy juice for me', Sourav replied. DADA kept bet with me that whoever finishes 10 rounds in the ground first should buy juice to the other, he never won. Dada asked me about perfect way of doing one asana, i explained him and then went to GYM.

In GYM i started with pull ups, then push ups, while i am doing my 150th push up TAMANNAH entered the GYM and sat on me, told me that she will give me a kiss if i do 50 push ups more, she tried to disturb me by kissing on my neck and shoulders, such a naughty girl. After half an hour i started abdomen exercise, Sourav came and asked me to get up, i asked why, but he is shouting at me to get up, i stopped doing the exercise and slowly opened my eyes. I am in my house, on my bed, my dad is shouting at me

"Its been two weeks since you came home, you bought shoes, shorts to go to stadium daily in the morning, not even single day you went, today i will return the shoes and all the things in the shop saying that the size is not ok, it is 8'o clock you idiot, stop dreaming and get up". I got up and sat on the bed, no SOURAV, no TAMANNAH, no KISSES, i cannot believe that whatever i felt until a minute ago is a DREAM, and i dont want to believe that today also i got up late. In this world only two things are very difficult, STOPPING A GIRL FROM TAKING A SELFIE and SAYING NO TO SLEEP IN THE MORNING.

P.S. The last sentence is to give justification to the title to this post ;-) and more thing, if you find any grammatical mistakes, please drop a comment.

150th film.....

CHIRANJEEVI FAN: Yeahhhh mega star is going to put a party he will become CM!!!!!!!!

After 'ANDARIVADU' chiranjeevi accepted persons deserting from other parties and lost in the elections..

CHIRANJEEVI FAN: we love chiranjeevi for his acting and films, we dont care his personal life...he is a very good guy and wants to do good to people...look he will become CM in next elections...

After he merged the party with congress(he criticized the same congress 1000 times during the election campaign)

CHIRANJEEVI FAN: we love chiranjeevi for his acting and films, we dont care his personal life...he didnt merge the party for minister post...he wants to do good to people, he is a good guy....look he will become CM and may be PM one day.......

After congress lost(the so called MEGA STAR didnt even contest in elections)

CHIRANJEEVI FAN: we love chiranjeevi for his acting and films, we dont care his personal life...yeahhh he is going to act in 150th filmmmm.......

Now CHIRU is not interested to do SAMAJIKA NYAYAM by sitting in opposition side, he decided to do SAMAJIKA NYAYAM by acting in 150th film, rejected several stories and selected kathi remake and then he rejected that also.....

CHIRANJEEVI FAN: stephen spielberg is in talks with Chiranjeevi, Allu aravind didnt like the story and asked Spielberg to do few changes to suit the CHIRU fans....so it will take time...

Jai Chiru fans.....Jai 150th film(dont know when will it release, i think after the completion of the capital AMARAVATHI)

Kuttanadin kayalile- allepey to kottayam by boat

Place: Alapuzha(allepey), Boat trip from Alapuzha to kottayam, which costs 15 rupees.

Timings: You can find the details of the timings and routes in this site  http://swtd.kerala.gov.in/

It is a daily boat service provided by the kerala water transport cooperation for the local people. Try to  catch early morning boat or the evening one as the weather will be nice.



Kuttanad region always fascinates me, my English vocabulary is too poor to describe the beauty of this magical water world in a way it deserves, so instead of trying to be poetic, i try my level best to put this world that i have seen in this 2 hour boar trip in words.

Kuttanad region covers three districts in kerala, this region is popular for backwaters. Allepey, Kumarakom, Kottayam and other famous backwater destinations are located in this region only. When we planned for this trip to Alapuzha, i didnt want to book those house boats because of the budget problem, house boats are too costly charging minimum 5000 per room.when i was searching for an alternative way to explore this region i came to know about this kerala government boat service from alapuzha to kottayam. If you dont want to spend 5,000 to 10,000 bucks for a one night stay, if you want to explore the back waters in a very cheap way where you can interact with the local people who travel in these boats daily, you can happily opt one of these government boat trips.

This place is a very unique place, here every house is an island, every house's front yard will have steps leading to the lake where they wash the clothes, take bath, clean the vessels, every child here will get to learn swimming before walking ;-),  every house will have a small rowing boat instead of a car or bike. I have seen a lady selling buckets and other steel bowls on boat. Fish curry is a common curry in their meals like pappu in Telugu states and sambar in Tamilnadu. I think if they run out of vegetables, they simply go to the front yard and catch few fishes and make fish curry. For every 1-2 km there is a boat stand, these boats are there only means of transport and there will be monthly boat passes also.

Life in this region is very different, in this region  60% of the area is covered by water. As the boat slowly moves on the lake surrounded by palm trees passing through the paddy fields, churches, small houses and big house boats, all you can do is appreciate the beauty of the place.

We took the boat from Alapuzha to Kottayam which starts from Alapuzha at 7.30 am. It was on sunday, there was no rush at all, we reached the boat stand at 7.25 and got into the boat. This trip covers 25km from alapuzha to kottayam and the ticket rate is 15 rupees. It will take two hours to reach kottayam as there is a speed limit of 10km/hr on the government boats.If you got time, you can get down in some place between which you feel worth wile for spending some time, spend some time there and catch the next boat. Boat driver number is 09400050372, you can call him and ask about the boat service details.

In this trip, i have seen very small part of this region and though we took the 7.30 boat, it was sunny. I wonder how this place looks in night, how it looks when it is cloudy and rains. Hope i experience these things in my next boat trip.....