Trip to Kodaikanal – Part VII

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Here’s all about Coaker’s Walk.We found out that the Coaker’s Walk was next to the lake, and so we decided to go there after we had our lunch. Later, after a rest, we went to the lake and climbed a steep road, leading to the Coaker’s Walk. This is a tiled path along the steep slope of a mountain giving one a magnificent view of the mountains, valleys and Kodai. It is named after Lt. Coaker, an engineer, who prepared the map of Kodai and is said to have identified this pathway in 1872.

Trip to Kodaikanal – Part VI

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From the Kodai lake, we went to the park just next to it called Bryant Park. It was built by a British man named Bryant, and is actually a small botanical park. t was beautiful with lots and lots of fascinating flowers. There were roses, Dahlias, Tulips and many many more varieties. The Bryant park looked breathtaking with many types of tall and grand trees like the eucalyptus and pine. There were many old trees like the Indian Oak and we lay down in the shade of it. There were name boards on all of the trees. It was very cool in the brilliant shade, and we rolled about on the lawn underneath.

Trip to Kodaikanal – Part V

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The next day, 30th March, early in the morning, we went to the Kodai lake. The lake is star shaped, and has deep blueish-green water. It was created in 1863 by Sir Vere Henry Levinge, collector of Madurai district, who settled in Kodai after his retirement.

The area of the lake is  24 hectres and its is rimmed by a 5 km long road. Tourists can enjoy boating in the lake. I was very much looking forward to go to the Kodai lake because, I read on the guide book that we could ride a cycle or a horse around the lake. I was a beginner at cycling and wanted to cycle on a road.

Trip to Kodaikanal – Part IV

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After watching the mischievous customers, off we went towards the city. We could feel the coolness in the air. There were only a few hours left for bed time and so we decided to take the day off. Oh! It was tough to find the place we were to stay at. We were going up and down on the roads, when suddenly my brother spotted the lodge. The ground floor of the lodge was “underground”. And our rooms were on the 2nd floor.

Trip to Kodaikanal – Part III

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Here is the continuation from Part II.

We had travelled for about 10 minutes from Palani before dad realized that he had forgotten to fill the petrol tank. So we turned and went back to a Reliance petrol pump in Palani which we had noticed earlier. On the way, we saw a caution board on which was written “Be careful, ELEPHANT Crossing”!!! Ha ha ha… It was a silly board, coz on both sides, there were splendid mango and coconut orchards and a few settlements. The orchards had a barbeded wire fence and along with it, there was an electrified fence for double protection. Then how can the elephants come and cross the road like chickens do? We also saw huge termite hills which were worshipped by the superstitious people of the villages.

Trip to Kodaikanal – Part II

Hello! Here is Part II from my trip to Kodaikanal.

We sat enjoying the greenery of Kerala, and the road was a very smooth four laned one. On the way, we could see may types of trees and houses on both sides of the road. After about 2 hours we crossed a check post and oh! the advertisements on the road suddenly changed from malayalam to tamil. We had entered Tamil Nadu. Now there were very less number of houses and only in settlements here and there. We could also see cool and shady trees like tamarind, cherry, neem etc on both sides of the road.

A Trip to Kodaikanal

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You may be wondering why I’m not doing much blogging recently. Well, here is the reason. We had gone to Kodaikanal in Tamilnadu (India) on a holiday from 29th March to 1st April. And then the new academic year for sixth standard started. So, I didn’t have much time for blogging.Well, the following is a bit of the travelogue of the journey.

29th March–It was a morning full of excitement. Yes, we were going to Kodaikanal. But oh! I had to get my report card first.