Trip to Kodaikanal – Part III

Dear readers,

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.

After filling petrol, we continued again. Once we started on the ghat road, it slowly got cooler. THere were 14 hairpin bends and we stopped at various view points on the way. The sight was splendid !! After a couple of hours, we entered the Kodai city. The first tourist spot, a waterfall called Silver Cascade, was about 8 km from the city. It is supposed to be a great waterfall, but because it was off season, the waterfall thought that “Let me save energy for the tourist season. I will go on a holiday to the sea.” Only a thin stream of water was coming down the rocks.

There were many road side stalls over there, selling carrot, plums, ornges, mangoes, corn and much more stuff. After parking our car, and while going for a close up view of the “Miserly” Cascade, we saw a monkey stealing a whole bunch of carrots from a lady shopkeeper. The monkey took about 15 delicious carrots to a place higer up on a the hill. While leaving, we saw a naughty cow, also snatching a few carrots from the same stall. Poor lady! She had to give two bunches of carrots free to two of her mischevious customers.

Keep waiting for the next part (Coming really soon )

Bye,
Rupashri