Hi everybody,
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.
We walked along this path enjoying the breathtaking views. We took many Photos and walked on and on and on looking down into the foggy valleys, up at the vast sky, hearing the sweet cooing of the birds, watching them flying about and sitting on trees. Finally we reached the end of the walk and saw the telescope house there.
I went up to the balcony of the telescope house to see if it was open, but it wasn’t. So I came down dissapointed and told everybody the news. So we thought we could atleast see the view from the balcony and went up again. But then we suddenly heard music from inside the telescope house. Oooh! it was haunted by a man dosing on the floor.
My father knocked on the glass door and the man got up startled. He opened the door and let us in. The radio was blaring out tamil music so loudly that we could not hear ourselves speak. There were three telescopes, a small one and 2 bigger one. We looked through then and saw distant settlements, a church, and a board stating “Kodai Hill View”. Then we walked back to the entrance along the path.
There many stalls on one side selling wares and also near and around the lake. We purchased some peanuts to munch, some purses and bags to give as presents to friends, a few key chains for my collection and many more interesting stuff! The air was getting cooler minute by minute and filled with the soothing scent of eucalyptus.
I will write about the next half of the day, tomorrow.
Bye,Rupashri
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