Best places to visit in Kodaikanal

As per our home rule book,we necessarily should bunk work and go out of Bangalore on special days like birthdays 🙂 And this time, Sudeep insisted on exploring kodai wilderness . Kodaikanal is the place ,we had been to together ,way back in 2004 and the memories of our time there seemed some of the most indelible of our lives especially at the eighth year of our marriageJ,guess that was the reason for the second trip.

After all, have heard many times, ‘ life is nothing but a collection of memories and moments’ . And some moments you want to relive as and when. Interestingly, Kodaikanal is  also the only Indian hill station to be discovered by the Americans and not British.

Places of interest in Kodaikanal

First thing  I asked when I reached Hill country Kodai this time was, ‘tell me the most beautiful place to visit in Kodai ’.  ‘Berijam lake’ , out came the answer. Three days we waited for permission from forest officials but in vain. Wild elephants had decided to barge in there and stay put just to make sure that we make at least one more visit to Kodaikanal in future. We don’t mind that though.

Anyways…despite missing on Berijam lake visit, we still were on the upside and the ROI(return on investment) wasn’t bad. We did witness the misty woods engulfed in the eerie silence,

the tranquil lake around which cycling is fun,  (You can also peak into the roadside shops typical of tourist places while riding on the cycle & escape the sale at the same time)

 

pristine Kodai beauty on Coaker’s walk,

 

the falls,

the pine forests where our Indian heroes and heroins typically run around the trees and sing songs,

the same blue church,

 

and the same bench where we have had our tea/coffee eight years back too.

Stay tuned till the next serving from my end !! ciao …