Finally those beautiful relaxed days at home came to an end and we travelled back to L's paternal home. This is when, I would say, the interesting part of our journey started. Instead of driving straight to Thrissur (like anyone else would), we decided to go there through Allepey.
We went to the beach (at 12 PM - another friend who's an expert on Alleppey - being a localite - said that only looneys like us would be seen there in that heat and I'm proud to say that we were not alone….at least :). The boys loved picking shells…..they picked quite a few of them and we finally left after having lunch at…you guessed it… Indian Coffee House just opposite to the beach.
The next day we decided to visit a few more relatives when L was bitten by the travel bug again
and we turned a different direction to travel to Athirappalli and Vazhachal waterfalls. The falls were at their best, and it was definitely worth the detour. On the other hand, we winded up visiting relatives till almost 9 PM, because we got delayed.Next day - The day of our journey back. Intended route - Thrissur -> Palakkad -> Coimbatore -> Salem -> Bangalore. Easy, right? And we nearly followed this route, till we saw a board that read "Coimbatore - 11 km". So we haven't been to Cbe yet, so why not deviate from the highway, go to town and then come back? We had nothing to lose. Cbe is a nice town (I am a bit confused as to the differentiation between towns and Cities….) but that's where destiny showed up again. Another signboard. This time with a message for us, "Ooty - (only) 90 km". How can anyone resist that? After a few quick calculations we decided to change our route to Cbe -> Ooty -> Mysore -> Bangalore. That's an approximate difference of 40 km, but definitely worth it.
I've been to Ooty once from college and I totally fell in love with the place. Okay, I didn't remember the hairpin roads that well, but still - the place is wonderful. The climate was divine. The boys were eating and having a party on the backseat - with fights at regular intervals, but generally fine.
We reached Ooty and called our respective parents to inform them about our change in plans. My parents responded with a mild "you guys are crazy". We had lunch at Ooty and drove through the town and left quickly because we had to come back home before it was too late. Driving through Bandipur forest we actually got to see around 4-5 wild elephants (small ones, I think though we heard a big one trumpet), 2 wild peacocks and one wild monkey.
Cutting an already long story short - we reached home by around 9 PM. Tired, but very happy….boys started school after one day's rest and we started office too. Life is back to normal and I am glad I finally got to write….
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