(P.N.The eigth member is the photographer!!!)
The toyota qualis was just adequate for al of us...we left ernakulam at 9:30hrs....we took to the highway which was quite broad enough for our toyota to zoom....we reached chalkudy and had breakfast then we headed to the falls...the road was excellent...
it had been ages since i saw such excellently laid roads(being a civil engineer!!!)....after zooimng around across steep turns and twists(where the toyota never reduced its speed)we finally reached the athirapally falls....
magnificiant site from the view point.....we quickly moved into our shorts to get wet in the chilly water..........first we went to the place where the water fell from almost 80 feet high....it was beautiful with the sun just at the tip of the rock cliff....we had couple of photo sessions....One of friend back in office told me its the same falls in the bollywood movie GURU where aishwarya dances for one of the hit song....
There were two mainstream falls occuring one was right ahead of us, the other was at the end wit a bigger stream of water flowing down.....These falls reminded me of my environmental engg. sessions where they said these falls work as natural treatment for water purification...when the water falls down from a height,it takes air along with it(oxygen),which gets mixed up, thus getting the water oxigenated, oxygen which is required for various organisms from minute bacteris to aquatic life....Then we had to climb the cliff through the forests to reach the top of the falls where people had a safe area to take a dip in water..I was really surprised to find it wasn't dirty at all..The government has banned plastics around the vicinity and taken utmost care that picnikers dont mess up the vicinity..We found a good place to dip ourselves in the water..We cried in excitement when we got into the water..We almost went exploring the place..I think december/january is the best time to be here, because the water is just right not overflowing nor scanty..We had some photo sessions after that...finaly we decided to head back...there were good places nearby which are good places to visit as well..We skipped it since it was already for lunch....We came to the mainstream highway to have lunch and then we suddenly decided to go to Cherai Beach...
Cherai beach was a bit crowded since it was a weekend...but it was good to be there....
It reminded me of the Mangalore beaches...Besides residing at Kochi, the nearest best beach is Cherai which 26kms away from Kochi....People say
that a majority of the sand has been washed out by the tsunami..We started searching for our sapce there as well..since it was too crowded...finally some of them settled down some them went to dip their legs in the salty water...Then we decided to play kabbaddi..We were exactly 8 of us, so divided into 4 each in a team...n started playng...which attracted many people nearby to watch our play...it was fun...
Here are the winners(except the guy too much excited behind us...he couldn't take, to be a loser!!)....
and here are the losers....but i feel the losers get all the credit....because without the losers the winners simply just don't exist...
finally after the sunset we headed back to our cab....and then bak home!!
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