Friday, January 18, 2008

Will Movie Gaalipata beat the expectations

Time to review the expectations of mostly awaited Kannada movie "Gaalipata". The film has been released in every corner of karnataka and in the neighbouring states as well. The promos are promising, the songs have become toppers in all the leading kannada channels. Ganesh as usual at his best, new comers show freshness in the promos.Rathnavelu's camera work show new dimenions of kodachadri.

Will all these factors along with the supporting actors like legendary Ananthnag help gaalipata to fly high and break all the jinx and records that were created by mungaru male in comings days.?

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Munnar



"Munnar", an emerging tourist destination is located in God's own country Kerla of south India, famous for its lush green shrubs of tea plantation spreads across the hill station.
"Moon -air" as the name coined in Malayalam is the place where the three rivers meet in the valley. In fact this was a summer resort for East India company when they ruled India in those days.
Wild animals like Elephants, tigers, bison, bears were the common sights for the people those days in munnar and hunting was daily "must-do" activity for the Englishmen.


This was captured on the way to munnar from kochi
Munnar is famous for the Tea plantations, and once famous "Kannan devan chai" tea factory is located here. Munnar is easily accessible from roads.
Kochi is the nearest airport, its 130 KM from kochi, Taxi's or buses are available from the airport


Home stays are the best bet for staying in munnar, its quite reasonable compared to those luxurious hotels and one can expect homely food with friendly hospitality. We had stayed in "Rose Garden" a homestay which is located in karadipura around 13km from munnar.


Couple of awesome places which are feast for one's eyes are located in Munnar and I have highlighted few of them which I had visited.

View point

The most breath taking view of the munnar city could be captured here.This place pulls the maximum visitors in the morning and in the dawn. After sunset one can see that whole munnar is covered by thick creamy mist which would make anyone to go ga ga

Top Station.


A trekkers point where people can walk around the woods enjoying the nature beauty. Visitors are not allowed after 6.00 PM because of the wild animals in the woods.
The rich greenery creates an inerasable memories in one's mind.

Tata Tea museum


One can feel and view how tea powder is manufactured from the tea plants. This museum is open for public from 10 AM to 4PM on all days.
A visit to this museum one can witness the nurturing of tea in plantation to the process of manufacturing and packing along with the demo's from the experts.
This museum also heads few of the antics of east India company and the history of munnar.

Eravikulum National park


A beautiful wildlife sanctuary with the provision for safari is provided in this place. If luck is in favor then one can see the Niligiri tahr, a kind of wild goat which are now in extinct could be found in the early morning or late evening of the safari. Anamudi which resembles an elephant's head also a highest point in munnar is here. This breath taking hillocks with lush greenery is spread over 97 sq km in the rajamali hills.

Mattupetty Dam.

A dam built using the mixture of limestone and jaggery over the Mattupetty lake is a beautiful picnic spot with the panoramic view of the tea plantations and the lake. Boating facilities ( speed motor boating and row boating)are available in the lake. This was built using limestone and jaggery in those days and stills looks solid.

Finally, munnar is not only treat for the eyes also a mesmerizing dreams for newly married couple to enjoy the nature and feel one another. That is the reason munnar is one of the hottest honey moon destination