Passion for Travelling...

                It was way back in 2012 we’ve gone for a trip as a family for the last time. Since then we couldn't do another since all of us were located in different places, with me alone coming home at every weekends and staying with Dad. That Friday I planned not to go home that night, instead postponed that to the next morning. That’s when my sister, who is back home after completing her graduation, called me and asked to go home that night itself and said, ‘Let’s go somewhere tomorrow.’ ‘Alright’, I said and started thinking of the destination for the next day. I was not interested in those distant regular family destinations then, since I wanted to save those bigger trips for some time later when mom is also back at home. So I searched for some nearby getaway spot. Chittar was the place suddenly came to my mind. I’ve heard about this place a lot, but never been there. While checking in Google maps, to my pleasant surprise, I found the pl...

                The window covered in dew was the first thing I saw while waking up in the next morning after an amazing Day 1 . I had a sound sleep last night, despite Aravind’s rhythmic snoring . Talking of Dreamland Residency , it is one of the nice affordable stay options available within the town. The facilities were really good, so do their service. We’ve only booked two double rooms, but they happily obliged to our request for arranging an extra bed in one of the rooms. Overall, we were really satisfied with the stay there. The first thing on agenda for the day was the wedding function of Adarsh, because of which even the entire trip happened. Going through some history of North Kerala…                 The wedding function will be starting only after 11.30AM, and since it was only 9AM we searched for some nearby attractions. That ended up in paying a visit to the Pazhassi Tomb which is bar...

                 Every time I travel with my dad as a kid, I used to ask him "Dad, which place is this?", at each junction. That too, pretty loudly at times, even annoying the co-passengers. But he was patient and kind enough to answer all my questions, without bothering that I'm just a few year old kid. He also used to talk a lot about his life at different places, which were mere stories for me then. Small gestures like these, I believe created the zest for travel in me. One place in north Kerala he narrated a lot about during my childhood, attracted me a lot and made me create a picture of it in mind, a canvas that had lush green hills, waterfalls, twisty roads, wild elephants roaming around... Yeah, you got it right. Wayanad - the palace of natural beauty.                 Whenever I plan a road trip with friends, the first to pop-up in mind would be this beguiling place. And, we've worked out s...