MUNROETHURUTH - a solitary verdant paradise of tranquility..!
It took no time for me to finalize our destination for the one-day leave in the middle of the week; May 1, was a Tuesday this year. We’d already covered almost all the nearby beaches, hill stations, waterfalls etc., near Trivandrum. But one place which was always there in the initial rounds of discussion in every trip plan, but somehow failed to make it into the final itinerary was Munroethuruth , a beautiful inland island just around 80 kms away from the capital city of Kerala. I brought up the idea of cruising through the narrow canals around this alluring piece of land in local canoes, and was easily acceptable for all in the group. There are a lot of local canoe operators in this island, and we short listed “ Munroe Island Canoe Tours with Vishnu ”, based on the reviews it had. The deal was made for a sum of 1500 rupees for a 2-hours long ferrying through the green labyrinth of narrow canals in this beautiful group of 8 island...