Thursday, March 23, 2006

My coorg trip!!!(small post only)

Hi , I had been to coorg on 11th and 12th or march.It was a great trip.The following were the places visited.As most of my posts so far have been big I am going to make a conscious effort to make this post a brief one. Places covered:
1.Namdroling Monastery Golden Temple, Koppa..
Its an extremely beautiful temple.Very oriental.U feel u r in china.
Built and maintained by tibetians.U can see a lot of monks here.

2.Abbey Falls:
Beautiful falls.Actually private property.But its open to public.
The roads in coorg.Bit narrow but smooth.Not much traffic anyway

3.Thala cauvery.

Although ppl go with much expectation like seeing a gushing spring
which is the starting point of cauvery, its merely like a small pond
(u can call it even a tank).
There is a small hillock nearby from where the view is wonderful.

4.A small krishna temple in mercara.
A simple temple built in kerala style in mercara,coorg's capital.
View of the road leading to thala cauvery

5.NagarHole National Park:(As u can see in the snap below)
Its a lion reserve.It is said to be the thickest forest in india.General tourists are allowed only on a prefunct visit on a 30 km long trail,which does not cover even 1-2% of the forested area.So we got to see only deers and monkeys.
the board with map.
an atrificial lake inside the park.
A deer in the grass is better than two in a cage ;-)

Some general snaps:
Road throughout are ike this.Covered on both sides with coffee.
Actual cofee plant.They have a very sweet aroma which is nowhere
near the aroma of coffee powder.

That was nearly it.It was a nice and enjoyable trip..

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The photos are very descriptive. Tempts me to visit Coorg:)

vandu said...

wowwww man!! wat a place!! and good attempt at making the post short & sweet! [;)].. Now I knw I shud visit this place! [:)]