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TravelGoogy Malaysian Offer - More details

TravelGoogy Offer

When i got the Malaysian Offer email from TravelGoogy.com i couldn’t believe it! Only this much  for a 4 Nights/ 3 Days trip, that too including Airfare and 3 star hotel accommodation !!! On a second thought, i thought its a good oppertunity to take my family(Father, Mother, wife and my 2 year old little daughter) to kualalumpur giving my father and mother joy of their first flying. Booked the package during October 2009 with TravelGoogy.com and choose the travel date of May 7, 2010. The entire experience of booking, visa stamping, insurance taking and fixing up itineary was completely hassle-free, appreciate all the efforts by TravelGoogy.com

Joy of first Fly

Air Asia in Cochin

Air ticket was with AirAsia and we were flying from Cochin. We reached Cochin International Airport around 2.30 PM as the flight is at 5 PM. Check-in , baggage handling and security check was a smooth affair as we could finish everything within 45 minutes. We exchanged some Indian rupees and changed to Malaysian ringgit at the federal bank foreign exchange counter inside Cochin international airport. Exactly at 5 PM flight took off from cochin. All the 3 first time fliers ( My father, Mother & Daughter) were equally excited when Airasia Airbus A320 finally took off from run away and started flying.

The low cost carrier AirAsia is very good in that category. Eventhough it lacks a good leg space everything else in the flight was good. We have ordered some meals additionally through their website and they serverd the meal first for the people who have already booked. You have an option to buy on-board but that will cost you bit more. Food was decent and service of cabin crew was excellent. They gave the Malaysian immigration papers to be filled and we filled all the papers as soon as we got it and kept it ready along with passports. Another good thing i like about airsasia is they sells bus tickets from LCCT termainal to Kulalumpur city and also Malaysian sim cards on board. Since  TravelGoogy package includes all our transport we suppose to get a car transfer from airport to city, hence i was not that interested in bus tickets but i saw lot of people buying the same. The sim card was a realy nice one, as you need to just fill a form and give your passport details and pay RM 9 to get a SIM card. The instructions to activate the card as soon as you reach KL airport is included in the card pack. i bought a sim card and put it in my mobile and kept it ready.  20 minutes earlier than scheduled, at 11:30 PM local time we landed in Kulalumpur LCCT terminal which is almost 60-70 KM away from KL city. After finishing immigiration formalities and collecting our luggage we move to the exit gate and TravelGoogy arranged driver was waiting for us at the exit door with a play card with our name written on it.  He was very polite and took us to the hotel which we are going to stay for next 3 days, Hotel Citrus which is in middle of the town. It took almost 45 minutes to reach the hotel from airport.

Hotel Citrus, KL

Hotel Citrus is an excellent 3 star hotel and entire stay there was a pleasent one.  We reached hotel around 1:15 AM in the morning and reception staff helped us to check in to the hotel and they also gave us the full itneary for next 3 days which is going to be provided by TravelGoogy’s malaysian partner. Room was a decent double bed room with TV.  The receptionist told us that breakfast will be served free of cost in the hotel resturant from 8 AM to 10 PM. As we were very sleepy and our next day program starts at 10 AM we all gone to bed immediately by saying we will be up by 8 AM to be ready and have our breakfast by 9 AM.

The most important fact was we got our rooms facing famous twin tower!!! so if we just move our curtains it was the direct view of twin tower!! what a wonderful sight!!!

The buffet breakfast served next day morning by hotel citrus was an excellent one with lot of dishes. You can choose from array continental, Asian & Indian spread. We all had a great break fast and by the time we were finishing our break fast the driver came and told that he is ready to go and our first destination was Kulalumpur Birds park - word’s largest covered bird part which is kind of inside the city!!!

Hotel Citrus

Buffet Breakfast counters

Room

Twin Tower - A view from our hotel window

DAY - 1

Birds Park - Kualalumpur

We reached birds park in 20 mintues and driver left us at the entrance by saying another driver will come and pick us at entrance exactly 1 AM. The ticket was bit expensive (RM 38) but it was pretty much worth watching all those lovely creatures… please find some wonderful photos below.

The days was pretty hot out there ( 37c & 96% humid) and we all were pretty tired after initial 2 hours. The one important thing we forgot to carry was water. The water inside the part was very expensive. 500ml bottle was cost RM 6 where outside a 1.5 Litre bottle will cost you only RM 2.25 . So the thumb rule is carry lot of water when you roam around KL and dont buy anything inside the park carry small snacks and lot of water to park. We went to see the bird show which is happening inside the park at 12.30. the show was 30 minutes duration and it was just amazing how they are training those birds all those tricks…… here are some photos…

Bird park Gate
Our Family

We called up the local operator and told them that we will be 30 mintues late to come out from the park as we all were very tired and decided that even if it costs more we need to have some food and juices. We all had some heavy snacks and juices and by 1.30 we get in to the waiting car outside the park and one of my close friend who is working in KL also joined us.

Kualalumpur City Tour

The afternoon itinerary for the day was KL city tour and the driver first took us to Merdeka Square also known as independence square where Malaysian Independence is declared in the midnight on August 31, 1957. 95-meter flagpole, one of the tallest in the world and 100 year old buildings are the main attractions in this place.

King

King

Photo shots by tourists

Then the driver took us to King’s Palace knows as Istana Negara . eventhough entry to palace is not allowed to visitors, the gate is huge photo spot for tourists. The traditionally dressed solider and horse mounted guard make this place very attactive.

Then we moved to Kualalumpur Tower ( Also know as Menara Kualalumpur), one of the symbols of kualalumpur. This 421 meter tower is fifth largest telecommunication tower in the world. You will have a great panorama view of the city if you took the visitor ticket and go up to the top of the tower. This tower contains a revolving resturant which we slowly rotate. We ended up having our late lunch in one of the indian resturants located in the basement of the tower.

Then the driver took us to some choclates and leather factory outlets, there were demo sections for tourists to explan how the process is happening in those factories. The items were very expensive so we didnt by anything from those outlets.

Then finally driver took us to world famous Petronas Twin Towers ( Also known as kualalumpur Twin Towers). The entire look was absoultly majestic. If you stand in front of it and look upward you will be wonder how this might be built, is it built by man-kind ? such a wonderful sight….. we spend quite some time there by just sitting around and taking some photos. My cousin who was working in KL also joined me there and we decided to say good bye to the Driver as we decided to go some shopping and roam around the city with my friend and cousin. by 4.30 it started raining heavily in KL and locals told us that typically other than june and july almost everyday evening you will have rains in KL!!! Wow!! i just love rains….. but that bring some thoughts in my mind, if they have rain every day how come they are able to maintain such wonderful road without any patholes. In my home state kerala, officials and government says bad state of the roads are beacuse of the 6-7 months of rain we have in kerala.. then how about KL ??

We visited Low Yat Plaza located in Jalan Bukit Bintang which is a biggest IT and electronics mall in Malaysia. It was a wonderful experience, seen lot of indians, pakistanis do business there. After doing some more shopping  in near by malls we catch a taxi and headed to hotel. That was the end of a wonderful day in KL.

DAY - 2

We all woke up at 7:30 AM and ready by 8:30 AM and headed toward hotel resturant for break fast. exactly at 9:30 AM driver was at hotel lobby waiting for us. Entire 2nd day programme was a trip to Genting highlands . Genting is Malaysia’s low-budget, family-friendly, sanitized attempt at Las Vegas . It has casino’s where you can gamble legally in malaysia, amuesment park etc. Its situated at an altitude of 1800 meters above sea level on the top of a hill. The driver dropped us at the skyway entrance and gave us the tickets also and told us that we can go up by skyway cable car and evening by 6 PM he will wait in the entrance of the amusment park on the top. since it was sunday there was a huge waiting line to get in to cable car and when were waiting in line for our turn it started raining also… finally we couldn enter in to cable car…..

Genting Skyway

In the waiting line of skyway

Cable Car

Cable Car

Genting Skyway, located at the Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor side of Genting, Malaysia, is currently the world’s fastest and South East Asia’s longest cable car system. Its lower station is located near Gohtong Jaya, and its upper station is located at Highlands Hotel of Genting Highlands Resort. The view from the cable car is breath taking one…. this was one of the most memorable moments for us. eventhough it was raining and there were fog all around we still could enjoy it…… here are some snaps

Genting Highlands

There was a casino, 6 big hotels and one golf resorts awaits you in highlands. You can see huge crowd all around the place in genting… we gone to small casino which is meant for kids first and have  played some games there… since it was heavily raining we could only do that in the morning session. by arond 12:30 we had lunch in the KFC located there and proceed towards amusment parks… there were plently of rides, shows all around…. its absoultly a entertanment city.. since that day was mothers days there were lot of shows with  mothers day theme. Here are some photos of genting outing….

By 6 :00 PM we went out and found the driver waiting for us in the entrance. We requested him to drop us to china market insted of hotel so that we can do some shopping and roam around the city.

Petaling Street ( China Town ) , KL

China Town is the place you should look for some cheap shopping. dont expect the item to be on top quality but you get items for the price you pay. all from china… my mother bought some leather bags , me and my wife bought some t-shirts and key chains from there. by 8:30 PM we took a taxi and headed towards our hotel.

After getting fresh we had dinner in the hotel itself. We first thought of going to a pakistani hotel nearby but there was huge crowd assembled there as the hotel owner was shwoing pakistan-newzland Twenty20 match live there . The dinner was good and we all gone to sleep.

DAY - 3

Mono Rail

Mono Rail Station

Mono Rail

There was no particular programme planned for the day as we need to leave to airport by 12 PM. We decided to have a early breakfast and try the KL monorail and do some pending shoppings. We gone the mono rail station near to he hotel and took the ticket and gone to a place called little India. This you can see almost all shop names in English and Tamil We bought some choclates from there and catch a taxi and gone to low yaat plaza again to buy some electronic stuff which we couldnt by on first day. We were back to hotel by 11 PM and packed everything and be ready for our check out from hotel. exactly 12 PM the driver came and we checked out from hotel and started our journey back to LCCT terminal KL International Airport.  The entire process in KL airport was smooth and we started our fly back to cochin exactly at 2:50 PM local time. We reached cochin exactly at 4:30 PM local time. That was the end of a wondrful and hassle free journey…….

Few Suggestions to fellow travellers from our own experience

1) Plan for atleat 5 days trip. its too short to cover even only KL in 3 days. Anyway you are going all the way there why dont you spend some quality time over there ?

2) Carry lot of water in bottles whenever you go out in KL. its pretty humid out there and the places you visit will charge you a lot for water.

3) Try to avoid wearing ornaments when you go out.. theft is a common affair in some parts of the city.

4) Try the local food.. if you are going to have indian food there in KL also why to travel all this way try different things…

5) There is really nothing much to shop in KL if you compare the prices in India.

6) wear shoes if you want to get in to casino in Genting, its a must.

A Word of Thanks to TravelGoogy.com

It was a wondefully execued vacation for us as at any part of the tour we never faced any problem. We were really anxious about what happens if nobody is shows up in KL airport when we reach .. everything was arranged nicely and we never had any tention moments during the entire trip. Eventhough the package was not enough to cover everything in KL and around it was real worth for the money paid. If known earlier, might have spend something extra to extend the package… Thank you travelgoogy…. will touch base for another one next year…..

TravelGoogy Malaysian Offer - More details

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03 Nights / 04 Days Romantic Kerala Package!!
Just for Rs.8, 999/- for a couple.
02 Nights in Munnar and 01 Night in House Boat.

Romantic Kerala

Package Includes:

• Meet and Assistance.
• Accommodation in well appointed room. Child below 5 yrs is  Complimentary
• All meals on board in House boat
• Breakfast only in Hotels in Munnar
• Inclusive of all applicable hotels taxes.

Package Excludes:

• Any Air or Train fare.
• Meals other than specified.
• All Transportations and sight seeing
• All the above prices are subject to Change, with any change in Tax, and will be charged extra as applicable

Kerala - God's Own Country

The misty nights and the sound of silence of this high altitude mountains and valleys blessed with Mother Nature’s riches flora and fauna make it a true paradise on earth. The satin smooth grass lands which are the abode of the rare species of wild goats known as Nilgiri Tahrs and herds of wild elephants grazing elegantly across the jungle slopes add to the splendor of this mesmerizing landscape.

Nestling in the very lap of this enchanting terrain is one of our prime properties pristine valleys and mountains- exotic species of flora and fauna in its wild sanctuaries and forests - aroma of spice scented cool air - yes! Munnar has all these and more.

And the picturesque Vembanad Lake, TravelGoogy Cruise has been in the forefront of catering to the genuine holiday aspirations of the vacationer and endeavors to make his holidays truly memorable; holidays that one would wish never to forget. Here you can rise in the morning hearing the chirping of the birds and song of the wild swans, watching the sunrise in the eastern horizon over the distant palms and woods. In the evening watch the sun set in the western seas bathing the whole Vembanad Lake in red.

Romantic Kerala

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On Public Demand TravelGoogy.com is back with their

BIG MALAYSIAN offer

Colours of Malaysia - 03 Nights / 04 Days Package

Just for Rs. 13, 999/-

(Including return airfare & 3 star accommodation)

Package Includes

• To and fro Air Ticket in Budget class
• Meet and Greet by Our Representative.
• Package is on twin sharing basis
• Accommodation in 3 star category Hotel
• 1 night accommodation in Genting Highland / Kuala Lumpur
• 2 night’s accommodations in Kuala Lumpur
• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
• Half day Kulalampur City tour
• Batu Cave Tour
• Return transfers Kulalampur/Genting.
• Services of an English speaking guide/driver
• Genting Out Door Theme Park Rides
• One way Cable car ride
• Exit Airport will be Kochi/ Trivandrum
  

Package Excludes

• Visa charges
• Travel Insurance
• Any other item which is not mentioned in the Itinerary

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

A delightful mix of cross-cultural influences and traditions, Kuala Lumpur radiates an exciting, enticing charm, which will no doubt pique your interest throughout your stay.Let the city’s warmth embrace you as you lose yourself in its unique blend of tradition, culture old world charm and new world sophistication. Explore its nooks and crannies, and you’ll discover captivating sights, sensational sounds, aromatic smells and fantastic people.

Kuala Lumpur, affectionately known as KL, is an amazing cultural melting pot. Here, you will wander through communities of Chinese, Malays, South Indians, East Malaysian ethnic groups, Thais, Indonesians, Sikhs and a huge community of expats. KL has a lively nightlife scene and a fascinating art and performance culture, which blends contemporary and traditional styles from many backgrounds. There is the widest range of sporting activities available with state-of -the-art facilities to impress any sporting enthusiast. The architecture is somewhat eccentric and is certainly unique, from hundred year old mansions to awe-inspiring sky scrapers, and all within meters of each other. Treat your taste buds to Kuala Lumpur’s extremely varied cuisine, which is certainly a tasty adventure in itself! Above all else KL is a shopping haven, offering everything from street side trinkets to haute couture.

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We were looking at options to spend our long weekend holiday and zeroed in on Wayanad. We were warned of the Monsoon rains, but then we wanted the rains and it turned out to be real good. The two days we spent there, the weather was picture perfect- occasional showers and the clouds and mist playing hide and seek in the romantic sense.

We started our journey from Cochin in the morning and we reached calicut by noon time. we have to pick Jojo from calicut for the trip. After reaching calicut we decided to stay back at Jojo’s house and decided to roam around calicut. Kappad beach is a good place to relax, but for us there was something else in calicut. So we decided to hit Manamchira squre (which is known as lovers park <nick name> – said by local guy). It was good. Some purchase was pending and focuz mall was good enough for us. The next day morning by 09.30 am we started our journey. The Calicut-Wayanad route(90kms) is really simple and we drove covering Thamarassery – adivaram - Kalpetta . Kalpetta is the district headquarters of Wayanad. The hairpin drive was superb; I always enjoy driving through hairpins.

We reached Kalpetta at 11.00am and checked into Home stay @ Meppadi (Love dale Home stay) this is very near to the Suchipara water falls. We were six of them and there were 3 rooms available in the house with a big hall. We had our breakfast at the house and the food was excellent. The cook and the care taker Mr.Shaji, he has got a good skill of cooking. We had the Puttu and kadala, appam and curry. One of my friend Baiju he was very passionate for puttu kadala. (I think all the malayali’s like that dish. Me tooooo).

After break fast we were wondering what to do next, bcoz all became lazy after seeing the weather and the wonder full surrounding of the home stay. So no body wants to go for sightseeing now. The owner of the House Mr. Doice, he came up with an idea to go for a plantation visit and later on proceed towards the Suchipara water falls. Some of our hardcore guys were asking about trekking and jungle safari and doice promised us he will arrange everything for us. Doice has got a wonderful plantation near to the home stay. It was good feeling while walking through the plantation. Then went towards suchipara water falls. By seeing the water we decide to jump and we guys started playing and enjoying in the water. We spend almost 2 hrs in the water and decided to go back to the home, b’coz we all started feeling hungry after the long walk and swimming. By the time doice arranged a jeep for us to go for the jungle safari to churalmala and for the trekking also.

The lunch was yummy. Cook shaji again made wonders with food. Then we started our journey in four wheel jeep to Churalmala. It was wonder full journey in the jeep through tea estate and jungle, driver shibu was excellent and some times he made us excited with his driving skill. We reached our trekking point Jeep can’t go further and from that point we have to walk. We started the journey towards the hill top, and there was some small water stream and small water falls in the area. Water was too cold. it took us 2 hrs to reach the top of the hill; the view was excellent from the peak. We relaxed there, some were cracking jokes and some were fighting for the water. Spending more than half an hour we decided to go back to our place. Place was getting little dark and there was a sign of rain also. We went down and shaji was waiting for us with his jeep and we headed towards home stay. We all were tired and just want to sleep after the trekking and jeep safari. After having bath in the cold water, all our tiredness was out and so we decided to put a camp fire. Shaji arranged the camp fire and we started our fun with songs and little drinking (plz don’t mind) . We made our self some barbeque with the help of the cook and it was fun. Shaji served us the food along with the camp fire. Camp fire lasted till 02.00 clock in the night, poor fellow shaji was awake all the time providing us with snacks and other things. By 02.30 am we were back to bed and we decided to cover maximum places next day.

Next day morning shaji was waiting for us with a bad news, Itz raining, heavily raining. Time was 10.30 am in the morning but its raining. So all our plans for seeing the place gone with the winds. So after having breakfast some guys decided to take rest (sleeping) and rest of us decided to play cards. But it was boring playing cards whole day so after lunch we decided to hit road in rains, so we decided to play football with one goal post. There was a paddy field near to this house and it was empty after the harvest and place was muddy after in the rain. So we started playing foot ball in that area, some call it as mud foot ball, but for us it was fun foot ball. It was a continues rain in wayanad. After the game and tea decided to check out from the house and go back to Calicut (Jojo’s house.) after having the early dinner from the house, we checked out by 08.30 pm and started our journey back to calicut. All were tired after playing foot ball in the rain. We reached Calicut by 10.30 pm and stayed at Jojo’s and we kept the vehicle at his home and decided to take train in the morning. It was a good journey even though we were not able to see the places due to the rain, but we enjoyed thoroughly. Especially the Jeep safari and trekking and the last day’s foot ball not but the least the food. It was just excellent. (Thanks to Shaji – Cook).

Some times rain allows you to enjoy itz beauty at most in a different way.

Guys who are coming from Cochin to wayanad do take a break at a Calicut. Because the journey to wayanad in one stretch will make u tired and you won’t be in a good mood to enjoy the places and the fun while driving. There some good home stay and budget hotels are available in the town. Those who want little expensive, those kind of hotels are also available and please don’t miss to taste Malabar Biriyani while in Calicut.

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Great news for sea and cruise lovers !!! Louis Cruises India, a subsidiary of the Louis Cruises, the world’s fifth largest cruise operator has launched its operations in India with Kochi as its homeport. Louis Cruises is the cruise arm of Louis Group, a leading European tourism organization based in the Mediterranean with a 74-year-old history. The group has 20 luxury hotels in Greece and Cyprus and a fleet of 12 cruise ships.

Louis Cruises India will operate three-day and one-day cruises out of Kochi from December 2009 to May 2010 on board the MV Aquamarine. This luxury cruise ship has a carrying capacity of 1,200 passengers and comes with all the comforts and amenities to cater for the needs and hospitality of her Indian passengers. MV Aquamarine will offer itineraries on the Kochi - Maldives - Kochi route and the Kochi - Colombo - Kochi route, in addition to a one-night high sea sailing itinerary.

In order to attract Indian Holidayers to Cruise holiday concept, the Cruises are priced very low at the indian pricing level. For example a Kochi-High Sea-Kochi one night cruise will cost you only Rs 5850/- which includes all the food, accomadation and entertainment throughout the night !!!

There are 3 different cruises

1) Kochi - High Sea - Kochi (1 Night) rates starts from Rs 5850/-

2) Kochi - Colombo - Kochi (3 Nights) rates starts from Rs 17,550/-

3) Kochi - Malidives - Kochi (3 Nights) rates starts from Rs 15,550/-

Package Includes:

• Stateroom accommodation in the category booked.
• Full board (Dining options) – 05 complimentary meals a day at designated Restaurants* Avalon Dining Room, Bistro Buffet, Lido Buffet.
• Swimming pool & Fitness facilities.
• Gala evening shows & Disco Entertainment on board.
• Library & Card room

Package Excludes:

• Duty Free & Travel Value Shops
• Shore excursions
• Bar Drinks
• Beverages of any type
• Spa & Massage
• Beauty Salon
• telephone
• Personal expenses

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or

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TravelGoogy Limited offer - Colours of Malaysia

03 Nights / 04 Days Package

Just for Rs. 15, 555/-

Package Includes

• Meet and Greet by Our Representative.
• Package is on twin sharing basis
• Accommodation in 3 star category Hotel
• 1 night accommodation in Genting Highland
• 2 night’s accommodations in Kuala Lumpur
• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
• To and fro Air Ticket in Economy class
• Half day Kulalampur City tour
• Batu Cave Tour
• Return transfers Kulalampur/Genting.
• Services of an English speaking guide/driver
• Genting Out Door Theme Park Rides
• One way Cable car ride
• Exit Airport will be Kochin
  

Package Excludes

• Visa charges
• Travel Insurance
• Any other item which is not mentioned in the Itinerary

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

A delightful mix of cross-cultural influences and traditions, Kuala Lumpur radiates an exciting, enticing charm, which will no doubt pique your interest throughout your stay.Let the city’s warmth embrace you as you lose yourself in its unique blend of tradition, culture old world charm and new world sophistication. Explore its nooks and crannies, and you’ll discover captivating sights, sensational sounds, aromatic smells and fantastic people.

Kuala Lumpur, affectionately known as KL, is an amazing cultural melting pot. Here, you will wander through communities of Chinese, Malays, South Indians, East Malaysian ethnic groups, Thais, Indonesians, Sikhs and a huge community of expats. KL has a lively nightlife scene and a fascinating art and performance culture, which blends contemporary and traditional styles from many backgrounds. There is the widest range of sporting activities available with state-of -the-art facilities to impress any sporting enthusiast. The architecture is somewhat eccentric and is certainly unique, from hundred year old mansions to awe-inspiring sky scrapers, and all within meters of each other. Treat your taste buds to Kuala Lumpur’s extremely varied cuisine, which is certainly a tasty adventure in itself! Above all else KL is a shopping haven, offering everything from street side trinkets to haute couture.

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Nehru Trophy Boat Race - 2009

It was my first experience … the moment I waited for … the event I watch in television from my childhood…. VALLAMKALI (Boat Race) called as famous Nehru Trophy Boat race of Alleppy, Kerala. Oohh… at last I made it. Just came back to my office after watching the magnificent VALLAMKALI in alleppey.

I went with my friend to watch this event. We use to travel in Bike for kilometers, this time we decided to go in train. When we landed in Alleppey , the whole city was crowded with men and women, and foreign tourist dancing with the rhythm Shinkari melam, taking snaps….etc We decided to go to the pavilion very early because our tour operator told us to reach as early as possible to the pavilion to avoid the last minute rush and also the boat service will be only for limited time due to the security reason.

When we entered the pavilion , we saw People cheering for there team, most popular was Kaarichal chundan, last year winner and chambakulam Chundan. When I got seat in the pavilion met with some guyz in who was supporting Karichal chundan and we also decided to join with them. But unfortunately they lost the battle in photo finish. Kalabhavan Mani ( A famous filmstar in kerala, India) was the captain for Kaarichal Chundan. So our first choice lost the battle ,so we decided support other team – that’s Paayippattu chundan. My luck or their bad luck they also lost the battle in the final finishing as second. But it was tough battle they lost for seconds. These guys they covered 1350 meters (that’s almost more than one kilo meter) in 4 minutes and 57 seconds. It was just wonderful. 150 people standing shoulder to shoulder for competing the event. Congarts to CHAMBAKULAM CHUNDAN…. They deserve the win… and congrats and thanks to travelgoogy also for providing us an opportunity to watch this mega game, thee stay they provided us with the pass was good. It was a home stay near alleppey. Neat and clean and the food was excellent. Thanks once again travelgoogy and the guyz behind it. But next time we decided to hire a house boat and watch the Nehru Trophy Boat race event with all my friends and family. Hope travelgoogy can support in that.

Tourists watching boat race from house boats and other boats

Nehru Trophy Boat Race - 2009

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TravelGoogy.com announces Nehru Trophy boat race 2009 package and a twitter contest.

Travelgoogy.com’s Nehru Trophy boat race 2009 kerala includes

»  VIP entry pass to Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2009
»  Accommodation in well appointed room in Kuttanad Homestay
»  Package is for 02 Adults
»  Child below 5 is Complimentary
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The 04 Nights/05 Days Magical Kerala Package covers all the must see locations in kerala like Kochin, Munnar, Thekkady , Alleppey and Kumarakom. A glance of itenary is as follows

Day 1 : Arrival at cochin,Transfer to Munnar & Check-in to hotel/resort

Day 2 : Local sight seeing at Munnar

Day 3 : Transfer to Thekkadi, famous for its spice plantations and the renowned habitat of the Periyar Tigers . Day is reserved for local sight seeing and visiting periyar wildlife sanctuary

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( Updated on June 20, 2009 - Recommended Homestay in Wayanad

After this blog post, there were so many mails which i received asking for recommendation on affordable stay in Wayand. I strongly recommend opting for a homestay accommodation as wayanad has plenty of them. So if you are going as a group, staying in a house rather in hotel in wayanad will be a wonderful experience.

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You will get a house at your disposal ! If you are going as part of a group of six, you will be only paying Rs. 650 per head per day and breakfast is included. The homestay is located in walkaway distance from Soochipara waterfalls. Even if you are just a couple, i strongly recommend this option as it will cost you only Rs 2000/- but you get a full house for you and your loved one. )

Wayanad, misty hill-station in kerala always was my favourite destination. I specially love the drive from bangalore to wayanad for its good roads and beautiful Scenaries. so when my friend asked me to join him for a trip to wayanad as he has to meet somebody in a place called meppadi in wayanad, i happily jumped in. We decided to drive my Tata Indigo this time. We decided to start on a saturday morning from my home at banshankari.

We both woke-up at 4.30 AM and get ready and started the journey by 5 AM. We took Uttrahalli-kengeri road to catch bangalore-mysore highway at kengeri. It was a easy ride as traffic was very less in early morning and road in super condition. If anyone driving to wayanad, i recommend to start early so that you can reach mysore in no time. Only point to note is there are so many humps in this expressway to kill your joy of driving. most of them are put by nearby villagers and none of them have white lines or reflectors on it.. so beware of humps while you are driving in nights !

We decided to have a tea and naturally our choice was Kamat Madhuvan on the mysore - calicut/ooty road. Its a nice place, in the evenings they always have live music performances of classical musics. I liked their Tea in the early morning, impact if i ever drive to wayanad in the early morning from bangalore.. i always have a small tea from kamat madhuvan and my breakfast from Jubilee, Sultan Bathery, Waynad which i like for their typical kerala non-veg breakfast !!

Started from kamat madhuvan after a quick tea, and drive through Njangode, Gundalpet and Bandipur forest. from Gundalpet you need to take calicut route to reach wayanad and road is very good now sparing few areas. The good thing about this road is you are going through forest for almost 13-15 kilometers 90% of the forest area belongs to karnataka and reamining belongs to Kerala. I always love to drive through this part as its a pleasure to see all those greenaries, elephents, monkys etc. But………… this time i am hugely disappointed as the rise in temperature hardly hit this forest area and all those greenaries which i adore were missing….. insted i saw only trees without any leaves… an un forgottable sight…

Moreover we didnt seen any animals on the way, looks like again becasue of rising mercury ! (i read it in today’s news paper (28-Feb-2009) that wayand wildlife santury is closed for another one month becasue of rise in heat !!) The only thing which we saw was some monkys…And one happy monkey family got my camara’s attention.

By 9.30 we reached kerala border, the blue board welcomes us to God’s own country - Kerala. they also has a board which details about the main tourist attractions in wayanad. Kerala tourism board is one of best managed tourism bodies in india. They really market kerala in all sense…

Its only 13 KM from kerala border to nearest town Sultan Batheri, biggest town in Wayanad district. We reached Batheri by 9.30 AM, drove straight to Jubilee Restaurant and had our breakfast. So that means if anybody starts driving from bangalore early morning hours, you are in wayanad by mere 4 hours 30 minutes!!!. After breakfast we took Ambalavayal-vaduvanchal route to go to Meppadi. We choose that route becasue of its beauty, most of the vaduvanchal-meppadi stretch is going through Harison malayalam team plantation….. we know that eventhough its summer, the tea plantations will look green ! . we were not wrong… see some exotic pictures below…. ( click on the image to view in full size)

We were in meppadi by 10.45 AM. We spend entire day over there as my friend has to finish all his work. We started back from meppadi by 5 PM and reached Sultan batheri by 5.45 PM. We decided to have our dinner early for two reasons, one, we can drive non-stop to bangalore without stopping for dinner, second, ofcourse dont want to miss another chance to eat at Jubilee . After dinner we started from Batheri around 6.10 PM, eventhough roads were very busy compared to our morning drive, we managed to reach back bangalore by 10.45 PM.

Following are the recommendation for people who wants to visit wayanad and would like to drive through…

• Start early, say around 4.30-5 AM to have a easy drive.
• Plan it on a weekend, start either friday or saturday morning based on your choice.
• Wayanad has some very good homestays and resorts, book your accomadation well in advance. Weekends are usually sold-outs in entire wayanad due to crowd from bangalore and mysore. You can contact www.TravelGoogy.com to do the same with very attractive prices.
• Plan your days well to cover all main tourist places in wayanad or you can leave that job to your tour operator. the main attractions in wayanad are Edakkal Caves , Wayanad wild life sanctuary, Muthanga , Chembra peak , Meenmutty falls , Soochipara Waterfalls , Banasura sagar project , Pookot lake , Pakshipathalam , Kuruva Island , Pazhassi Tomb , Thirunelly temple , Jain Temple.
• Plan for 2 days to cover all these, preferably 3 days to cover evething in a relax mode.
• start the return journey by 4 PM from wayanad and you will be in your bangalore home by not later than 10 PM including dinner time.
• Banalore - wayanad round trip will be approximately 520 - 550 KM based on where you start from bangalore excluding local sight seeing.  so if you driving a decent mileage giving Diesel car, it will cost your purse just Rs 1300/- and Rs. 2200-2500 with a petrol car.

Bangalore - Wayanad Driving Route

You can follow the below route to reach wayanad. Sultan batheri is one of the big city in Wayanad and from there you can proceed to other tourist destinations

Bangalore - Mysore - Najangode - Gundalpet - Sultan Batheri

Plan a trip to wayanad and Enjoy !

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