Note - Will have to live with these antique photographs as am yet to click something new :)

I was aimlessly surfing through my old photographs and found this one. Since am not traveling these days and absolutely no photography, sharing this one.  Hopefully a month from now, i will be able to get back to my old weekend chores - traveling/photography and much more :)

Hope everyone is doing good!

Just besides this rail route is the state highway which links to Tamilnadu and i had taken this route a lot of times with my family, but never found any quality time before to stop by this place. Better late than never, i made it last time when i packed my bags and headed  to Shenduruny wildlife sanctuary.

Upon reaching there around 7am, we parked our car between these giant pillars and started hunting for the way where we could climb uphill.Later with the help of some localities, we started our expedition with a cuppa coffee, thanks to the hospitality of people around. Just about 15 minutes of trek, you be right on top of this historical rail-cross, where one could get a semi birds eye view of the area which comprises of a  river to the right, forest, minor streams and endemic tree species on either sides.

Unlike normal tracks which we get to see, this is a meter guage which is very narrow in shape and with limited service. Of late heard even thats been shut down with the aim of expansion. We walked through the track for about 30 minutes and went passed couple of tunnels carved out of rocks.

In fact close to one hour of time, which we spend out here is just priceless :-)

P.S - More views of this monumental pillar here and here

As mentioned in my previous post, its time for more photographs and write-up.
This time am gonna write about Thenmala, the eco tourism project and some interesting places near by.

Thenmala, as a place is widely known due to Thenmala dam, which is the center of attraction of this place.
There are lots of things to write about this place and the dam, which is built across Kallada river.

Things like  -

• Second largest irrigation project in Kerala.
• Longest reservoir in the state
• Location - close to Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary
• India's first eco tourism project
• Boastful earth dam which welcomes you to this place

Any one visting this place make sure to visit eco-tourism project which is close by.
Just drop-in to their office. People will guide you from there on.

Main attractions here are divided in to multiple zones.

Adventure Zone

• Elevated walkway | Mountain biking | River crossing | Rock climbing | Rappelling

Culture Zone

• Restaurant | Shop court | Amphitheatre | Musical dancing fountain

Leisure Zone

• The boardwalk | Sway bridge | Forest pathway | Sculpture garden

Other interesting things here include jungle trip in a battery driven vehicle(something which i liked about this place), trekking, deer park and boating by which you can explore the mighty ghats and it's inhabitants.

Once your done with all these and still have odd free hours, head to Palaruvi falls, which is about 16km from this place.

All in all i guess this is an amazing one day package.

Reference - www.thenmalaecotourism.com

Note - All these photographs are captured at 70mm because of which it would lack that complete wide angle effect,
          which again reminds me of buying a decent wide angle lens!!!

After months of gruelling project work, i managed to take a 2 week off from work and bangalore lifestyle.
Headed to my hometown, kerala with solid plans in mind to spend the entire days with my parents and relatives.
Something to highlight among these is my mom's 49th b'day. All in all this short vacation turned out pretty good to
cover up some pending tasks and little bit of photography. And when i write this, i am back in b'lore, gearing up for
regular bangalore chores. This is just a heads up post which says - I am very much alive.

More photo posts to follow !!!