WorldShare: May 2017

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Kodaikanal in tamil means "The gift of the jungle" and the place really deserve the Title.

The Shining City -Bangalore city

The journey starts in view to fights the boredom of Joblessness. After pursuing my engineering i plan to go to the IT hub of India yes The City of bangalore. A city of dream where you can live your life to the fullest and fulfill your dream and desires if you have money in the pocket, But at the same time life can be to much hectic there. The rush and racing life of city can be hard to handle.After searching almost 4 month for a job as a software engineer. I stared to get demotivated and feeling tired and a feel of low energy and the best way for me and for many it think, is to get break from all the shit and distraction for a while,thats what i did ....convince my school friend,packed my bags,put mobile charger,check for best place near me having low temperature [ because bangalore is burning that time too high temperature.] and i got the best one THE KODAIKANAL, temperature around 13'c - 23 'c and with in an hour i left bangalore with no planning.

As me and my friend have no plans, we have to choose general compartment of train Tuticorin Express its about 420 km from bangalore and took around 8 and a half hour to reach there. even we were travelling in the general compartment we enjoyed the journey as we get the comfortable seats and getting the experience of meeting the different type of people out there and there crazy activities and fights over seats and actually we were enjoying all that too much,
Its 6 o'clock in the Morning and Finally the time comes when we reach to kodaikanal railway station . And the weather and its immense and indescribable Beauty that has captivated my heart and enthralled my soul ,Atleast for me it is a thing like never seen before.
we get out of the railway station and realised that the actual kodaikanal city is 80 km from kodaikanal railway station, means it's going to take me more time to reach there(feeling sad!!)......outside the railway station there were cab facilities 🚏. some cab driver approaches us and demand for 1500 /per .we thought its too much for a 80 km journey and so we approach some other cab drivers and did the journey for 250/per a truely resonable cost. Really i didnt get that how some ask's for 1500 rs and other 250 rs a big difference.So be intelligent if u r going there ...!
The journey from kodaikanal railway station to kodaikanal city in itself is a great experience and a memory can't be dimnished and a memory you would fear to lose. Journey is like travelling from mountain to mountain in the awesome weather with mountain view of the whole jungle ( a true natural beauty.). The main thing that make a difference there is the temperature and the weather.....so just check the temperature while deciding to go there.

After 2 hrs we finally reach there.....the mausam was awesome. feeling refreshed and recharged.the roads,cold wind, the small stores, the chocolate shops everything there was mesmerizing ,even small small things. the kodaikanal chocolates is very famous in all india. you will find every third shop is of chocolates there.
So then we decided to vists best places of kodaikanal as we planned for only one day.
its is tough and is not at all enjoyable to use public transport to travel there.....the best way is to do personal cab if u r in group or else go for another best option the private mini bus service the mini bus service have different packages of one,two or three days packages. i opt for single day package cost around 300-400 rs .and cover the top places near the city. the worst thing about the mini bus service is the time boundation...u have to do the sightseeing in the given time.

The places i visited there are...

1. kodaikanal lake.

An artificial lake in the heart of kodaikanal ...!!

I personally find it the best artifical lake at the best place .In the main city and is act as the best tourist attraction there. This beautiful lake is surrounded by a no. of small shops like chocolate shop,corn shop and many other small thing that we normally didn't find easily in cities atleast in bangalore. the best experience there is to hire a bicycle a two seater or three seater with double padling system.its really fun.

2. Coakers walk.

Coaker's walk is a not to miss walk,coakers walk is a 1 km walk in the clouds .you will surely feel like heaven if u go there in best weather condition.it is constructed by cutting the mountain It was constructed in 1872, by Lt Coaker,Telescope house is a must to go place in coakers because it let u see the city,lake from the telescope

Best Time To Visit- early morning before 8 am or evening after 6 o'clock.
Opening and Closing timing - 7 am to 7 pm

3. pine forest.

In 1906 with a view to growing valuable timber, Mr. Bryant started the plantation of the pine in the
south west of kodai. there are numerous of pine trees there.You will find to be the best place to take pictures. the total natural beauty with greenery and mischievous monkeys .

4. sucide point.

As the name suggest sucide point it is a place where people sucides.its give a horror view . Actually in 1900 a judge has done sucide from that hill and it becomes sucide point.

5. lake view point .

It is a view of the lake and the city from the top of the mountains.

6. guna caves.

Guna caves made popular by tamil movie Gunaa,previously called Devil's kitchen,are deep batinfested chambers between the three gigantic boulders that are the piller rocks.The deep narrow ravines of the caves are now clossed to public due to the tragic deaths of twekve youths there.The dangerous caves are highly protected now,and tourist can see sections of the cave system from a far.

7. bryant park.

Just east of the lake and 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the bus stand, is a wonderfully maintained 20.5 acres (8.3 ha) botanical garden. The park was planned and built in 1908 by a forest officer from Madurai, H.D.Bryant, and named after him. With 325 species of trees, shrubs and cacti, the park is a rainbow of stunning flowers during the peak season. A large section is dedicated to nearly 740 varieties of roses. There is an 1857 Eucalyptus tree and a Bodhi tree which adds a religious significance to the park. Ornamental plants are cultivated in a nursery for sale. The park organizes horticultural exhibits and flower shows every summer, to coincide with the peak season. The entrance fee to the park is nominal, and it is open all year.
other top places i did have time to visit.
1. berijam lake.