Sometimes where you travel to is not important, but what you travel THROUGH makes all the difference in the world. Today we may have travelled just 170 km, but at the end of it, all our senses were blissed out. Yesterday, we took a turn eastward from the coast of Kerala, when we travelled from Palakkad to Coimbatore. Today, we aimed our car northward and started climbing. From the warm grains of sand between our toes, we started feeling the pine needles in our fingers. From the roar of the breaking crests, we started hearing the psithurism of the mountain breeze. From the aroma of drying fish, we started smelling the fragrance of pine and eucalyptus. From wide horizons splashed with orange, we started seeing skylines broken by slanted foliage whose tops were lost in thoughtful mists. Nature's kaleidoscope moved by a subtle degree and life changed. Our goal was Ooty, but since weekend rates in Ooty were very high, we chose a small resort at Gudalur, around 25 km ahead of...
A month long travel through the southern states of India.