Athirapally - Is just a dream come true

My friend ... Krishna shot my pic ..at our dream place...Athirapally. Athirapally is famous for its waterfall, which is located around 60 km away from Cochin.

We started off from Coimbatore on Friday for our official tour which would start on Monday. We had 2 days at hand and we wanted to make best use of it. We filled full tank in coimbatore where the guy filling fuel said that we packed and dressed ourselves like foreigners. We felt elated with his comment and drive off to kerala. We reached a point where we had to decide whether we go to Guruvayoor or Athirapally. We thought that God is everywhere and thought that we will find him at athirapally. After travelling for 20km, the place suddenly turned more green, more calm and it was almost the sunset time, when suddenly I had to stop the bike - a tortoise was crossing the road. How the hell do u expect a tortoise to cross a road in a normal place -ohhh...we thought that this is the place. The road was amazing and so was the drive. We reached the place and had a glimpse of the waterfall. It was almost dark so were back to hotel and prepared for the big day.

Next morning we woke up very early - very unusual for us - we went by the side of the river just opposite to the room we stayed...the clouds were passing by and there were birds - lot of birds - wat i saw till that time in zoo - in cages.

Then we went to the waterfall - went downstream - took a few snaps will all possible weird poses - gulping the waterfall, looking to the sky with unfolded arms . As the downstream was some 80ft below (it looked even deeper :))the normal level - we sweated profusely and then an idea struck - we wanted to sleep in the flowing river. The shallow depths and not so cold water allowed us to relax in the flowing water - with a view of mountains around. We in the water - in-between the mountains - was an awesome time - we thought this is life and we remained in water for 4 hrs.

The memories of athirapally remain as such even today. I have seen so many places...but it is always an unique experience...my writing wont help u to understand the happiness we experienced ...u just need to know it ....