Begining of a new Season!

MAY 9-2007--->it was a nice morning.i wake up at about 5’am.then i rang a bell to Kiran’s house.Then as i tod him earlier ,he waited for me near his house.We started our journey towards the destination which is about 60km from our place.We are riding on my Suzuki fiero,the partner who always helps me a lot.Our target is to reach the place by 10 ‘.I didnt mention the place yet,then lets point towards that.My plan is to experince the idukki wildlife sanctury on 9th and periyar tiger reserve on 10th.Since there is no facilties avail for the tourist to explore the wildlife in idukki wildlife sanctury tourists are always stay away from this magical place.Our plan is to access the area from Uluppuni which is about 20-25km from vagamon.From vagamon onwards road becomes very narrow and very bad condition.Once you drive through that place ,you will become a good driver anywhere in the world.We reached there by 11o clock.,the reserve area is under kappakkanam forest division.Anyway there is no forest office near by.There is a river which separates the forests from the mail land,we can experince the sound and smell of the forest eveywhere,a typical tropical rain forest.We saw some people nearby collecting woods from the forest,they asked about our intrusion.We replied,we just want see the forest.Then we enquired about the ways through the forest.One of them told us there is pack of seven elephants near that area.But we didnt care his words.We trek through the forest about 3 hours,but it was very disapointing,because we expected to see a lot other than usual red whiskered bulbul,drongos,wood peckers...we wind up our program by the evening and return back to home...Anyway this journey was a begining of a new season..!!