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Wayanad 2


Next day saw us checking out after breakfast and leaving willows. Today the driver was replaced and his duty for only half a day. He had to take us to Edakkal caves and drop us at the borders of wayanad. We had to go beyond Kalpetta town to reach Edakkal caves. These are natural caves and requires more than 3km trekking and steep steps climb to view it. People of all age groups climb this with so much enthusiasm even though its a difficult task. One gets totally exhausted by the time you come out of this site.





























With this we had to wind up and start our journey back. On the return we decided to drive through Bangalore having heard so much about the changes in this city since our visit a decade ago. Crossed Bandipur forest and reached Gundlupet around 3 PM and had good lunch in the hotel. Have to say all restaurants surprised us this trip. Got down at one of the marigold fields to take snaps. At the end, the owner of the field came up asking entry toll. Bought some flowers too and paid him Rs.50.


























Before leaving from there water melons on the opposite side caught our attention. The dark green ones They sold us a bag of water melons for Rs.100, had around 20 of them. Due to heat in the car booty, we lost 5 of them before reaching home. By evening 4PM we reached the electronics city and paid the toll to get into Bangalore. This ring road was an amazing infrastructure. By the time we reached the city, traffic consumed us. Drove around the city and left late night towards Chennai. 

Driving through the NH in the wee hours was another experience, vehicles flying past in flashes. Lot of trucks and passenger buses too. This trip was an out and out a different experience for a city dweller.
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India

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