{"id":279356,"date":"2010-02-05T01:02:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T06:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/route-travel-queries\/74922-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed.html"},"modified":"2010-02-05T01:02:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T06:02:22","slug":"madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/279356","title":{"rendered":"Madurai-Munnar-Thekkady: Advice Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello guys<\/p>\n<p>I\u0092ll be travelling (Along with wife and friends) from Madurai to Munnar next week end and I need your expert advice on the do\u0092s and don\u0092ts enroute\/at Munnar. I have been to Munnar earlier but that was from the Udumalapet side and by public transport.<\/p>\n<p>I have gone through dreamdiesel and sriswe\u0092s travelogues on Munnar and have collected information (Given below) on the places to visit. Thanks to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"!m72827!http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/travelogues\/72827-hyd-munnar-well-planned-trip-went-bad-but-still-enjoyed-2.html\" >http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/travel&#8230;enjoyed-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"!m65307!http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/travelogues\/65307-bangalore-munnar-thekkady-kochi-swift-d-2.html\" >http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/travel&#8230;swift-d-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I would need more info on reaching these places. Would appreciate if you guys can answer the below queries.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal\">\n<li>Distance and travel time from Madurai Kamarajar University to Munnar Town by self driven car?<\/li>\n<li>Sightseeing spots enroute Madurai-Theni-Bodi Pass-Munnar route other than Lockheart Gap?<\/li>\n<li>Sightseeing places at Munnar\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal\">\n<li><b>Been there earlier<\/b><br \/>\ni. Photo Point<br \/>\nii. Mattupetty Dam<br \/>\niii. Echo Point<br \/>\niv. Kundala Lake<br \/>\nv. Top Station \u0096 Trekking arranged. Planned to cover 50% of the distance we covered in our earlier trip. Pictures attached for reference.<\/li>\n<li><b>Need route info please<\/b><br \/>\ni. Dairy Farm Indo-Swiss Project: Where do we get the permission to visit?<br \/>\nii. Cinema Shooting Point<br \/>\niii. Elephant Arrival Spot<br \/>\niv. Kundala Golf Course<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Distance and travel time from Munnar Town to Thekkady by self driven car?<\/li>\n<li>Sightseeing places in Munnar-Thekkady route<br \/>\na. Sita Devi Lake<br \/>\nb. Power House Waterfalls<br \/>\nc. Resorts Village View<br \/>\nd. Anaiyirankal Dam View<\/li>\n<li>I start from Munnar on 15th early morning. I have to be in Madurai by 4 PM max so I have enough time to catch my train back to Chennai. Will I be able to make it in time if i visit the places mentioned in point # 5 and the boat ride in Thekkady?<\/li>\n<li>Distance and travel time from Thekkady to Madurai?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><u>Trip itenary<\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<b>13th Feb 2010<\/b><br \/>\n\u0095 Reach Madurai from Chennai at 5AM<br \/>\n\u0095 Start to Munnar from Madurai by 8AM<br \/>\n\u0095 Reach Munnar. Sightseeing enroute\/at Munnar<br \/>\n<b>14th Feb 2010<\/b><br \/>\n\u0095 Sightseeing at Munnar<br \/>\n\u0095 Trekking at Top Station<br \/>\n<b>15th Feb 2010<\/b><br \/>\n\u0095 Start from Munnar to Madurai early morning<br \/>\n\u0095 Visit Thekkady enroute based on time availability<br \/>\n\u0095 Start to Chennai from Madurai<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:6px\">\n<fieldset class=\"fieldset\">\n<legend>Attached Thumbnails<\/legend>\n<div style=\"padding:3px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281542d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00002.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281542d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00002.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC00002.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t405.6 KB\nID:\t281542\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281543d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00004.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281543d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00004.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC00004.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t401.3 KB\nID:\t281543\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281544d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00012.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281544d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00012.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC00012.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t411.9 KB\nID:\t281544\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281545d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00018.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281545d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc00018.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC00018.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t409.6 KB\nID:\t281545\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281546d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc01617.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281546d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc01617.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC01617.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t307.1 KB\nID:\t281546\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281547d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc01623.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281547d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-dsc01623.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tDSC01623.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t318.2 KB\nID:\t281547\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281548d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-img_1929.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281548d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-img_1929.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tIMG_1929.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t319.8 KB\nID:\t281548\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281549d1265349643-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-img_1939.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/attachments\/route-travel-queries\/281549d1265349643t-madurai-munnar-thekkady-advice-needed-img_1939.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click image for larger version\n\nName:\tIMG_1939.JPG\nViews:\tN\/A\nSize:\t278.8 KB\nID:\t281549\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/fieldset><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello guys I\u0092ll be travelling (Along with wife and friends) from Madurai to Munnar next week end and I need your expert advice on the do\u0092s and don\u0092ts enroute\/at Munnar. I have been to Munnar earlier but that was from the Udumalapet side and by public transport. I have gone through dreamdiesel and sriswe\u0092s travelogues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}