Our Trip Down South

nice rajmi,
wonderful narration u take us along, but yes now it looks even more fuller with all those photographs attached...sunkan

Hi Rajmi,

You are taking us along to your trip down south....

Hot vadais and coffee.....then that chukku karupatti etc. Carry on friend....

Thanx for the vivid details and the pictures.

Eagerly waiting for the Kanyakumari visit......

Bye..

Dear Rajmi,
Nice trip, I am enjoying the journey. I love to travel and so accompanying you in your trip is so exciting for me.
I had been to Thiruchendur when I was around 5 years old and still remember the hotel room and especially the milk which I had drunk then (chaappaattu raami?).
We had been to Thiruchendur once from Madurai and so did not stay there. But having a darshan and doing archana is really tricky, they have a net work where we should get hold of some authorised person to help us.
I am tempted to plan a trip after reading your travalogue, lets see when that would be possible.
Now, idli+milagai podi and curd rice is a best combo. But we all prefer coconut thogayal instead of podi, being a Keralite I prefer coconut. Try it next time, only roast the coconut also well. I am sure you will also like it.
I never wash the clothes while on holiday, I too want to relax then. Even without washing, there will be enough work for us women, taking out the clothes and other things for the family from the bags and rearranging them. SO, it is no work for me while on holiday.
Please continue soon.

Originally Posted by sunkan

nice rajmi,
wonderful narration u take us along, but yes now it looks even more fuller with all those photographs attached...sunkan

Thanks Sunkanji,
We took some videos also. I am wondering how to attach the videos. Infact when I tell you about a few places where we visited in the future threads, videos will definitely give you more idea about the place.

I need help pls someone help me in this regard.

Originally Posted by saraswathipv

Hi Rajmi,

You are taking us along to your trip down south....

Hot vadais and coffee.....then that chukku karupatti etc. Carry on friend....

Thanx for the vivid details and the pictures.

Eagerly waiting for the Kanyakumari visit......

Bye..

Yes Saraswathi, the vadais were very hot. And spicy too. Chukku Karupaati was also too good to eat. Infact we emptied one 1/4 kg packet on 29th during our travel to Kanyakumari. You awaiting visit to Kanyakumari comes here. Check it out.

Hi Rajmi

I guessed that u hav been to tiruchendur when i dont find u active in IL as well as in yahoo chat.....

I can understnad from ur narration that u had very very enjoyable and memorable trip.........which u were planning for quite some time..........good........and definitely u would have enjoyed with cute shravan........ no doubt......and nice photographs.......but y cant u post the family photo or atleast kids snaps......( if u dont mind)

And, my initial stage of my maried life.i was in Tuticorin....so very frequently we used to travel to Tirunelveli ( in the Hero Honda bike itself........hahah.me and hubby alone......in high speed...jus max of 2 hours drive ), madurai ( 3 hours in bus ) and also to tiruchendur and we also had nice trips to Kanyakumari, Susindram ( must see place)..........and i also got chance to visit Mani Iyer lodge and they to have nice restaurant.........and they serve A class south Indian sappadu.........for very nominal rate..........

Pls convey my kissed to both of them......

Originally Posted by Varloo

Dear Rajmi,
Nice trip, I am enjoying the journey. I love to travel and so accompanying you in your trip is so exciting for me.
I had been to Thiruchendur when I was around 5 years old and still remember the hotel room and especially the milk which I had drunk then (chaappaattu raami?).
We had been to Thiruchendur once from Madurai and so did not stay there. But having a darshan and doing archana is really tricky, they have a net work where we should get hold of some authorised person to help us.
I am tempted to plan a trip after reading your travalogue, lets see when that would be possible.
Now, idli+milagai podi and curd rice is a best combo. But we all prefer coconut thogayal instead of podi, being a Keralite I prefer coconut. Try it next time, only roast the coconut also well. I am sure you will also like it.
I never wash the clothes while on holiday, I too want to relax then. Even without washing, there will be enough work for us women, taking out the clothes and other things for the family from the bags and rearranging them. SO, it is no work for me while on holiday.
Please continue soon.

Thats so nice of you Varlooji. Yes the milk was too good in Tiruchendur - probably the blessing of Senthil Andavar. I was forced to wash the clothes (especially the inner wears and those those that were wet due to the bathing in the sea).

Will definitely try the coconut chutney next time. Probably I could make it as Thengai Milagai podi. I too would prefer no work on holidaying, but that will happen only when the kids grow up even more. Waiting for that.

Originally Posted by latamurali

Hi Rajmi

I guessed that u hav been to tiruchendur when i dont find u active in IL as well as in yahoo chat.....

I can understnad from ur narration that u had very very enjoyable and memorable trip.........which u were planning for quite some time..........good........and definitely u would have enjoyed with cute shravan........ no doubt......and nice photographs.......but y cant u post the family photo or atleast kids snaps......( if u dont mind)

And, my initial stage of my maried life.i was in Tuticorin....so very frequently we used to travel to Tirunelveli ( in the Hero Honda bike itself........hahah.me and hubby alone......in high speed...jus max of 2 hours drive ), madurai ( 3 hours in bus ) and also to tiruchendur and we also had nice trips to Kanyakumari, Susindram ( must see place)..........and i also got chance to visit Mani Iyer lodge and they to have nice restaurant.........and they serve A class south Indian sappadu.........for very nominal rate..........

Pls convey my kissed to both of them......

You know what Latha the food they served in the room in the afternoon was too much for the both of us. (I was asking my husband, are they thinking me as a Bagasuri....) We were unable to finish just one plate of rice. We had ordered for 2 plates of meals. We used the side dishes and Kuzhambu rasam on both the plates, but the rice.... it was too much. But we really enjoyed the food. It was very tasty. They serve different special items every evening. The day we stayed there it was Idiyappam and Kuruma along with Thengai Paal. The total Idiyappams in the plate were 6 pieces. (ellame konjam athigam thaan). It was very very tasty too.

Varloo maam add me too in the list of saapattu Raami.

The next day that is on 28th May we started from Tiruchendur. Though we have asked Mr. Shankar to come back by 6.30 (he left the car in the hotel car parking and had been to Tirunelveli as he didnot inform his family that he will be away from home for the next two days, looks like he was not informed that we will be staying in Tiruchendur), he was able to reach Tiruchendur only by 7.15am. But we were ready (I have packed all the other stuff the previous day night, except those clothes that were hanging. That too was packed in the morning and the rope was removed and packed).

As we were beginning to get hungry (me and kids), we went to the restaurant downstairs and had our breakfast. I had Pongal and the kids had Idly.
(Pongalna athu Pongal. With Sambar and cashewnuts fried nicely broken into just half.... it was yummy. Infact probably I would have been the first person to eat that on that morning. It was very tasty and this is the best meal we had for the day.)
I managed to get some biscuit packets to use it in Kanyakumari. We had a gopura darisanam of the temple and started our journey towards Kanyakumari.

My husband's friend told us that the route from Tiruchendur to Kanyakumari is not that proper, so you have to touch Tirunelveli to go to Kanyakumari. But it was not the case so. A new pucca road have been laid and the distance between Tiruchendur and Kanyakumari if you travel by this road is just 89kms. It took us two hours for the entire travel.

Stepping into the car, me and the kids fell asleep (Pongal was the culprit) and I woke up after 45 mins. By that time I missed some of the beautiful scenaries enroute said Mr. Shankar. But after that it was real rice ride. The weather was also very pleasant all through. on the left side of the road, the beach and sea kept coming with us all along. On the other side of the road, we could still sea the devastations Tsunami have made. It was very hardening to see, that I didnt dare take photos even of the beautiful sea that came along.

We had to cross Kudangulam (the Atomic station that is to be set up in the southern Tamilnadu in this place). Here you could see lots and lots of windmills, that generate power. This power is sold to Kerala. Many of the big industries and industrialists own atleast one of the windmill, the cost of one windmill is Rs. 2 and a half crores.

We all had a merry laugh when my son just looked up and said, amma evvalo periya fan.

Hi Rajmi,

Excellent narration, description and pictures.

Can I borrow your comment (that you wrote for my narration on Niagara falls )

கண் முன்னாடி கொண்டு வந்து நிறுத்திடீங்க !!

Always I've loved the train journey and temple trips !! Felt as though I travelled with you in the train and to the temple.

As for all the food items...I could almost taste them with your vivid description.
Count me in Rajmi...even we are like that..no compromise on food even during travel..

Interesting write up..please continue...

Cheers
Krithika