Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of India - RoadTrip

With a mere entry fee and bare foot, this Palace of Wadiyar dynasty is one of the most beautiful, clean & most visited tourist place in India after TajMahal. Mysore Palace is classic example of Royal Indian history, known for its spectacular Art works, the Golden Throne, Darbar-e-Khas (Ambavilasa), Darbar-e-Aam, Oil Paintings and Carvings. In addition, it is important to note that Photography was prohibited strictly inside the palace (but we managed to get some clicks)

Post place visit (~2 hours) we headed towards our hotel, wherein we enjoyed ride in horse cart and few of us did some Mysore silk shopping. We grabbed early dinner and decided to take rest as next day early morning we had to leave for Ooty.

Just before entering Bandipur National Park (on the way to Ooty from Mysore), one of our road rocker's tyre got punctured and we did not have spare tyre too, so faced tough time in locating a mechanic for the same. We utilized this time in clicking some good group pictures and chitchat sessions. After the tyre fix, we entered the Bandipur National Park road, which was breathtaking. Beautiful Sunrise, lush green scenery and Deer's jumping on both sides of the road, and some tricky turns made the journey attractive to another level.

Following these serene roads and some extremely tricky/hairpin turns, squad reached Ooty around 12PM. We checked in the hotel, took some rest as well as lunch. Around 1PM, we left hotel to follow our touristy iteneary, which included Boating in Ooty Lake, Botanical Garden and local market.

With basic boating fee amount, we took 2 pedal boats and spend ~2 hours there capturing nature & some fun group pictures. Then we visited famous Botanical Garden of Ooty which had wide variety of flowers and trees. We enjoyed sunset here and by now we were freezing, therefore we decided to enjoy some nice hot coffee.

Post this we reached hotel, took some rest and gathered in one room for group dinner. It was one hell of a night where we all played many games like Truth & Dare, UNO, I never ever etc. and had some freshly prepared tandoori snacks followed by dinner.

Day 04 (Ooty to Kanyakumari - 538.1km)

As decided, this was going to be an absolute travel day. We started from Ooty early morning towards Kanyakumari, and covered another viewpoint in Ooty, Dodabetta View Point, this one provides a panoramic view of Nilgiri Range from highest point in Ooty.

This beautiful journey took our experience to another level, as we came across thousands of huge & tall bamboos, spinning down those ghats there were small waterfalls and that rising sun was just like sparkle over the nature. As we finish the ghat area, we hit NH 44 (the longest highway) connecting north-south India, that is, Srinagar to Kashmir. This road was one of the best ones we experienced until date. Those spectacular coconut trees, absolute clear blue sky and windmills were the key attraction of the trip.

Since we were hitting the coastal area so coconut water helped a lot in keeping us hydrated throughout. We grabbed some authentic food in a highway hotel and started our journey again. We reached Kanyakumari around 8PM.

Taking a small walk alongside beach, there is long pier, which gives a closer view of beautiful green & blue water bodies, fresh salty air and an amazing view of the coast.

Early afternoon, as per the plan, we left for our visit to "Vivekananda Rock Memorial". Memorial is situated in the sea, and therefore one needs to take ferry to reach there. This is one the most famous tourist place here. This place has massive & unique architecture, surrounded by water from all sides' hence one gets a surreal view from each angle. Meditating here by reciting 'OM' is one of the famous practice from Swami Vivekananda. Post rock memorial visit, we climbed famous and massive "The Thiruvalluvar Statue" with is situated right next to rock memorial. This is another remarkable spot offering water scenery all around. We visited few beaches, local market and ended our beautiful day with authentic South Indian dinner.

Day 05 (Kanyakumari to Pune 1512.4KM)

This was return day and we started our journey at 6AM. We visited the southernmost tip of the country 'Indira Point' which was must visit landmark in Kanyakumari. We decided to directly Pune without any stay, and hence we began a return journey with same enthusiasm.

We ended our trip next day around 3PM in Pune as we took small halt in Hubbali for some rest. As we reached Pune, we were thrilled with the entire road trip as we experienced three state cultures, so many viewpoints, heritage, nature, authentic food etc. That is why they say "Incredible India"

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