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click  here  to read the first part of this story. ...The taxi driver knew only two words which we could understand. A 'Nahee' and an 'OK'. translate.google.com doesn't have an English to Malayalam translate option and we suffered a lot. Our first point was Rajamalai; but on the way we visited Blossom park. Blossom park was not very attractive. But what I felt was, if that was made as a tourism destination, then in Karnataka, the government could make many such tourism destinations.  It was already late when we reach Rajamalai, a big troop of students had come there and the queue was very big. We couldn't get the tickets. By that time, we came to know that all the tourism destination gates get closed by 5:00 PM or 5:30 PM. So, we couldn't visit any place that day. Guys were all frustrated. We had many pit-stops on the way back to our home stay at Adimali, went inside tea plantations and took many photos. Happy Christmas! Tips: Always know the timin...

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see" - says an author. Before starting our four days Kerala trip on 24th December 2013, I really didn't have a clear cut idea on what I was going to see. All I had planned was, 'okay I am going to Munnar, Thekkady and Alleppey'. The team was not big one. Karthik, another Karthik, Sunil, Pankaj, Vathsa and myself were the six guys who had packed their bags and started from Bangalore, in Royal Travels. Hence, wherever the word 'I' is used, anytime it can be replaced as 'we.' Background: Everyone of us wanted to have an year end trip. The places short listed were Andaman-Nikobar islands, Himalayas, North India (Rajasthan, Gujarath, Punjab) and Kerala. The place finally picked for this season was Kerala. Other places were added to the 'to be accomplished' list. All six people mentioned above were IT professionals at Bangalore. Year end casual leaves were meant for...