My Travel

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:14 PM

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:17 PM

Silent Valley National Park : The rain forest is located 225 km from Kochi in Palakkad district near Mukkali.

Where to Stay

Mannarkad : Swagat Lodge near Bus stand, Hotel Silent Valley, Mas Lodge etc.

Distance

Agali : 38 km, Kozhikode : 100 km

There is a 6 am Anakatti bus (KSRTC ordinary) going via Mukkali & Agali. The one hour travel (19 km) on the zigzag road costs Rs 10 by bus. From the road, the Silent Valley National park Reception is 500 m away. Dormitory accommodation at Mukkali can be booked throuhg the forest office. Advanced telephonic booking (04924 253225) has to be done to get entry permission to the park. Video Rs 200. The park is less frequented by tourists due to lack of park facilites and things to see. So a visit to the park is not recommended to foreign tourists who are on busy schedule.

The 24 km journey to Sairandhri, starting point of Kunthi river, has to be covered by jeep at a cost of Rs 850 (1.5 hour).
Various trekking routes are there in the leech dominated park. The park is rich in flora and fauna - Lion tailed Macaque is the main preserved animal. Camping can be done at Sairandhri after advance booking. The rain forest is a wonder, normally less animals are seen except monkeys.

Season : Dec to April

Time : 8 am to 1 pm. Park has to be vaccated by 6 pm.

Natural lovers can enjoy a bumpy jeep travel from Mukkali to the neighbouring tribal village (share jeep).

Silent Valley video

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:30 PM

Kalpathy temple chariot festival (Nov 14, 15) is celebrated at Viswanatha Swamy temple (1425 AD), located near Palakkad Railway station.

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**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:38 PM

Kozhikode is a city in north Kerala famous for Halwa. City video

Pipe organ of CSI cathdral, Mananchira video

Planetarium video : Located near the Puthiya bus stand on Jaffer Khan colony road.

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:44 PM

The Santa Cruz Basilica, a church in Kochi, Kerala built originally by the Portuguese and elevated to a Cathedral by Pope Paul IV in 1558, was spared by the Dutch conquerors who destroyed many Catholic buildings.

Later the British demolished the structure and Bishop João Gomes Ferreira commissioned a new building in 1887. Consecrated in 1905, Santa Cruz was proclaimed a Basilica by the Pope John Paul II in 1984.

This magnificent church is a must see destination for tourists who come to Kochi. Santa Cruz Basilica, a Roman Catholic Cathedral is one of the finest and impressive churches in Kerala. It is a place of devotion as well as a center of historic significance, endowed with architectural and artistic grandeur and colours of the gothic style. Located close to St. Francis Church it is the 'capital church' of the diocese of Cochin.

Santa Cruz Basilica video

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:48 PM

Manakkodam Lighthouse : 33.8 m Square RCC tower with White band commissioned on 21st September 1998. Ph : 0478-2562364. 230 V 400W Metal halide lamp with direct drive system. It is about 40 km south of Cochin, 8 Km from Pattankad on NH-47, 14 km from Cherthala Railway station at Andhakaranazhy. A net work of brackish water canals and ponds for Prawn culture has been developed in the region.

Andhakaranazhi light house video

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:52 PM

Located at Fort Kochi beach, where one can enjoy the tasty seafood of Kerala.

Chinese fishing nets video

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:54 PM

Indo-Portuguese museum is at Diocese of Kochi, Bishop House at Fort Kochi in Ernakulam district of Kerala. It has a good collection of vintage articles from Kerala's churches.

Video

**Perfection** · 12-23-2009, 02:57 PM

The fleet of Vasco da Gamma arrived in Kappad, near Calicut (Kozhikode) on 20 May 1498 Kerala India. Gama contracted malaria (on his third visit to India) not long after arriving in Goa and died in the city of Cochin on Christmas Eve in 1524. His body was first buried at St. Francis CSI Church, which was located at Fort Kochi in the city of Kochi, but his remains were returned to Portugal in 1539. The body of Vasco da Gama was re-interred in Vidigueira in a casket decorated with gold and jewels.

Vasvo da Gamma's tomb video