YERCAUD

Yercaud

Lovely Drive

As decided a week ago, this Saturday morning again we hit the roads. We started from our office in St Marks road at 9 AM. We reached Hosur at 10.30 and had breakfast at Saravan Bhavan.

This time the vehicles were Rakesh's Esteem and Chethan's Zen. From Hosur roads were lovely till Krishnagiri, which made us to take an immidiete decision that roads in TN are far better and advanced than roads of Karnataka , but roads from Krishnagiri to Dharmapuri again forced us to take our words back. From here till Selam roads are in not- so-bad condition. But some streches are really beautiful and of international standard(!!!!!!!!!?????).

The drive was eventless and surroundings were dry and the sun was very very hot. We reaches Selam at 2.30 in the afternoon and had lunch there. From here Yercaud is ~40 kms. At 3.30 we started towards Yercaud and it too nearly 2 hrs to finish the strech of 40-45 kms. The ghat section is narrow and very steep consisting of mant hair-pin curves.

There is a watch tower on the left side of the road nearly 10~12 kms before Yercaud. This gives an excellent view.

We satyed at Sterling Resorts and the rooms we got (300 series) had a very good view of the valley. The view is really good and one can sit in the verandah at night for hours watching the lights of Selam city.

We went for a drive at 8.30 pm to a nearby temple and lost our way. But the drive in windy, empty and curvy roads at night was an unforgetable moment.

Next day (Sunday) We went Pagoda Point , Kiliyur Falls and Montfort School. You can not enjoy if you consider Yercaud as a place with many attractions, but you can enjoy the drive and stay there.

We started back to bangalore at 2.45 from Yercaud and reached Bangalore at 9.30.

Data :

Teamsize - 9, Vehicles - Zen and Esteem, Total Expenses -1,500 per head, Trip Meter Reading - ~600 kms. , Stayed at Sterling Holiday Resorts, Yercaud.

Team : Keshav, Chethan, Rakesh, Nagesh, Sridhar, Prasanna, Manu, Kamal and Mrs. Kamal (Rashmi)

Route : Bangalore -> Electronic City->Hosur -> Krishnagiri -> Dharmapuri -> Selam -> Yercaud

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