My dream to visit Ponmudi was meterialist last day . I went by a car yesterday morning, We started from Trivandrum by 7am , after food on the way reached the upper sanitorium by 9am. After 65 km reached the Upper sanitorium which is the highest place, its 1000 mts above sea leval. The enchanting bounty of nature can be witnessed here in the quiet surroundings. The bountiful nature, serene surroundings and several tourist attractions are the specialities which attract all here. Really it’s a place away from the crowded and polluted city life. We feel the freshness in every breath we take.
I found some people getting ready for trekking, me too did a good walk in the mountain valleys, and on the rocks. There I found a wireless station on the top end, on enquiring I was told that it is the wireless repeater station of Kerala police, they have 5 repeater wireless stations in Kerala which makes the messages easy throughout Kerala, all the same type of wireless stations are on the hill tops, this was also a new information to me.
The beauty of the Western Ghats is felt here simply at its best, while I came down for lunch to the restaurant run by the tourism department I found a group of people who is interested in nature, I found them picking the plastic and glass bottles left behind by the previous visitors. I felt that most of the people are not aware of the environmental disaster we are going to face. After lunch there is a place nearby to watch the other side of ponmudi, from there we can see Trivandrum city if the climate is clear & without no mist. The tourism department has also provided 24 stone cottages for the visitors. The two government departments in Ponmudi are the forest & tourism. We can see some land under ISRO for where the Institute of Space Technology.
We can watch the tea estate in an elevated view. The forest also seems to be colourful with some colourful leaves in the tree. Really I was sad to return back, anyway on my return I felt that the huge trees waving their branches in the wind, telling thanks for the visit & good bye.