yercaud - poor man's ooty

About Yercaud :-

The hill station,Yercaud, is situated near Salem, Tamil Nadu. From bangalore, Yercaud is 230Km by road. The road is fantastic and it takes around 4 and a half hour to reach Yercaud. It would be advisable to leave bangalore early to escape the morning hour traffic in Hosur.

Bangalore Yercaud Route:-
Bangalore--90--Krishnagiri--40--Dharmapuri--75--Salem--25--Yercaud
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The route from Hosur to Krishnagiri is amazing with 6 lanes. One can easily go at around 100Kmph . Next 40 Kms from Krishnagiri to DHarmapuri is not good as the road has got a lot of bumps but after that it is again a good road. The uphill road is one of the two properly banked roads that I have seen ( the other being that of OOty through the madumalai wildlife santuary).

Where to stay in Yercaud?

There a 2-3 decent place to stay : Hotel Grand Palace ( It has got very nice food but service is pathetic) , Hotel Shevaroys and Sterling Resort (This hotel has got the best view of the valley but only the members get the rooms facing valley )
There are a lot of other places to stay but anybody who is planning to go there on weekend should make sure to book well in advance.

What to do in Yercaud ?

Photography :- I love doing that and Yercaud has got really good view points best of which are pagoda point, lady's seat and children's seat.

Shopping :- One can shop for honey, perfumes, coffee and spices such as cardamom, black/white pepper.

Relax :) Go around the lake. Do boating.

tree @ pagoda point

flowers @ Monfort School

beautiful sunset @ children's seat

salem @ night . view from the sterling resort

view from lady's seat

lotus in the small tank outside the montfort school

krabi

Krabi is located in the west coast of southern Thailand and is famous for its beaches and limestone formations.

http://maps-guide.org/thailand/map.htm

http://www.hoteltravel.com/thailand/krabi/maps.htm

Krabi can be reached directly by air or by road or ferry from phuket.

Airlines which operate to krabi :- Airways, Air Asia, Nok Air and One-Two-Go and Tiger Airways. The main beach Ao Nang is around 30 min travel by taxi from the airport.

From Phuket it takes around 2 hrs and taxi can charge around 2000 to 2500 baht.

There are a lot of things to be done in eat sleep and play on beach, scuba diving, snorkelling, wind sailing, kyaking, rock climbing, trecking, photography. One can go on speed boat to different islands and above all get nice masaage to relax your body. There are a lot of massage parlour on the Ao Nang beach and they dont charge much ( 200 - 500 baht ). Krabi is basically a place for people from all age groups to enjoy and relax. Best season to visit would be from November till March.
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Some of them

golden water

sunset

hum do :)

chicken island

limestone formations

the rock