Cool breeze, very little sunshine, and a slight drizzle…
This was the climate in Wayanad throughout the days of our trip.
Our school, Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya, took the students of class 8 on an excursion to Wayanad in Kerala. We started this exciting journey on Sep. 30 and came back on Oct. 4.
We reached Wayanad after a long train journey to Kozhikode and a bus journey. But enjoyed the singing and dancing during the travel.
Our first trip out was to Edakal Caves. The bus stopped at a particular place and from then we walked to the hill top where the cave is situated.
We were informed that this cave was formed 30,000 years ago when an earthquake had made a part of the mountain top fall and form a cave like structure. A huge boulder weighing several tons is stuck between three other stones. Therefore the cave gets the name ‘Edakal’ which means ‘stone in between’.
We then proceeded to Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. We went into the forest in teams by several jeeps and some of us spotted deer, a peacock, tiger footprints, etc.
The next day we went to Soochipara falls where no one is allowed to bathe because of the force with which the water comes down. We also went to Banasur dam. We had to walk a lot here too. But we had been walking on the dam!
On the third day of our excursion, we went to Pooket Lake. But as it was raining too heavily the authorities had cancelled boating. So we continued our journey and passed the chain tree on our way.
We reached the railway station and boarded the train back home carrying our memories from Wayanad where we had played and enjoyed with nature.
Back in school, our tales have made even our classmates who didn’t come for the excursion wish that they had.