| Have you ever heard of a place where you have a | | | | you could nearly be flown away by the wind. |
| huge sculpture of "Kuravan and Kurathi" The tribal | | | | The second hill that people normally choose is the one |
| couple in Ramakkalmedu? Famously named after two | | | | with steep rising rocks with a real awful view of the |
| steep hills which forms the first Arch reservoir in India, | | | | mountain. The way up there is through a forest, which |
| Idukki. We are not talking about Idukki reservoir here, | | | | keeps you cool till you reach halfway up the hill. From |
| but a border hilly destination which offers excellent | | | | the halfway up the hill, you will have a nice view of the |
| views of paddy fields & farms of Tamil Nadu and | | | | places around and if you can make it up to the top, |
| cities like Madurai, Kambam & theni from a height | | | | there you have the real wonders this place offer. One |
| of 3500 feet from the sea level. In Ramalkkalmedu, | | | | major attraction that we found here is that, this trip can |
| there are many hills, but two are climbed often by | | | | be bit adventurous up there as you have to walk |
| young back packers, local youngsters and people from | | | | around few rocks to get the real beauty of Tamil |
| nearby districts like Kottayam, Kochi and other close | | | | Nadu lying around 3000ft down. |
| by places. It is locally popular for a one day trip. | | | | If you are in a group, you have your own place up |
| One of the hills here holds a huge sculpture of | | | | there, not being mixed by the crowd around, and ideal |
| Kuravan, kurathi and a young boy hangs on her which | | | | place for young people. The place offers not many |
| is about 100ft. height and is made of cement and is a | | | | accommodation facilities and other tourist related |
| wonder how it is made up on such a high terrain | | | | infrastructure. That might be the reason its not being |
| where you can reach only by walk. Once on top, you | | | | promoted much. |
| can view many hills around and some parts of border | | | | The place is accessible by road till the bottom of the hill |
| state of Tamil Nadu. Another interesting view is the | | | | and is around 200km from Cochin. In the direction of |
| windmills, which you can see a little far on top of other | | | | Idukki. |
| hills nearby, makes you conscious about the fact that | | | | |