There were two reasons, first is my desire to take the car for a long drive and the second is my wife who wanted to visit the Maelmaruvathur for a long time. After having breakfast, we started-off the trip from Shollinganallur, Chennai-119 (where we reside). Maelmaruvathur is exactly 82 Kms from Shollinganallur and 66 Kms from Tambaram.
We reached Mealmaruvathur after a ~90 mins drive. The drive was a pleasure one as the new figo is good at road. Especially the pick-up of the car at 2nd and 3rd gear is exceptional. After a brief 40-45 mins over Mealmaruvathur, we started-off to Vedanthangal.
There are two ways to Vedanthangal. One, from Tambaram after a 45 Kms drive on the GST road towards Maelmaruvathur, there is a right turn towards Vaedanthangal. Vaedanthangal is at 12 Kms from there. Second, from Maelmaruvathur after a 12 Kms to 14 Kms drive on the GST road towards Chennai, there is a left turn towards Vaedanthangal. Vaedanthangal is at 12 Kms to 14 Kms from there.
Since we were from Maelmaruvathur, we took the second route. The road is not that good, but not bad. Since the season has just started by November (as the season time of Vaedanthangal is November to February), there is no much visitors. Also we were not charged with the entry fee.
Though there were birds, we couldn't grace them as we didn't take binoculars with us.
After spending few minutes over there, we started to Shollinganallur. By that time it was 14:00 Hrs and we were hungry. We searched hotels on the way, only to find one after Chengalpattu on the GST road (as we didn't enter into Chengalpattu). The food is ok. I don't remember the name of it. Should have noted it down. We returned back to Shollinganallur by 16:00 Hrs. Having somemore time, we went to Thiruvanmayur beach to end the day.
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