my confused stay in a jungle resort
Vythiri Resort is one of the oldest, most popular, quiet an expensive hideout in Kerala. Got married and 1 year passed, to commemorate the great day my wife and I planned to stay and refresh at Vythiri Resort.
Booked the rooms for a couple of days around the Anniversary. But since I wasnt keeping well, I was deciding to cancel the booking. But the management said I can only postpone it to a later date. And that too its only possible if somebody else takes up my booking and pay the amount. The management made it sound like 99% cancellation not possible. I waited till the day before I was about to drive to Resort from Bangalore. I wrote an email at the end of the day saying I am on my way to the resort, to which the management later said it arrived late and missed it.
Next day early in the morning, we started and reached Kalpetta to call the manager and ask for the right route to the resort. The response from him was shocking. Please dont come we have already sold it to somebody and they are on the way too. We were depressed. This last minute change was unexpected. We had even planned of going back to Bangalore after driving around 7 hrs to this place.
The manager said he can arrange Director's Bungalow for another 3000 INR in addition to 6800 INR I already paid for a day. That was way too high for me to afford being a humble s/w engineer working in Bangalore. Negotiated a bit and got it rediuced a bit.
Arrived at the resort and they took us to the spooky Directors Bungalow in a Jeep. It was isolated and nobody would hear even if we scream from its balcony. The location of it was excellent for solace. But my, paying hard earned bucks for a mere confusion haunted me long. The Directors Bungalow had an elevated bedroom, A drawing room with couches and sofas. They had no TV. The bedroom was super amazing with its long windws opening to the jungle. The sounds of birds and the brook running found peace in me.
There was stairs to the basement which reminded me of Paranormal Activity. The phone lines in the rooms were not working and the mobile phone didnt have any coverage. The boys from the resort came in a Jeep to pick us up for dinner. I complained about the phones because I felt its absolutely necessary for any ghostly experiences in the midle of the night :P
Next day was warm and manager announced he would give a room next to the Dining Room and would be great. We were indeed very happy to get out of the scary mansion and to stay where civiization dwelled.
But this room was absolutely BAD. The easy chair were soiled, beds were moist and the toilets didnt seem very clean. I felt the value of the money spent questioned here. We didnt like it at all.
Food was average with not so great menu.
So we had a very adventurous stay here and soon left with a big hole in the wallet.
People looked at my photos and said it was just great. So 5*s for the location and the rainy climate.
Experience with Giant Malabar Squirrels and monkeys were fun.
My verdict 2.5 out of 5.
thanks
Booked the rooms for a couple of days around the Anniversary. But since I wasnt keeping well, I was deciding to cancel the booking. But the management said I can only postpone it to a later date. And that too its only possible if somebody else takes up my booking and pay the amount. The management made it sound like 99% cancellation not possible. I waited till the day before I was about to drive to Resort from Bangalore. I wrote an email at the end of the day saying I am on my way to the resort, to which the management later said it arrived late and missed it.
Next day early in the morning, we started and reached Kalpetta to call the manager and ask for the right route to the resort. The response from him was shocking. Please dont come we have already sold it to somebody and they are on the way too. We were depressed. This last minute change was unexpected. We had even planned of going back to Bangalore after driving around 7 hrs to this place.
The manager said he can arrange Director's Bungalow for another 3000 INR in addition to 6800 INR I already paid for a day. That was way too high for me to afford being a humble s/w engineer working in Bangalore. Negotiated a bit and got it rediuced a bit.
Arrived at the resort and they took us to the spooky Directors Bungalow in a Jeep. It was isolated and nobody would hear even if we scream from its balcony. The location of it was excellent for solace. But my, paying hard earned bucks for a mere confusion haunted me long. The Directors Bungalow had an elevated bedroom, A drawing room with couches and sofas. They had no TV. The bedroom was super amazing with its long windws opening to the jungle. The sounds of birds and the brook running found peace in me.
There was stairs to the basement which reminded me of Paranormal Activity. The phone lines in the rooms were not working and the mobile phone didnt have any coverage. The boys from the resort came in a Jeep to pick us up for dinner. I complained about the phones because I felt its absolutely necessary for any ghostly experiences in the midle of the night :P
Next day was warm and manager announced he would give a room next to the Dining Room and would be great. We were indeed very happy to get out of the scary mansion and to stay where civiization dwelled.
But this room was absolutely BAD. The easy chair were soiled, beds were moist and the toilets didnt seem very clean. I felt the value of the money spent questioned here. We didnt like it at all.
Food was average with not so great menu.
So we had a very adventurous stay here and soon left with a big hole in the wallet.
People looked at my photos and said it was just great. So 5*s for the location and the rainy climate.
Experience with Giant Malabar Squirrels and monkeys were fun.
My verdict 2.5 out of 5.
thanks
posted by shyamchand @ 11:43 AM
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