Tranquil, Wayanad.

<div style="text-align: left;">I was going through some old photographs from a few years ago and was hit by a huge wave of nostalgia.</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499156598884006754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZV0YTy_Yl7nbjyQbveN_CrN5FKR9fGzcW0vuNwHuiT3lQH0zadcUFNVmfhJrCYXIVjT3ogThQaHoe14bb1IveESUCnKGegPSwyoZvGKuwtMczgrYGSkecdLzl-PFssgrlPjOIMRnVAg8/s400/DSCN5168.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had gone to Wayanad, Kerala for a holiday during the monsoons and stayed at a beautiful home-stay called <b><a href="http://tranquilresort.com/homestay.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Tranquil</span></a></b> nestled in a private coffee plantation. The lush green surroundings with meticulously maintained garden, the hospitality of the family, homemade jams & jellies, the friendly dogs and those chilly evening conversations with amazing company left us feeling completely warm and fuzzy inside.</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157972557107442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRvevuZA6syTtoRsZPETYYSMrL6onaSV7TpoLm_NaFq_J1O_vG7dV-aZLTZ-_DJQgsPrZW-8EZ9nVO3twRospcvbEOyAtFzIGDo6tqLGnNGMtoWKrTPu_VTMwcz3KjU2S-NQHxwUnHlo/s400/DSCN5210.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div>What I wanted to share with all of you is the fantastic variety of flora & fauna <i>(eeks, sounds too technical;-)</i> and how the indoor and outdoor spaces blend so beautifully into each other.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499160612185048850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7wBt1FnMg4GM4l5B_7KRihBbgGKsg0MW0vP7BJO3DJDxQeoMs_Km80oqBc5dqnmZ6e-sMgODp2yg1mRGEYheLQ9MNLvqCM1LSgFlVg_DUJxHw1tjJb-ubGyUq-BnCvT4nIUic_4mwUk/s400/DSCN5122.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157999686254626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQyhl8c3PZbhGckn695QmkimE598FhTS2yTu2eeBokrP5uWbODSrUAMT2IihLZlCw49yih5eZQTMslYEb6Cqhk6haAFWaZ-DlKB2507FohgRaFCUPESEy_-mQMK_9uTWMJ3tGL-MJN8w/s400/DSCN5148.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Raindrops drenching the bright red petals...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157977885046834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAN-Ah6eTt_sLmURfuOML5uYhqWv8T5osdygqtQiKc8k-YO-ErsVcLgSfCFtpi6Bwzl-OwIHXP2LikYTBdk40DN0yu4nGnFE4viBO67lUx_Fw78sAEPmb7n3zedVXGi5NBYk8V4tsOr8/s400/DSCN5152.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a gurgling stream inside the plantation!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157989553238914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3Wtx99doQ9mqaaHFB8sQ1yW_oDKQ9Cikf3gq9_yIqT-knDPJDcN4DCNe-RAzzc78RMdHzck7UVKQvS45ZdTvdFXQysDNPyd2T20i61qWrq6rm8JjkaAYVUkjVpktr3XRc1F6gKNn-JY/s400/DSCN5160.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">A treehouse where we spent hours reading...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157557602875474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXXLyl7foCq5eepqy3HqxOxMPDMwA6sYaNbpG6mKyRT7x3QSSIwbA0gzFTfXwByif35n5ZjM4FMfPk4AWqLQRLHAZwklb2YlAy_Zz0LDlKqO6ib4PfNbA2hhAHZ04P0cCBLxneGvMYKc/s400/DSCN5208.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Peperomia(?) Plant lovers, help me here:-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499156615198026242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgR2RTI1blOfollxlNorzRQAEQGqj7u_Ue0lGQyCPBvbn84J581t7MuvzyA0VHoEeLOMDjoVwKARageGO4pLgPpfh8q9aBblLP56Y8WJax5Nv0c0tCpvHkO-HG4BcFplrWE58Wpzx7ngY/s400/DSCN5202.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Flowers floating in traditional Kerala Urlis and stone mortar & pestle..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157560971580306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtopBcQYV_BkKA7HLuF3ONke81T3mlCAZvwLS8lCYL59E1R5CH6KB7Ki31MQJde03jagmHb0QXop3aQnBsXOeHuJzYJlMr-kLdeVqCaoiPG48p8occcaUVW3rexMA-J4nZgx69rYs6DLg/s400/DSCN5209.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Floating cabbage varieties...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157545794004962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvsyH-h-hWROq0Sj4b4L1QFgxe5PnqVMIYu90DJ-32XIsEMwsw4e5exQurwVihyq5bK5P7cyMRguKgZ6uv6RyOmCv7yNHNpGcSm2WEGg1qSSF4TTjuOBbFP5NWjfkugvOe9Hiv6E-lH8/s400/DSCN5206.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lovely stand with natural garden accessories... </span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499157538935852226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuiEPuxDmmnldaFrUhgtk0FEyX2DYI8AxkNxloXwMsLNlv4Y7rAuRnfTCDU1pbxCT0J5IQ3PPWYfVOKuKO2TeAq6TwJdKsqbeGkKiXcngtnKG9oLhwBc24IEmRIUzQ-F66lAB-6x3gLU/s400/DSCN5205.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;">The open dining area surrounded by lush greenery.</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499156604304702306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fTAO1DKE5v5pqzC9CLUqH93NV3O1P8r3xKBUi2wHWRZo-FbbNXlFizY80mw6dBHzriH5T0ZO47gnFDiZSvCcPNlo-HoSepIshyRJHBW9FAJYRnaN6uur-3dRWOfeuHtVa_4X4D5ZpNo/s400/DSCN5177.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;">Table set for breakfast, with home-made preserves and jams:-)</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499156613194900098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_GKIBeXj2F4ZJezzqSsHLOUh0NTDWl4L1fGzu0iVu_8wqgVkFw8z8d2b9GoSenQHK_b0GbM4UReVtyBgIidG5T2TOim1_LPr3Lpicx7tfEQho5mB5y6eFEbiNgKoO27asEJuNLZnjtI/s400/DSCN5201.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499156620915852722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv98TL7mmEWENZJJtsEc0VYnO4HJwTGVnvxX-lwDmi0jNSQlcIZrY3Qp7kHCFbmSE6j8fpPnZxm318NEwqubQH7xhOUc7GlxLv4wuH_DLJbT862du3onZ81mu_X13KT12eAN6L9aeV994/s400/DSCN5203.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Plants curling themselves around pillars & pipes...</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499160620691742530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU4VqYJsB5AG2eqikNdHghy0Ma12YsbtwS_egojprHIL1rl6X25plnXPlkbX8b_lqjokgRnA4AGdwlKapu9bcsGncD5-Y782elS4EpeJMvjiOVyOmMSNhkfcwAQ_VXuAF9ku-m-1CZI8/s400/DSCN5144.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;">Magical chimes on display...</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499160626832872898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSw_TABrdCf-a671vsK3eZ41ZPQ9w2XRq68qxygM2tE6B1mAjo45zPEmnuZsaQ_tcGwT8yaMVDxWQjIv96yXf0ZVsyMEPwEoU1qvBGc_rb1IEJ3OjS2fmbWTDJu0GWP-mS-W9juzWgUc/s400/DSCN5145.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Anthoriums and other exotic plants line the outer wall...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sigh* Hope all of you liked this Monsoon getaway!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the rains.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">( Images by Arch)</span></i></div>

Tranquil, Wayanad.

I was going through some old photographs from a few years ago and was hit by a huge wave of nostalgia.We had gone to Wayanad, Kerala for a holiday during the monsoons and stayed at a beautiful home-stay called Tranquil nestled in a private coffee plantation. The lush green surroundings with meticulo…

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