I've got a story about something incredibly horrifying but it's not monsters or demons or any of the usual scary stuff it's about something that can strike any one of us at any time and, it's always when we least expect it

What is it then?   Love……..

Yes I know, who says love isn't scary it can really hurt sometimes, love is what people live for and in mysteries it's kind of what they die for.

But the real question is have you ever been in real love?

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Dark empty room, with curtains closed perfectly just like Sam liked, sitting alone and sobbing like a ball with his own arms on his leg this wasn’t the best thing he wanted now, but that’s how his life was during that period.

Sam had no friends to hang out with, it had become his habit to spend most of his days like this since the accident

2 months ago Sam had a bad car crash, it messed up his memory so badly that he has lost bits of his memory, but the accident didn’t just affected his memory but his entire perspective of life.

Since then he started to spend time alone with his guilt and blaming himself for everything

Sam had a sister Bella and they were really close, as she was the one he would talk to reduce his burden, Bella too had a soft corner for her brother and that’s why she used to spend his time with him, so that he wouldn’t feel alone.

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Sam was sleeping in his room when Bella entered his room but she didn’t wake him up as she was in a hurry to leave for her work.

Bella just looked at his innocent face, and felt bad for his condition, she wanted to help him, but there was nothing she could do to reduce his pain

Bella worked as a waitress in the nearby cafe named "The Bakers" and Sam too visited her there sometimes, as he had no where else to go.

Suddenly Sam woke up from his sleep as he turned and tossed uncomfortably, he felt strange and his feet were cold for unknown reasons

He felt heavy and cold as his heart has stopped pumping blood to his vain, he got up to take a shower to make him feel better

When he came after having a shower, he saw a ring on the table, he was surprised who might have kept that ring on the table, “Bella?” the name stroked in his mind.

Out of curiosity he took the ring and examined it, turned out it was a ladies ring, it was simply stunning with a ruby on it with black stains on it. and he didn’t know why he wore that ring in his index finger.

But when he tried to remove it was stuck in his finger, he applied pressure but nothing happened. He tried to remove it and after multiple unsuccessful attempts he just ignored it

That night Sam was relaxing in his room, when Bella arrived, he inquired her about the ring, but she too had no clue about it.

It was then Sam was annoyed by the damn ring as it wasn’t coming out, he asked Bella to help her, they tried soap, oil to take it out but the ring was stuck,

Bella made fun of him for getting stuck with a ladies ring and now he had no option but to wear it till he found a solution for it

“In the front no I can't get this thing off”, Sam said 

“soap how'd you try it”, Bella mumbled

“I have tried everything except cutting my finger off”, Sam replied

as they were speaking on this topic, their mom entered the room

“Bedtime !school tomorrow,” Mom said

“Come on mom I've still gotta”, replied Bella 

“Bella please don't argue it's late”, his mom clear cut reply

“Hey mom geez”, said annoyed Sam

But his mom ignored him,

“what's matter with her ?” exempted Sam to her sister

This had become common for Sam that his mother would ignore him all the time, and behaved as he never existed for her,

Sam to knew that she had changed since the accident and started to ignore him, and Sam too never tried to come up with an proper apology. But still this behaviour for his mom was bothering Sam from inside, but there was nothing he could do to overcome it, he decided to let the things be as they are

“oh she's got a lot on her mind”, said Bella to Sam

“yeah just so-so you coming or what”, Bella asked

“No I will do a little channel surfing, get the light down, good night”, replied Sam

Soon Sam’s hunt for the channel started and ended with a cosmic play that portrayed love story.

As soon as the play started to turn boring, Sam passed out into sweet dream of his own.

Sam Sam where are you, a beautiful velvet voice echoed

Diamond shaped light blue eyes, some dark circle beneath them, chubby cheeks, long black and silky hair dancing with the gust of wind and a dazzling smile. 

As she was calling Sam, the moon was setting gracefully at her gorgeous face

“There you are Sam, wake up Sam”, she continued and came closer to Sam and with a hint of space she kissed him on his cheeks while he was sleeping

Suddenly with a shock Sam woke up from his dream, he felt uneasy and cold as similar to yesterdays, and with sleepy eyes he scanned his surroundings for the girl he saw in his dream.

He knew it was stupid of him, To do that but his dream felt extraordinarily true.

“Oh man”, he said while exhaling and relaxed again, just with the wish to see her again

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In morning  Sam felt different and smiled while remembering his dream about the girl, 

he had nothing to do and no one to share it, so he decided to visit Bella in the cafe to share this happy dream with her

“Heyy there”, Sam surprised Bella by showing him up at her work place

“What are you doing here”, Bella replied

“Why can't I come out here”, Sam mumbled

“You promise not to laugh if I tell you something, you know I've been having these really weird dreams lately about this beautiful girl with long hair and amazing eyes”, explained Sam with a wry grin

So you and every other guy, Bella said and smiled 

“Yeah but it's so real you know I've never seen her before and I can't stop thinking about her and she looks a lot similar like that girl over there”, Sam said directing towards a girl sitting in the corner of the cafe

Zoya?, Bella asked with surprised face 

“I know I know it”, Sam nodded

“Sounds stupid maybe this dream is some kind of sign right this could be fate”, Sam said with excitement and hurried toward the corner of the cafe

“Sam wait”, Bella shouted

“How may I help you ladies”, the waiter asked to ladies

“We ordered large pizza not apple pie, is your ears upside down”, giggled one of the girl

Sam reached the table where the ladies were seated,

“Hi Zoya uh”, said Sam with hope 

“You don't know me and I don't know, How to say this but you kind of”, continued Sam but he was interpreted by Zoya

 “Do you guys hear someone talking to me”, said Zoya to her friends

 “I don't see anyone must be your imagination”, one of the girl replied and they all giggled in laughter

Sam felt humiliated, and this is what was breaking him from inside, since the accident, everyone had been acting strange and ignoring him, and the worst part was that he didn’t knew why.

Sam left the café with his eyes sticking to the ground and didn’t looked up until he reached his favourite place, an old unoccupied building

Sam sat at the open terrace looking at the city from there and recalled his days of life before the accident, everything was perfect and happy and now he was a guilt to his parents, and everyone neglected him.

while he was deep into his own sorrow thoughts he heard a sweet voice calling his name

He turned behind to look at her but he was amused and confused, that from where was the voice coming

“It's me Sam its me”, the voice echoed

“Who”, Sam screamed

He ran towards the voice to search for the source of it. 

“Sam Sam its me its hannah don't don't move don’t”, voice echoed again

He searched the whole building but couldn’t find her or anyone else, he knew he remembered the voice and it was from the girl he saw in his dream, who looked like the girl from the café.

Now he was horrified and scared and wasn’t able to come up with a solution for this voice and the girl haunting him.

He had no option but to share this with is sister and with that thought he ran home

When he reached home, he saw his mother with many letters which she just got from the post box

“Bills Bills what a surprise more bill”, mom said

“Hey mom mom”, Sam said but as always she ignored him without even looking at him and the suddenly a letter fell from her mother’s hand

Sam picked it up and to be surprised it had his name on it

He immediately open it and saw Hannah name on it too, he ran towards Bella’s room

“Bella Bella”, Sam shouted as he passed the letter to bella

Bella read the letter aloud in front of him

“Roses are red violets are blue you know

I'll never stop thinking of you of,  - Hannah

“where'd you get this”, was Bellas first response

“It's the girl let's go for my dreams”, replied Sam with fear and confused face

“Meet me tonight I'll be at the Bakers around the bar”, said the remaining letter

“that's after closing, you gonna go”, Bella asked sam,

“I don't know I mean I guess I should but then I have a really weird feeling about this you have to see her Bella she's so beautiful this is just something about her I'm gonna find out who she is”, Sam said while blushing

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It was midnight and Sam reached the café exactly at midnight, he was amused to see that the café was still opened but the odds was that there was no one except a waitress that he hasn’t seen before

“About time you showed up, how are you”, the new waitress said

“What are you doing here, this place is supposed to be closed”, asked Sam

“Closed huh never let's just say we're the night shift”, replied the waitress

“Hot apple pie with a lemon tea”, said the waitress while serving him

“that's my favourite how'd you know that”, asked suspired Sam

“we know we know”, was all that the waitress replied

Sam ate the food while looking at the café, which he thought was closed after midnight

It had been 1 hour since Sam entered the café but still Hannah or the whatever her real name was didn’t show up, deep inside Sam was disappointed, he wanted to see her, talk to her, be with her.

Since the accident she was the first person who talked to him, beside his sister Bella

He was about to leave and he stood up looking at the exit door when he heard her beautiful velvet smooth voice again

“what's your hurry Sam I hope I'm not late uh”, Hannah said in her charming voice

“I thought you weren't gonna show”, Sam said with excitement

“I would never stand you up”, Hannah replied

“I can't you're wearing my ring”, Hannah said with an innocent smile on her beautiful face

“This is yours”, Sam asked but she cut him in between and asked

“let's dance”

“who are you, how do you know me”, sam asked surprised

“You must know you're wearing my ring”, hannah conceded

“But I thought”, Sam said while she again cut him in the middle

“It's almost time to go I want you to come with me”, she begged

“where you ? just got here”, Sam asked

“But it's almost time better hurry”, Hannah replied

suddenly she started behaving strange and disturbed her beautiful smile was now replaced with stress, her smoothing eyes were now in some pressure

“Oh it's too late too late oh I will wait for you Sam”, Hannah said and ran away from him

“Wait for what”, Sam screamed while running behind her to ask her what she meant

And then while running behind her, He stumbled with the chairs and fell down, As soon as he stood up, the café was dark, the music was cut off and the place was closed in a fraction of second,

Now Sam was worried and went directly ran towards home

“Bella Bella oh man you're not gonna believe this”, Sam said

“she was there, hannah met me”, Sam continued when bella stopped him, and showed him a newspaper cut out saying

“But wait before you say anything else, Is this the girl you been seeing”, Bella asked showing him her photo in the newspaper

 “Yeah yeah Hannah, but what’s she doing in the newspaper”, Sam asked with curiosity

“She's dead Sam, Bella replied with pale face

“She died in a car accident, Bella read out the newspaper, She was driving with her boyfriend and their car hit a truck, but they both got out of the car, but Hannah forgot her ring this ring that her boyfriend had just given her, so she went back to  get it, and the car exploded

“This ring she said I had a ring she was there Bella at the café tonight I swear it, I mean I talked to her, she's a ghost ? ,  By this time Sam was going crazy and freaking out he didn’t knew what is true and what is not

“And she said that she wanted me to go with her”, It's all because of this stupid ring, Sam said with shock as he went towards his room for some mental peace

Sam hurrdly started to remove the damn ring from her finger and then out of blue he heard her velvet voice again

she was there as beautiful as ever, standing in door

“Don’t run from me Sam I want you to come with me”, Hannah said

“Look take your stupid ring back I don't want it”, Sam said with fear

“Don't you understand it's about you, I thought you must have known that by, Hannah said

“Now just just leave me alone”, Sam said horrified

“It's time to go, its time to know the truth, you must know the truth, Sam , Sam are you”……

Now this was going beyond Sam’s control he shut his ears with both his hand and screamed in terror

hearing Sam’s scream Bella ran towards Sam’s room

“Okay what”, Bella asked

“Did you see her Oh?”, Sam asked as he examined the room, but Hannah was no where to be found, it was like she vanished in thin air

“Would you sit down and relax please”, Bella said assuming the situation

“Yeah okay when the ghost comes after you let's see if you can relax”, Sam replied

“Sam you sure it's the ring that's making all this happen”, Bella asked

“What do you mean man”, Sam asked

And then suddenly the telephone rang, disturbing the utter silence in the room

“Hello”, Bella said

And after a second with a strange and horrified face she said it's for you Sam, it's Hannah

Sam took the telephone with shaking hand and said “look this all some kind of joke and I'm not buying it anymore understand this isn't funny so just leave me alone,” in a single breath

“I'm sorry Sam I won't bother you anymore”, her velvet smooth voice had sorrow in it

“You still think this is all a joke you”, asked Bella in anger

“You know maybe all she wants is a ring back maybe I should give it to her”, said Sam with terror on his face

“Well how are you gonna do that you told her leave you alone’, Bella asked

“Well then then I gotta find her”, Sam replied

“How”, Bella asked

“She's a ghost I can think of a pretty good place to start”, Sam replied

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Sam felt sad for himself and for Hannah, he was worried and scared but he thought she never harmed him and her smooth skin and her enchanting velvet voice that drew him towards her, on which he hand no control, it was like he was driven towards her

With all his courage he decided to visit the cemetery and to find Hannah’s grave and return her the ring

It was dark moonless night when he reached cemetery, it was so calm and quite that Sam could hear his own heartbeat that was racing like a nascar.

with his every step he was getting more scared and was regretting his decision to come here, but Hannah’s beauty and voice was giving him strength and while walking and lost in his thought he fell on a tombstone and heard a voice

“Hey you okay”, Bella asked

“Yeah yeah I'm fine huh just a little jumpy that's all”, Sam said

“Oh no look at this’, sam said pointing on the grave he fell on, it said Hannah, this is it, this is her grave, Sam said surprisingly

“You sure”, Bella asked

“Well yeah look at it”, Sam replied

“But how did you know that her grave would be right here”, Bella asked sam with strange eyes

“I didn't I just kind of”…..he said with vaguely and went completely blank  

Looking at him, as he went speechless and pale, Bella continued

“And you happened to wander away from me get lost and trip right over it, continued Bella with ominous voice

“What are you talking about”, Sam asked with shock

“You know exactly where she was buried Sam, Bella replied with anger

“why do you think that”, Sam asked with blank face unable to understand the situation

“What you mean, Maybe you've been here before did you ever think about that, Bella replied with confidence

“No way why would I have been here, I mean it's a cemetery, Sam said blankly with anger

Bella continued

“Why don't you tell me Sam you remember what happened in that car accident when you and hannah got out but she forgot her ring, her school ring, and then she went running back to the car to get it”

Hearing all this, Sam went crazy and he screamed loudly hearing this from Bella and fell on Hannah grave.

His eyes were moist now, he started to remember what happened that night, about Hannah about him, about the accident, it was like his memory was coming back, bit by bit but still he couldn’t remember the whole picture

His head started to hurt badly as the memory’s was flooding back and he coudn’t stop crying, he was choaking on his own guilt

“And then what happened Sam”, Bella asked slowly placing his hand on Sam’s back

“I turned back and ran towards her”, I tried to push her out of the car but it was too late, Sam said crying

And the he went silent and become pale white, his voice wasn’t coming out of his mouth, he was in deep shock, struggling hard he said

“It's me isn't it, looking at the grave besides Hannah grave, which had his name on it, Sam starred blankly at his name on the grave for several seconds.

“I'm afraid so, Bella said crying while showing him the other side of the newspaper on which Hannah was there, he was too in the newspaper

And that means I'm, he wasn’t able to complete his sentence in shock

“why didn’t you just tell me, Sam said angrily

“Because you didn't remember, you just came back from the accident and act as if nothing had happened Sam I was the only one who could see you and for some really weird reason you didn't remember the accident”, Bella said while crying

“You didn't even know you were dead! ”, Bella continued

“No wonder why mom and all ignored me all the time, like I never existed, Sam said while smiling with tears

“Well now that you know everything's gonna be okay we can still be a family and go on living and everything will be fine”, bella said

And while Bella was crying and explaining everything to Sam, they heard the velvet smooth voice again

“Sam is that you come back to me”, Hannah said Smiling

“Yeah I don't think I can stay”, Sam said with sorrow and tears in his eyes

“It's time Sam”, Hannah said with his velvet voice

Looking at Sam and Hannah, Bella said “Go after her you don't want to lose her again”

“I'm really gonna miss you and you're my favorite Sister Bella, Sam said with tears

I'm your only sister my Sam I love You, Bella said crying

Sam hugged Bella with all his power while crying, he didn’t know what to say, in the moment he took his ring off his finger and it came out easily without any efforts, he place it in Bella’s hand and kissed on her cheeks and with heart drowning in denial he said “Good bye”

Sam held Hannah hand and walked to the horizon and went on a new journey, leaving his old life behind

Bella was always going to miss Sam but it made her feel better to know that he was happy at last with the girl of his dreams

When I woke up I was in busy street of Alappuzha

Alappuzha was totally opposite of Munnar, it was like a complete different scenario, like the table has turned   

Street of Alappuzha was full of different crowd, and full of chant and rave of hawkers. People were dressed in traditional clothes an attire that can give complete vibes of southern India

Alappuzha (or Alleppey) is a city on the Laccadive Sea in the south Indian state of Kerala. It's best known for houseboat cruises along the rustic Kerala backwaters, a network of tranquil canals and lagoons. The and city's Mullakkal Temple features a traditional design to its worshippers. Punnamada Lake's snake boat races are a well-known annual event of kerala

Alappuzha is famous for its backwaters and luxury houseboats, and we were here to experience its hospitality.

Houseboat in Alappuzha were luxurious homes having all basic amenities for vacationing purpose, as I was told

Most of the house boats are found in Alappuzha and Kumarakom.

Alleppey or Alappuzha is also known as the Venice of the east because of its beautiful water bodies and great culture.

Sight to behold alleppy backwaters is the most popular way to explore kerala

The best way to explore backwaters is to hire a boat, and it’s a no secret

A Kerala Houseboat is about 67 to 120 feet in length. The materials that go into the making are local and Eco-friendly; bamboo poles, coconut fiber, ropes, bamboo mats, carpets etc. There are Houseboats with the fully furnished single room, double room, and triple rooms till seven rooms.

I wasn't much interested in the houseboat and was feeling dizzy, but wanted to spend some More time in Munnar, I was repeatedly having second thought about Alleppey.

At first it was difficult to find a decent houseboat under our budget, all the houseboat we inquired were out of our budget

At last we select a decent houseboat for our stay, from out it seemed good. To avoid the disappointment we first inspected the boat before booking it, it was the best way to avoid further complications

To be honest I was amused by interior of houseboat, it composed of 8 spacious room with air condition and double bed and with all colorful light, it had a deck where the captain control the ship steering wheel.

Our houseboat had 2 floors, it had a large hall with dj lights and sound equipment and a dining table and beneath it was our bedroom. And a master kitchen for the staff

It too had a balcony attached to the hall, with soft cushion floor which provides the viewer a thrilling  view of the backwaters from top.

All the bedroom had a huge window to cover the full view of backwaters.

I bet, You will love being on the palm tacked wooden boats which are designed as houses in water. They have all the modern amenities you would expect in a hotel. Be it great AC rooms, clean washrooms or even a rooftop view. Like heritage meets luxury.

Trust me the houseboat was nothing less than a 5 star hotel, I was stunned to see all the facility provided in the houseboat, if you didn't see it, you would never believe it was on backwaters. Interior of the houseboat was nothing less compared to a night club

We were escorted by the staff of houseboat, we had a catfight among us for the best room, I took the advantage of it and got a room with the best view of backwaters.

We rested for a while and soon it was dark, we sat on the deck to enjoy the view.

Next morning I woke up at 8 am, and my day was blessed by the view in front of houseboat, a green lush of forest near the river shining bright with orange color as the sun was setting up.

I soon got up and check on others, all were still sleeping, I saw an opportunity and took my toothbrush and ran towards the deck, and started to brush, standing in front of boat, I guess I felt like Jack Dawson from titanic. Hahahahahah

The view was magnificent, smoothing sound of river as our boat was cutting it in sharp edge to move forward, I stood there gazing at the view while sipping my coffee

Cruising through the narrow canals in the canopy of the palm trees, watching the fishermen put there net to catch fish and the locals going on with their life is a very different experience. The locals use these small boats for reaching to the mainland like we use bikes for transportation.

All the palm trees were dancing with the winds and the birds chipping in the background. Trust me you should experience a stay in houseboat at Alappuzha at least once.

Soon we all were ready to explore the lands near the backwaters. Those cute little huts near the water were too cute as the resemblance a different scenario.

Small boat were in the water for fishing chores. The caretaker of the houseboat prepares food for us in traditional Kerala style and serves in banana leaves. When the boat reaches the middle of the lake you have this feeling of priceless joy and beauty and you get the satisfaction of that the money you paid was worth it.

Soon the boat was anchored near the land so that we could off board on land for our food arrangements, we took some shrimp, fish from the local people for our lunch, trust it was really exciting to walk on narrow lane in middle of river to travel from one place to another.

We were expecting our lunch to be special because we were about to have true ethnic food of kerala.

The staff served us authentic kerala food, I was eagerly waiting for it.

We had our food in banana leaf, we had shrimp sauce, fish fry with laccha parothe and sambar chawal with rasam. It was the best preparation

In my entire kerala trip, this was the best food I had .The shrimp sauce was so good and the sambar chawal was finger licking and ohh wait for the rasam…… I can't describe how to address its taste. It was sweet tangy and full of spices, you won't believe I drank 6 glass of it, and request the chef to make it every day till we were on the boat, I even took a bottle full of it while leaving the houseboat, my mouth is still watering while writing it, ahh god I miss rasam, I miss kerala.

After I relished the food, I couldn't stop thinking about the dinner, in desperation i asked them, they told we can make any regional dishes but unfortunately we had to buy them fresh fishes from the strip land

Soon the boat was again anchored to a nearby small village, we got out and the narrow lanes of the strip land was very fascinating to me, walking on them was a thrilling part to me.

We searched for a local fisherman to buy fishes and soon we find one, i was stunned as i saw his basket full of different size of fishes and tiger prawns, the prawns was so big, they were literally the size of lobsters, all the fishes were very fresh as he had just caught them, we bargained a little and bought ourselves dinner.

We request our driver to wait for couple of hours, so that we can explore the village

It was not a village, basically it was a small cluster of hut, besides the river with children playing and women doing their household chores. I wondered life is so peaceful here, we felt connect to mother nature.

After wandering for some time, we hoped in the houseboat, with more excitement

Backwaters was peaceful and far away for city crowd and noise, close to mother nature.

Wish I had the words to describe that subliminal feeling of standing on the deck while the fresh winds brushes your face, The first time you feel it-- you feel so powerful that your mind goes numb and you crave for it more than anything in the world.

I remember next day after lunch we started to dance like crazy when the music and light system were lit up. We wrapped our dace with a soft romantic couple dance.

After that everyone went to their respective room to rest, I stood in the balcony with the view of backwaters with toody ( local booze of kerala)

It was 4 pm, sun was on its low, kids were playing in the water, fisherman returning to their home with fish in there bag it was so smoothing to see

And at that time my phone buzzed, I saw it and it was about our results, I checked it, I scored A, I was desperate to know zoya`s results (Don`t know who Zoya is well read my Varanasi blog) and at that exact time I got another message, and guess what, It was from her, I was surprised and a smile ran acrossed my face, We exchanged our grades and then I asked her what should I bring from kerala for her, to which she replied "kuch bhe la jo tujhe accha lage"

How I'm supposed to bring another zoya from kerala to gift her?. Hahahahaha

(But when now I see, I think im over you, I mean 3 yrs is a hell lot of time to realize it, but even kundun didn't realize it for 8 yrs, how do you expect me to? Maybe she's siren who Lures me with her enchanting voice to the deadly coast of shores 

I take it as it was my privilege to get my heart broken by you, ohh sorry crushed by you,

Later that night we had our food, dance and ended our day with the scenic night beauty of backwaters while having sarja (reginal ice-cream of kerala stuffed with nuts and fruits)

At night there was completely and utterly silence and smooth sound of waves and all the stars shine bright and twinkling as like a natural disco has started, nature has its own beauty

I stood there in complete silence except the peaceful music of nature with my eyes closed for a while stretching my arms as far as i could and enjoyed the fresh swinging air brushing my face.

Trust me I would have been a jerk if I had skipped the houseboat for munnar, in fact I got a lot of messages from people asking about the details of the houseboat,

Next morning I woke up early as I recall it was around 7 am, I rushed to the balcony and then I don't know what happened but i had a urged to see the view from the top, like from the roof the the boat. 

Adrenaline  rushed through my body as the idea came into my mind, without thinking I started to climb on the balcony and with a little struggle I reached the top my eyelids fluttered as the morning sunlight gently caressed my face., ahh the view was memorable,

ahh what a wonderful view, all your pain could be eased by it, fresh cold winds were flowing against the backwaters and the warm rays of sunlight, I can't describe how good it felt, suddenly or reflex I stretched my arm again as pretending to be jack from titanic to enjoy the situation even better

Smooth backwater feels like asking us wordlessly to touch them, surrounded by palm shaded trees with lush of paddy fields

We enjoy our last day in the houseboat to the fullest, doing weird things which are now just a memories in our heart.

Houseboat experience in Alappuzha was awesome, this was my first travel experience in kerala where all I did was relaxing and enjoying

Next day we left the houseboat in the evening around 5 pm, we were about to leave for the airport but I remembered I didn't bought anything for zoya, so I asked the driver to take us to a good place to buy ethnic chocolate.

Soon after a quick shopping, we left to airport, all the way to Mumbai, I was remembering my whole journey to kerala, and was smiling as now I had a lot of memories and one of my bucket list was now complete.

Kerala is indeed a Gods own country,❤

This is second part with respect to kerala blog

It was around 2 in the night when we left for Munnar, as it was 126 km’s and we were more excited to find out what Munnar holds for us. 

Soon after 80kms we left the concrete highway and were on the dirt roads

As I recall we stopped at 4 am at middle of nowhere for tea and coffee, as we were getting away from city and heading towards the more debts of nature, temperature began to drop, as I remember it was 6 degree Celsius when we took a halt for tea. 

Munnar was nothing like fort kochi, it felt like we were in different state or something. 

Munnar is the most popular hill station not only in kerala, but in India. Munnar is almost covered in sloppy tea plantation. We were not yet in Munnar but I can say that I have been to many hill stations but nothing is magnificent as compared to Munnar. 

Soon all the songs and chit chats were turned into dead silence as everyone passed out. 

The roads were full of crazy twist and turns and full of surprise, to one side there was rocky mountain and other side it was steep cliff. 

Every time on each turn I had a mini heart attack looking the steep cliff  beneath us, those cliff were on every turn, they were very scary but they too holds a beauty in them, I was feeling very sleepy but couldn't sleep because of the heart full view outside. 

It was dark outside till 5 in the morning but as soon the clock hit 6, trust me the tables turned. 

I was struggling to look outside of the window, I was so desperate to get a glimpse that I was peeking out of every window. 

I was stunned, I had seen many sunrise and sunset but still, sunrise in Munnar are gorgeous 

I gazed at the orange sky, the textured clouds hovering above the mountain had just started to reveal the rising sun. 

Just then I knew a brilliant day was just started. 

Throughout the journey I enjoyed uncountable beautiful stream of small waterfall, leaking from the gigantic mountain with the steepy slopes of tea plantation with thick forest

In any window all I could see was paradise, dark sky was turned tangerine color behind massive green lush of mountain. Trust me this is not a metaphor, I had never witness a sunrise like this ever before 

Soon after a long run of turns twist we reached our cottage, 

I don't know what happened as I stepped outside; an ecstasy ran though my body. My body was shivering with cold winds, finally fresh winds after a long journey. I can't tell you how great it felt. 

I don't want to exaggerate or hyperbole about the cottage but it was a huge property more like a mansion in which there was numerous cottages. 

This mansion was on the  toppest  ground above all. From here we could see the all the other hotels and people beneath us. And above us was just snow white textured clouds. 

It was -3‎°C or something we all were freezing but still the excitement in our body was keeping us warm. When we reached our cottage and to be real, it was nothing less than heaven. Even better than the photos we referred  when we booked it. 

Cottage staff escorted us to our rooms with warm smile that could even melt stone, you know what I mean. Hahahahahhaha 

We all were tired and dizzy but still no was willing to rest, as they have seen the glimpse of Munnar, we all were wondering how much more better it could be? 

We explored the cottage; all the cottages were identical to each other and were built on uneven surface as we were on a hill. 

As soon as we saw the snooker table all of us rushed towards it as paparazzi runs towards celebrity.

Later we had some rest and then at 3 we were ready to explore Munnar. The view from my room was worth remembering, 

As we stepped out of our cottage to witness the beauty of Munnar on foot. 

It was 3 in the afternoon but still it was 6°C and the sun rays that falls on our faces was making it soft warm ohh what a delightful atmosphere it was. 

From the top everything felt tiny and cute, all the vehicles, people and hotels 

As I inhales, I could feel the pureness and  nature in every breath. I could feel I was in seven cloud. I felt calm and quite 

All the mountain covered with green tea plantation and with hovering icy clouds was a stress reliever, sun was right ahead of us but it still felt like smooth warm.

This is all I crave about; this is what we call heaven, 

As we were walking on the dirt road surrounded by tea plantation I was dancing on the song..... 

"Yun hi chala chal raahi

Yun hi chala chal raahi

Kitni haseen hai yeh duniya

Bhool saare jhamele

Dekh phoolon ke mele

Badi rangeen hai yeh duniya"

Am I the only one who pretend to be in the song? Or are you guys normal? (Youre a dumbass)

Later we had lunch, did I told you about the food here? No wonder I was fool to think that I would only get appam in all kerala, no this is not true 

Kerala is famous for its lachha parotte, I mean it was awesome, the parotte were folded multiple of times before making it, so when its done, it has a texture and breaks in pieces when you eat it and melts in your mouth as you take a bite, trust me I never had anything like that before, throughout my entire trip I only ate it, nothing else. 

I remember talking to zoya (don't  know who zoya is? well read my varanasi blog) on WhatsApp while having lunch, it was regarding about the milkshake in the menu of restaurant 

Yes I know what you are thinking; we were on speaking terms then. Hahahaha 

I told her how beautiful kerala is, and that she should definitely visit it, more like I wanted to say was that I would had loved if she was here with me, as I recall after this trip things between us went rock hard, I guess my expectation were too high, which she couldn't grant for, was it really zoya? 

Later next day we were scheduled to leave to visit tekkady, we were welcomed by the stunning views of hills, tea plantations and jungle as we climbed the ghat by road we reached tekkady, 

Periyar Lake was something that stuck in our eyes, a huge beautiful lake between mountain, from above it appears to us that the lake was floating in the air, lake shining as bright it could be with crystal clear water, seems like a fairytale destination with incredibly scenery, 

Ample view of lake with the cold breezing climate, making the atmosphere even more delightful

As we reached near the lake, table turned, the whole scenic view was completely changes, it was foggy now with all green art to its surrounding 

It felt like something spooky, but fun

We did a quick boat ride and enjoyed ourself 

We played in the water for a while, splashed at each other’s and relaxed. 

Spend the whole day in tekkedy exploring 

Next morning was even wonderful as we were about to go for a hike to the nearby mountain, it was 5 in the morning when I was yelling at everyone to move fast otherwise we would miss the sunrise. 

After a short walk we started the hike, it was a bit difficult at start because of the dark but as the sun was rising up, everything was great.

We all were breathing heavily, despite the freezing cold we were sweating, but were moving with a constant pace, soon we were up  

The view was worth climbing, sky was reddish orange, with the huge tea plantation on the mountain, the massive mountain were of different shades and layers from each other and the sun rays were falling on it, they too glowed orange, the breezing cold winds were brushing our faces, our eye were shining, I looked at everyone faces they too were smiling, 

It looked so unreal, that the mountains looked like somebody craved them, careful and artistically with proper efficiency, this is paradise, We could feel the strong aroma of tea and coffee with the winds flowing. The green lush of plantation were in layers of colors, as far as eyes could see. What I felt and saw is something I can't simply put it words. 

We sat there for a while and froze, without blinking and gazing at the paradise. 
I was screaming from the top and waving to people beneath us. There was some kind of energy that I had never felt before 

There were people working in the plantation with the basket on their back, other people were busy with their morning chores 

We almost sat there for 2 hours till the sun was up and it felt like a moment ago everything was dark 

Who every invented the slang Netflix and chill, hasn't been to kerala. 

As we were getting down the hill, my conscious was screaming to get back there and witness the view once again. 

Later we were ready for the sightseeing route to the forest of Munnar. We all were asked to sit in jeep which went up the hill, we all were jiggling like jelly in that jeep, our guide showed us many plants and trees and their benefits but, I was overwhelmed because I was in middle of flora and fauna. Basically it was a lovely paradise with endless loop of tea plantation on the Western ghats of hill. Our guide even showed us many locations where chennai express were shot. 

We decided to stop at a massive lake in middle of nowhere for the sunset. 

The lake was like a peal in the necklace of massive mountain 

I remember the skipping stones in the lake with the highest record of bouncing: 8, and trying to whistle loudly with any reason. 

The sun was setting down behind the immense lake against the magnificent Rocky Mountains stretching as far as the eyes could see 

Later that night we played housie, but unfortunately there was pens so, I deliberately walked out to get them because I wanted to witness the beauty of night, everything was quite, even I could hear the sound of night insect hissing and the plantation rubbing as the gush of winds flows. 

I walked a little more as I enjoy the night, soon I ended up at a small stall like shop and asked for pens, and I was shocked as I heard the response, she was speaking fluent English, she seems to be in her sixties but still, I was impressed, 

Ohh did I told you that in Munnar there's only one liquor shop, I mean seriously, no doubt why we had to stand 4 hrs in the queue to get them

Later that night we had dinner outside the cottage, as we wanted a change in taste, it was almost 10:30 in the night, it was freezing cold but still we had ice-cream, I don't know why but we had an urge about it 

Sitting till late in the garden chit chatting near the born fire while sipping booze, god I really miss Munnar now

Next day we all wanted to do a bicycle ride in the roads covered with plantation, but to sadly there were no bicycle shop as Munnar is too away from the city, I feel pity I couldn't do that, what a experience it would be, ahhh 

Later we visited the market, market was full of busy vendors and hawkers attracting customer. 

Market was cute and large with mostly commodities which there to attract foreigners. Spices, tea, coffee and handmade chocolate, hand crafts and all. 

I wasn't interested the market and wandered off from the group with my earphones on, music, mountain, cold winds and delightful atmosphere, what else you want. Betrayal?. Hahahahaha 

I didn't brought anything from the market, I though to buy for zoya but still, I didn't find anything special worth giving to her. 

We reached our cottage, 5 in the evening and we were scheduled check-out ourselves by 10 in the night and leave for allepy. 

I Wasn't ready to leave Munnar yet, not physically nor mentally, I felt like I haven't seen Munnar yet, I want more, I wander off from the group and talked towards the roads to absorb as much as i can, i was breathing heavily just to realize its aroma. I wished there was a way to lock the aroma of Munnar in a bottle or something just to take it with me. 

Munnar was something beyond my imagination; i never thought this place could make me feel bad about leaving 

But its time to leave.... Why do I have to leave? Im almost in tears. I was already making future plans in my head to visit again I have to come back here thats all my conscious was screaming 

I was smiling and was in tears at the same time as the view of paradise was fading in front of my vision 

Throughout my way to alappuzha i was cursing myself that why we should go to allepy and why did we wasted one day in fort kerala? Instead we could have spent some more time in Munnar, i guess i wasn't ready to leave Munnar yet, i was already making plans in my head to visit Munnar again with the same excitement and energy. 

I don't know when I pass out but when the sunshine woke me up I was in busy street of allepey.

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Here are some munnar photos i click from my phone, just to show you the beauty❤️