I totally forgot to write about my trip to Alamparai fort, which is about 100 kms away from Chennai...Alamparai fort is situated near a place called Marakanam, on the way to Pondy. Its not actually on the main road, but you will have to go through lots of small, uncompacted so called roads. Now, after a great difficulty, if you land up in a place, nevertheless you will realise, Alamparai fort existed here...Actually, you can just see the ruins of the fort and there is nothing so great about it. If pictures of Golkanda fort and Trichy fort are there in your mind, then please try to erase it. This place will have few blocks of the palace in a delipitated condition.
The best part about this place are back waters. The fort is surrounded by backwaters. If you go there on a cloudy day, i bet you can have fun. We did a grave mistake by choosing tis place on a sunday afternoon during the month of April. There are boats that can take you to the otherside (sea shore), where you can have fun in the beach. Be very careful while negotiating rates with the local fishermen for the boat ride, because they are highly volatile and wont stick to the same rates till the end. We faced a nightmare wit a man who demanded 2k while we initially fixed just Rs.350/-. He said he wont let us to the other side. We somehow paid just Rs.350/- and reached the other side. Be careful, even if you are threatened by him, dont lose your nerve, be brave and face him stating you wont be shelling even a single rupee extra.
Better pack lunch, otherwise it is very difficult for you have food. Especially people sensitive to road side dhaba, wise decision if you carry food. We actually took food from home, one item from each of us.
On the whole, it was a great experience. Infact, there are lots of places in outskirts of chennai, which most of them havent come across. We took pictures of sunset near back waters on the way to Chennai from Marakanam. Its a splendid place for taking pictures...Please dont venture into the backwaters as the sand is pretty loose.
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"Be careful, even if you are threatened by him..." ;-P hihihi.. I never thought these guys go the extent of actually "threatening" you!! What do they threaten you with anyways? Wow... that much be a nice argument.. "Mariyaathaiya 2000 kudunga, illena kadalkulla thalli vittuduven!".. ;-)
hey he said tat..if you dont pay me 2000 bugs i will leave you here and go..we got into the boat and said..we wont leave...then he said, if you dont give me 2000, we will venture into the sea...our guys said, even if you venture into the sea or take us even to jaffna, we would still pay you 350...tat guy finally agreed...
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