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Really I am very happy and proud of sharing with all of you our wonderful sweet experiences with Idukki Dam which we got when we had visited there last year. The Gaint Idukki Dam is situated in the Idukki district of Kerala, The God's Own Country, in India. It is at about 60 km away from our native place Cumbum, Theni District, Tamilnadu, India. Luckily we got an idea of getting there on the first week of January 2007 to fulfil the desire of our Malaysia friend. On the early morning we the group of family members with relatives and friends in number 7 started our move to the Idukki Dam by our car. We have to climb up the Western Ghats highing about 1,200 metre from msl on the way to reach the Dam. The foot of the hill is very near to our native place. And most of the distance of our journey was covered by the Ghat roads, Green woods, Cardamom estates and Kerala villages of wonderful scenic beauties. As it had been the post winter we felt little cold when we reached the top of the hills. After 2 hours journey we reached safe the Dam top of Idukki Dam.

Chill climate, Enjoyable silence, Bracing wind and the Pleasant smell of the flowers were combined together to add our pleasure at that morning time. There we finished our breakfast which we had already brought with us. The Dam security at the gate told us that that was the out pass of the visitors and the same person gave an idea of going to Cheruthoni Dam which has been built adjacent to the Idukki Dam to get at the inpass of the Dam. Then we climbed down by our car and again up to reach the top of Chiruthoni Dam Which lies about 7 km away by road. But the actual distance between the outer ends of the two Dams comes as 3.5 km. There we were charged Rs.10/- per head to enter the dam after the tight personal checkup to ensure the safety of the Dam. We were also informed about the availability of speed boat riding, Rs.50/- per head, on the water surface of the dam. But we prefered walking rather than the riding on boats.
Amazing Experiences of Walking along the road on the top of the Dams

We were enjoying our privacy as we were only persons visited the Dam on that day except a honey moon couple. When we walked along the road on the top of Cheruthoni Dam, we could enjoy the amazing and complete view of the huge mass of stored water on the backside of the Dam. The maximum length of the water surface is about 25 km and breadth is about 4 km. Chill wind and spectacular view of the water surface brought us the

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