Vellachi, the happy-go-lucky dog!
Following my previous post about the so called "dog menace", I can't help but write this blog after my recent visit to a place called Valparai, in Tamilnadu. This is a very typical small town, with a few small restaurants, boarding and lodging places, a main street and hills dotted with houses. The only difference is that, the weather is typical hill-station like, town is unspoilt by visitors, and it is very less commercialized. We were told by the locals that there is not much to see. However, when we started exploring the place on bike, we soon found a clean little stream flowing between the tea plantations. It was breathtaking place. We spent quite some time here. We were also told that there is a waterfall named "Chinnakallar". The water falls are named after the place; but it is the dam that holds the significance. We parked our bikes, and enquired about the falls at a tea-shop on the way. We were told that water is less at this time of the year. Regardle