Muthupettai

We went on a boating trip at Muthupettai. This is a non-descript town on the shores of Tamilnadu and 1.5 hours drive from Tanjore. The sea enters the land around this place and forms a lagoon and the Koratai River drains into this lagoon. The lagoon is surrounded by a forest called the Anathiyathi forest and the land around this place is also marshy. The only means of transportation is a motorized fiber boat. The place is a santuary to migratory birds and the best season to visit this place is during November through February.

The ride started from the banks of the river and we slowly reached the lagoon and then the ocean was visible to us in its full breathtaking view. I could sense a lump down my throat when I saw the ocean and being surrounded all around by just water and not another soul (other than those on the small boat that we were in) in sight. What a lovely boat ride that was - for a full two hours - but for the sun and the kids that were with us, we could have spent the entire day going up and down that vast expanse of water (not that I relish the sea - but it truly was an awesome sight).