Munnar
Travel Blogs from Munnar, India
Cup of Tea anyone
... of tea. It took six hours to get here by bus and we stayed at JJ Cottage which is in our guide book. Munnar is the Tea capital of India and if my family were here I'm sure they would drink the place dry!! Munnar has great scenery and amazing views but ...
Greener than the Green Bag
Munnar is my top favorite place in the whole of India. It is fantastically lush, green, clean and beautiful. This is where the tea you drink every morning grows. I've never seen a land, or rather hills like this before in my life. The place is ...
Dutch Kochi , backwaters, wild elephants and tea
... , spotting the same herd of elephants munching grass. Another fabulous day. Maybe I should have studied biology instead of geography. MUNNAR A four-hour busride up into more serious hill and mountain landscapes broughtme to the town of Munnar. It was ...
47 hour train - Kochi to Deli - video blog !!
So we got dropped off from the driver from our Munnar tour ready for the train to Delhi – we were metally prepared – had sufficient biscuits for our chai, wipes, deodorant and plenty toilet roll – we ended up being stood at the wrong end ...
India Nature: The Highlands of the Western Ghats
... shrines as the bus drove by. The trip visit into this part of the Western Ghats lasted one week and went through Munnar, Eravikulum National Park, Kumily, and Periyar National Park. The road passed forests, small homes in the woods, tea and coffee ...
Tea Estates of Munnar
Hello dear readers, We decided to head into the hills to Munnar, the commercial centre of some of the world‘s highest tea-growing estates. The scruffy little town is definitely not much to look at but outside the town you are surrounded by tea ...
Kerala holiday May 2008
... sq. km., it was also a corridor connecting the extensive Neriamangalam and Adimaly forests at the foothills of Munnar. Within minutes we spotted India's largest butterfly, the black and yellow Southern Birdwing, followed by an assortment of unique insects ...
Fancy a cuppa?
... the entire way. But as we hit the hills, the the lush rain forests, the mercury dropped mercifully, and as we approached Munnar the rain a-came down. It's lovely and cool up here, and a welcome relief from the oppressive heat of the south. And I feel ...
2 Day tour in Munnar, elephants and tea !!
... of a road that has cliff edges at the sides but our driver was good he was not driving fast so that helped. We arrive in Munnar some hours later totally way up in the moutains the pics don’t do the views justice it was amazing and best of all cools ...
Anyone for tea?
... ) which happened luckily in the last mile of yesterday. With this sorted we were out of the dingy hotel and into the chaos of Munnar Town. Breakfast on some steps and off we went, UP. We kept going up for 21 MILES. It was probably ...
Puncture Count Up and Running
... patch of rain but still we went up. The hill had made progress very slow going and when we approached the night stop of Munnar, the light had pretty much gone. We had done 40 miles uphill. I would like to try and explain how that feels ...
The Misty mountain Hop. .
... "out on the tiles," and perhaps "moby dick," but I will spare you the details. Up through the tea plantations again, through Munnar, many stops at waterfalls and such, places one can see in previous picture entries. . In Mirayoor we stopped to check ...
Munnar at last! And, the elusive Eugene. .
... to many places, and most of them wanted too much money, and wouldn't come down in price, so finally, driving back through New Munnar section, I saw "hotel krishna," and decided to check rates. The sign said 100 for a single, but when the man came down, ...
Western Ghats (hills)
Friday 3rd March 2006 Munar No rest for the wicked, after a good nights sleep following our 10 mile trek, we packed our bags and moved onto our next destination of Munar. We went posh and hired a 4x4 jeep taxi together with Patrick, Hannah and Maiya. ...
Tea Plantations
... nbsp; It was so nice not to be hot for once! I actually used a blanket at night! The main activity in Munnar is hiking around the tea plantations. This is very easy to do since the countryside is covered with them. Everywhere ...
Tea Plantations and Tree Houses
... . 6000 thousand feet above sea level. It was much cooler; glad to get a break from the heat and the mosquitos. Munnar was full of wonderful green tea plantations as far as the eye could see!!. Amazing views. We went to the Tata Tea ...
The spice of life
... , winding through huge tea plantations via mountain lakes and precarious but breathtaking mountain passes. Although the town of Munnar isn't the nicest, the surrounding countryside is beautiful and we found it very easy to explore independantly at ...
A Tea-reat in Munnar
After our disastrous trip to the strike stricken backwaters our next stop was eastwards to the town Munnar. The journey from Cochin to Munnar was a memorable one for all the wrong reasons – the driver drove like a lunatic bullying everyone on the ...
The hills are alive, with the sound of Bollywood
... builder's brew. Repackaged and re-branded with the help of a few animated chimps, this tea is the economic trump card of Munnar town, a thriving industrial hub that's sadly free of any aesthetic wow factor. After a quick chapatti and daal in a low key ...
Munnar tea plantation
... out early from our guesthouse with Jinu, a taxi driver we hired for the weekend (or supposedly did, more on that later). Munnar is towards the border of Tamil Nadu and home to Kerala's tea plantations. The altitude means it's cool, especially ...
Off into the mountains and to Munnar
... different universe and perhaps in some aspects from a different century. Well fed, our driver headed out in a direction from Munnar towards some dramatic viewing points. But the monsoon and misty weather made these a limited attraction for us. Unimpressed ...
Toilet no more!!
... this morning and civilization (we had chicken in a restaurant with cutlery!!) needs time to settle in my head. We are in Munnar now, a town surrounded by tea plantations and rolling mountains and mist. Which is nice if you like scenery and that kind of ...
Egel und Elefanten
Auf dem Weg zum Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary traf ich den Neuseelaendischen Fischer Evan, der spontan mitkam. Dort angelangt, traf ich den inzwischen erkaelteten Jason und ein Deutsches Paar, dem ich schon zum dritten Mal ueber den Weg lief! Bernd, ein ...
Squeezy Love Pillow saved our Butts!
... for ... wiat for it... 1 pound 24 pence (including tip)!!! And no stomach bug - always a bonus in my eyes! We are now in Munnar which is one big tea plantation. It is much cooler here which is a welcomed break for a couple of days. We are quite high ...
Closing the Circle
... for, it was five hours of bliss as we criss-crossed the Western Ghats that make up such a perfect view. Arriving in Munnar, it was noticebly cooler for which we were grateful. This is hill station/tea plantation territory although trying to get a decent ...
Munnar
... through another night in the Shining. The rickshaw driver met us this morning and took us sightseeing, wow. Outside of Munnar the countryside is outstanding, mountains, lakes, trees, clouds everything you would expect of a European mountain range, or ...
Munnar, la ville du the ou il pleut beaucoup
Lundi 20 avril, lever difficile a 6h. Apres un petit dejeuner bien riche, nous voila, Germain, Stefano et nous deux, parti pour prendre nos moto chez Jospeh Ivan, qu il a fallu bien 10 bonnes minutes pour qu'il se reveille. Nous choisissons ...
Cajovnikove mesto v horach
... autobusem. Cesta byla silena, neb spocivala v 3 hodinach serpentin s ridicem, ktery ridil jednou rukou a strasne to kalil. Munnar je nadherne horske mestecko s cajovymi plantazemi, vyhledy do udoli a hlavne pro nas prijemnym pocasim kolem 20C bez ...
Day 18: Heading for the hills
... around Kerala for 18 years and is a keen amateur naturalist and a great source of local gossip and stories. On reaching Munnar (elevation 1600m), it was fantastic, thrilling even, to feel cool again. The Windermere Estate is stylish and welcoming and ...
Munnar - Gorgeous Tea Plantations
Oh, sweet, beautiful, crisp, green, manicured, friendly Munnar. THis is possibly my favorite part of the trip noting all parts are pretty stellar. After a few days in Cochin, I was planning to head to Munnar, a little tea plantation town about 5 hours ...

