Ambat Hotel Munnar
Munnar, Kerala, 80125, India
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Perfecting the Indian head wobble in Munnar.
... through the forestry commission in Munnar to stay in a tree house. It wasn't cheap at 1250 rs, but when we got there we were pleased to find out that meals and trekking with a guide were included in the price, the ladies at the forestry commission must have forgotten to tell us this! A couple of hours in to our trek we were still yet to spot any animals, but after following some foot prints and fresh dung for 30 minutes we were delighted to spot an elephant! We walked on ...
2 Day tour in Munnar, elephants and tea !!
... no fan 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 we had finally stopped sweating!! We head to the Tea Museum the area itself is famous for tea plantations before we could even enter we were the star attraction nevermind the museum – these ...
Exploring Munnar
... to get a haircut and some lunch. The haircut was interesting, they used handheld clippers and it took alot of sign language to let them know that yes, I did actually want them to cut off all my hair. Munnar seemed to be a tiny town, considering that there are about 35 000 people here working the tea plantation.
I got talking (I use the term loosely) to another guy in the barber shop, and he wanted me to go with him across the street to watch ...
Going green ...
... thing is that all that tea plantations in Munnar are owned by Tata Company here! There is a Tea Museum, which is actually a fake factory, wherein visitors are explained to whole tea process and the history of the company business there in Munnar!
Well!
Christmas and New Year were then approaching fast! I was late! I mean, I was not able to visit all the places I expected anymore (as from Coimbatore to Mysore, through Ooty)!
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Sorry for the laziness on the ole blog....
... with pesticide sprayewrs on their backs. And did I mention that there are like 1000 SQARE KM's of this stuff? Honestly, too much work for me. We visited a tea factory where we saw the basic processes of making several diferent types of tea and watched a lovely film FILLED with Tata Tea Corp. propaganda. Plus, the soundtrack was STOLEN from the movie Amelie. I WOULD Have mentioned something, but I figure I ruffle enough feathers here by wearing pants ...


