Las Palmas Munnar

... us. We did not feel like doing much after that. <br>We were too wet and cold to attempt any other trip so we parked our motorized two wheeler and got showered and changed and watched a movie and some internet and then called on Camilla and Rosie for some dinner of egg dosa and Jon had noodles while I tried a Kerala chicken and some rice, and then ordered in some kingfisher from the girls' guesthouse and played cards until 10PM, when we said goodbye to them, for they were catching an ...

... and Liz felt as though she had had one of the best birthdays ever. The view was stunning with what looked like a carpet of tea plants interspersed with forests leading all the way to the coast 70 km away. Coming down was even more hair raising as we slipped and slid down the route on our backsides at times. Towards the lower slopes we passed the tea pickers, pinching out the top leaves from the tea plants on the steep sides of the hills and placing them in bags tied behind ...

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... drive in the tuk-tuk. He passed the test and was allowed to drive us all home with the driver as a passenger. With one last day to kill we all went for yet another hike. Roi and Lioara love to pack around fruit (Watermelon or Pineapple) so between all the tea huts and fruit stops it was very leisurely way to check out the lush country side of Munnar.

It was a relief to get to the cool hills of Munnar, Kerala. We took a car from Maduri as it's not a great distance and the drive is supposed to be beautiful as you go from the plains up into the Western Ghats, and it was beautiful. We stayed at a guest house in Old Munnar which stood on its own surrounded by forest and tea plantations and the views were spectacular. The views were great but the possible bed bugs Paul might ...

... seemed to know when we needed a hot drink) and took us on our second tea plantation walk. Thomas was full of jokes and cheekiness. He had the longest eyelashes I've ever seen on a guy. And such a character - he cracked us up with the things he came up with. There was the old gardener whose smile was like sunshine. He would stand up straight as soon as he saw us and do a beautiful namaste with his palms ...

... muching away on bamboo right down at the water. We tryed to get closer but they were gone hopping away in a second. Higher up some more of those crazy black monkeys..oohh oohh!Loads of bright coloured kingfishers would fly around the edge and some weird crane like birds. We had to get back by a certain time (the park would close!) so we went peddling like ninety (but only going maybe 2km/hr) and getting slightly burned in the process. We were late (more than we ...

... some samosa's and vegetable puffs (like pasties) from the bakery. This road took us along some of the most beautiful tea picking plantations we had ever seen. They were truly stunning. We walked and walked for ages, finally stopping for our picnic near to a tea-pickers village. The world and his ...

... ever passion fruits and tea tomatoes. Munnar's biggest attraction is the Eravikulam National Park on the slopes of Mount Anamundi, which at 2694m is the highest Indian peak south of the Himalayas, and is home to an endangered species of mountain goat, the Nilgiri tahr. Despite a disclaimer at the entrance to the park that we might not see any wildlife, and the insistence of some Indian tourists on driving through the mountain roads with horns blaring, we did manage to ...