Munnar Inn

... us. To compensate, we visited the tea museum, where we learned the history of munnar (meaning three rivers) and how they make tea. Do you want to know? That is a story for another day. So we got a few beers in the only shop that sold it in the town, some dinner, and we sat outside a store, talking about grand and intellectual things with Jon, while a chime played the same annoying song behind us and people stared and giggled at us for drinking beer in public, which was illegal. But ...

... the heat of Cochin. It gave us the chance to do a couple of treks, the first a two hour walk through the local forest and plantations. The second was on Liz’s birthday and comprised of a six hour hike up to the top of one of Kerala’s highest peaks. It was steep from the moment we set off through tall elephant grass and unfortunately Ady had got bad sinuses and so our guide arranged for him to go back to the lodge – by motorbike. This was probably one of ...

... Saturday, 9:45 AM <br><br>After starting off well today I haven't been meditating properly. In the morning session I got attached to thoughts and went into day dreaming.<br> <br>7:45 PM <br><br>In the evening also I did not meditate properly. Eventually I decided to go back to basics. In the previous session I did the breath counting technique. This worked well. I also found that it takes approximately one minute to finish the ten counts. <br> <br>Today afternoon I ...

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... when technology *llows. Now, b*ck to our story... And so my comp*nions moved on. It w*s prob*bly *bout time *s we h*d tr*velled together for nine d*ys or so *nd they *re due to fly up North to Delhi now *nd i still h*ve much of the South to explore. I wish them *ll the best for the next ten weeks or so of tr*velling they h*ve left. We h*d some gre*t times. For now I *m left dining *lone *g*in. I chose for my firs night single on my own, *s I w*s very ...

... explanations was too much, and Cameron fell asleep for the drive to Echo Point - a bizarrely popular tourist attraction where people stand on a piece of land by a lake and shout. At the right volume and pitch there is an impressive echo. Shouting is normally one of Cameron's strong points, so it was a shame it took him the whole time we were there to wake up. Of course, this meant lots more (mostly Indian) fellow tourists asked to take pictures of the cute wee ...

... couple and us just hit it off immediately. Alain and Gabrielle both live in Dubai and were newlyweds. (awwww sooo sweeet!) Alain had lived in Singapore since he was 4 and so had all his edu there. His Singlish was the height of 'waaah dam solid man'!!! We just killed ourselves in their company. He is a pilot with Emirates. Since I've been to Peru, Gabby and I had a lot to talk about. They were just so lovely.

... in the Western Ghats. Two issues were prominent in this landscape: wildlife-people conflicts and forest fragmentation. Both were related to one another. One of the main conflicts is between elephants and humans. Elephants migrating between forest areas enter plantations. During this migration they can damage provision buildings and kill or injure people. Humans, in turn, harass elephants, forcing them from one plantation to the next with ...

... against the gigantic mozzies and fell asleep to the rhythmic hum of the jungle, interrupted occasionally by an elephant's trumpet-call. We woke before dawn and headed into the jungle for an early-morning trek. This was the only way we could hope to see any wildlife, given the typical Indian tourist's habit of shouting and whistling at the slightest hint of movement in the trees. Our guide informed us that tigers and bison posed no real threat to humans but that ...