Munnar Woods Resort

Today, we're in Munnar, high in the mountains, surrounded by miles and miles of green patchwork quilt tea plantations.
We arrived here yesterday afternoon after a 5 hour public bus in the rain (as usual!). We did all our sight seeing today however, and in the morning jumped on an all day tour and managed to remain relatively dry.
We stopped off at some mountain viewpoints ...

... man, despite the mustache and cartoon eyes. In awe of his charisma, I stifled a laugh when we were blessed, and given 4 eggs to carry home, bury and burn!
Still 'something' made me wonder and I couldn't resist the urge to ask about myself.....my love.... and he knew things that I couldn't imagine him knowing. With the advice of the only problem is in your head and one possible solution being take these very expensive tablets with ...

... that it was about 4-5 hours to Coimbatore (where we'd have to change buses) and then only 2 hours from there to Munnar. Great! So, we head out about mid afternoon, jump on a bus to Coimbatore. Six hours later (only an hour longer, not so bad) we arrive in Coimbatore and look around for a bus to Munnar. It's about 6:00pm now and it's getting dark so I asked a guy at the bus stand about a bus, naturally there are no buses at ...

... way. The guy had a black, bowler hat and a limp, half-broken cigar. The girl had a goth sort of look with a black filmy net over her shoulders. It was an interesting thing to do. Most travelers try to fit in and girls try to not show too much skin. Girls get enough harrassment even when they wear conservative clothing. But I liked their style. It was interesting and entertaining. It almost makes me want to wear something distinctive and interesting. I had a ...

... with life. The sky is very blue and it's so cool and clean. Been thinking since yesterday how to describe it to all of you. Take the Blue Mountains in NSW, add slopes upon slopes upon slopes of tea plants (10,000 hectares is just tea) which look like topiary bushes. Add women in saris plucking the tea leaves. Add little streams and waterfalls, over flowing dams and the sounds of water, add a few elephants, add ...

... position there, bec*use they're very bold. They'll ste*l your stuff quick *s lightning, *nd won't hesit*te to hiss *nd give you * disd*infully sc*thing look if you try to defend your possessions! The expressions *nd gestures those monkeys m*ke, I tell you, m*ke it pretty much impossible not to believe th*t they're our *ncestors! Spite, h*ughtiness, curiousity, you n*me it....they've got it down to * T. After p*ssing *n *m*zing few d*ys *midst the be*uty of H*mpi, it w*s time to hit ...

... all the way down the hill to our room. The next morning (Tuesday) we head up for breakfast, and check out and wonder of wonders, there is a car waiting for us. We load our stuff in the back and head off. Our driver is Simon and he proceeds to tell us all about his family, how he has worked at the hotel for just one month, but he just loves it his new boss is great, he used to be an autorickshaw driver, shows us pictures of his wife and daughter and how he has never been to Kumarakom ...

... The next day was the day before elections, and I had been told that the street demonstrations sometimes turn violent, so after waking to the sound of army helicopters circling the town and going down through men in light green uniforms to get my coffee, I headed out toward the coast. Somewhere past Kochi on the coast I found a lodge with attached restaurant and even a men's bar inside. Luxurious, and slightly expensive, but it was nice to have a cold beer and watch some american movies on the HBO.

... drei Produktionszweige: Der erste und wichtigste ist die Spielzeugproduktion. Dort werden Puppen, Stofftiere, Dekokissen und pädagogisches Spielzeug wie z. B. Handpuppen gefertigt. Der zweite betreut die Strickwaren. Wir beziehen Merinowolle und Angora von einer nahegelegenen Farm. Die Wolle wird mit einheimischen Pflanzen und Rinden gefärbt, gekardert und per Hand gesponnen, bevor sie zu schöner Strickware verarbeitet wird. Der letzte und jüngste Produktionszweig hat seine Wurzeln in ...