Saravana Hotel Munnar

... rank?) and quickly dry off as I am starving and in an uber bad mood with a headache. As a side note, I am perfectly okay with taking cold showers and roughing it when I know when to expect it. What I don't like is being under the impression of one thing and receiving the other thing without preparing. I try to salvage the day and my mood so I decide to leave the hotel. I walk and see Munnar town for the first time. Garbage lines the puddled road and something rotten and ...

... trip was very pleasant and little adventurous. I would rephrase this trip enable us in good travel and gave a better idea because of few analysis we made in each place about the next visit and how it has to be.

Catch you soon with the next one in the same western ghats sections

Team – Mohan, Sreeni and I

Cheers

Vinoth

If nothing is there. just create. If already you found something then develop.. If it is already developed then search for new.

... in like fog (This is KLR radio… stay OUT of the fog!) we can see the most amazing views right from our door.
Our room is sodden with damp, but it has a fireplace, hot water and a western toilet so we’re sold. But then I notice the rug is soaking, they say the doors were open with the rain. Hmmm…. I’m not convinced. Then Dan and I lie down on the bed and are sure we can see sky through the corrugated metal roof, we pray ...

... 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 ...

... after and your legs are a bit cramped, but hey after a month and a half of traveling in India you figure out it's a pretty good deal. Wow - this is turning into a much longer post than intended. So I'll try to be brief about Munnar. Again, we were directed here by another traveler and it lived up to everything we heard about it. The downfall to Munnar is there isn't a lot of stuff to do there, but that's pretty much the only ...

... trees. We also stopped at some beautiful waterfalls. ROSE: Winding roads through a lushously green vegetation of palm trees, rice paddies, and tropical fruit trees take us to Munnar. The air is fresh and cool - a relief from the intense humidity. We are to spend 2 nights in a basic but beautifully located guesthouse just outside of Munnar which has a stunning view down onto the tea plantation valley. The young tea leaf tips give ...

... or names. We went to a tea factory today. The guide started talking and we all assumed he was speaking in either Tamil or Malayalam. Then we began to recognise one or 2 English words. Hmmmmmm, yes - the bugger was speaking in English with the strongest Tamil accent imaginable. Even a couple from Mumbai were looking at us as if to say "What is he saying???" ahahahahahahah it was very funny. Plus he was the ...

... better than nothing. He is also able to deduce that something might be wrong with a villages watersupply if fx 50% of all the patients in a particular village have got diarrhea. Most of the tribals suffer from diarrhea, body aches and different kind of infections. Colds are rather common - as is worms and scabies among schoolchildren. Anyway that should probably give a little insight as to how our everyday life is here :) Enjoy!

... rel*tively well in present d*y H*mpi. There's * lot of *rcheologic*l digging going on, *nd things *re being reconstructed *s they're dug up. You c*n w*nder off in *ny direction *nd find yourself *lone *midst these *ncient monuments....it's *n indescrib*bly m*gic*l feeling. My f*vourite pl*ce w*s the H*num*n Temple. H*num*n is the monkey God of Hinduism, *nd *ppropri*tely the temple *nd hill is inh*bited by * bunch of cheeky monkeys. I think they re*lize th*t they're in *n honour ...

... if I was coming home anytime soon! We stopped to spot some wild elephant, which got the adrenalin pumping, as they can be quite unpredictable. But the excitement didn't stop there.. Oh no.. I noticed blood on my toe and thought I had scratched myself. When the rickshaw driver said 'leech' I almost started screaming. They are the only creature capable of reducing me into a quivering wreck. Marcus was chuckling away, obviously highly ...