Paradisa Plantation Retreat Idukki

... la route et nous envoie a l'autre bout de Munnar pour faire reparer le pneu. connaissant la rapidite Indien (mais toujours pus rapide qu'en Afrique) on ce trouve un petit resto dans un bazard. Nos estomacs remplis, nous prenons au passage le pneu et l'apportons au reparateur... temps de travail 1h30 pour 50rps. Enfin nous prenons la route mais le temps s'est deja bien couvert ...

... no Bob Marley tracks had turned up. One day i thought i heard some flute players coming towards the room and i thought Hurray! we are going to have some relaxation music to accompany us but it turned out to be coming from a neighbours house far away. Concentrating on a small patch of skin under your nostrils and above your upper lip was a difficult task. I tried various combinations of cushions to try to help the pain from sitting but my old tailbone injury was a ...

... from Devikulam through Udumbanshola, Kallar and Vandamettu to Kumily then Thakkady. We got to Devikulam (a crossroads with a few stalls and 2 or 3 really posh hotels - but really it doesn't warrant the status it has on the map) and took the road we believed (there was only one option to go south and that was it) was the right road, having asked a couple of people ...

... on the news today that several thousand houses have just come up for sale in Bombay, so people who would ordinarily not be in a position to buy their own home are queuing up to purchase. Of course, the houses are in regeneration areas. The government are anticipating making thousands of rupees just on the sale of the application papers alone, it costs 250 rps for an application pack. Something else I forgot to ...

... of the professional photographer and the digicam wielding tourist alike. Soon enough, several wild boar appeared along the banks. These were followed by a herd of sambars, and a wonderful panorama of elephants, boars and bisons, all on the same bank. It was much the same as when we were here previously. The KTDC and Forest Department undoubtedly have a secret pact with the animals, to put on a guaranteed daily show for the early morning boat rides. After letting everyone enjoy ...

... out at the rain. I had a small brush with death on the walk back - a large truck came thundering up the (very narrow) hill I was trundling down and came so close I was forced to leap out f the way. Unfortunately the rain-sodden road edge gave way and I fell very heavily onto my hands and knees - yes, Robyn falls over, again! This time i sustained a cut hand and a very bruised and grazed knee - I have to admit that once I had reassured those surrounding me that I was alright I ...

... so romantic that Amy and I would not have been able to prevent ourselves from making out right there in front of Manoj and any cousins who may have been watching, but we had to disappoint them and insist on going home. Still not understanding our phobia, they convinced themselves that we must just be tired and so drove us home (before dark) so we could get some rest. Back at the home stay, safe and ...

... god's son, and seeing him all round and green, with a candelabrum on his head, she gets all hot and bothered and wants to get busy with him. So she pretends to be a human woman and not a demon and comes on to him big-time. He tells her that his dad is making him save himself for marriage, and after listening carefully to her detailed offers of carnal bliss, refuses her firmly. This puts her into a rage. She turns her back ...

... plants this list could go on and on so I'll just say there was a lot to see,smell and taste!After the garden we went to a tea plantation and factory called Connemara Tea Factory.We got shown how they make tea from the leaves picked that morning down to the fine dust of tea.Smell of tea was pretty strong! Not content with everything we'd done we decided to go on an elephant ride.It was at a plantation of cardomon.There was a mother and baby elephant that was so ...

... about having chosen the wrong thing to wear. I found the wedding hall with only a few hitches and arrived just in time for the morning ceremony which included several parts. The final ceremony of the morning was the actual marriage. This was a Brahamin wedding and had some very strict rules and customs that had to be followed. Background on the couple: The groom is best friends with Theepan (hence how I got the kind invite). They went to college together in Auckland. It was an ...