Fort Munnar

Between December 8th and April 2007, I anticipate seeing at least 6 new countries, flying 29,000 miles and spending 57 hours in the air. The rest, unknown! From New Zealand via Samoa to the US, England, Ireland, Germany, and India with a sailing ...

DAY 1 ROSE: We treated ourselves to a 3-day 2-night package to Munnar through Stanley Wilson tours (Fort Cochin - to be recommended). It turns out it's just us but, as usual, we get to meet lots of interesting people along the way. Glancy, our ...

We arrived in Fort Kochin yesterday from Munnar.  Luckily we are no longer carrying Brent's Buddha, we managed to drop that off and get it forwarded home to NZ as it was dragging like an anchor in Brent's bag.  We have spent the last few days ...

Destination 103: km72'323 Erneut gieng es ins Gebirge, zum bekannten Tee- Anbau Dorf Munnar. Dort fand ich die Reinkarnation des Paradies von Adam und Eva! Der schoenste Fleck in Indien mit gruenen, blumenbeschmueckten Wiesen, Waeldern und den Tee- ...

... plantations and a much cooler temperature due to it being 2000m above sea level. There was really nice home made chocolate in Munnar whic we ate on more than one occasion.. Ah also laid my first cabel today, good consistancy, no problems there so ...

The temperature in Munnar was beautiful, after the humidity of Fort Cochin the weather of an English summer day was perfect. We found a three room cottage just south of the town, with six beds for the eight of us, a squeeze but cheap. There were two ...

... , or mudras, and body movement. Drummers and singers also play with the actors. The costumes were very dramatic!  Tomorrow I will take a bus to Munnar AKA The Sound-of-Music-in-India (as far as the scenery). Stay tuned... Love Love ...

... The 2nd and 3rd day in Kerala I took a tour to the tea plantations. The tea plantations cover miles of mountains in Munnar and the zig zags of the crooked rows of tea plants was breathtaking. Walking through the plantations we came across waterfalls and ...

... me of the tiered rice paddies of Bali.  There are several large waterfalls which are quite breathtaking. Our stay in Munnar was very relaxing.  We spent most of the two days driving to several sightseeing spots that weren’t really worth ...

... a couple of tourist information offices, souvenir shops and restaurants. The first part is where we got off with the girls, called Munnar, containing most of the guesthouses and some restaurants. The other part of the city is Old Munnar, which has all the ...

... , spotting the same herd of elephants munching grass. Another fabulous day. Maybe I should have studied biology instead of geography. MUNNAR A four-hour busride up into more serious hill and mountain landscapes broughtme to the town of Munnar. It was ...

... ; We negotiated the wine list, grabbed a cheap Indian scotch and headed back to laugh silly at Encino Man. Ernakalum to Munnar --> God's country, so close to heaven, mountain ranges - subtle transitions in hue such that one couldn't determine where ...

... worse italian we have ever had and probably one of the most expensive meals we've had here! We left Fort Cochin by bus on the monday and headed for Munnar (5 hours) which is 1500m up a mountain and its gorgeous and green and cooler! We are sat writing ...

... her and then guess what she said to me??? "Hello"!     What a slut. We also visited a wildlife sanctuary north of Munnar, but it was a bit of a bust. We saw no animals really (well, some deer and bison, but we have those in Canada! ...

... builder's brew. Repackaged and re-branded with the help of a few animated chimps, this tea is the economic trump card of Munnar town, a thriving industrial hub that's sadly free of any aesthetic wow factor. After a quick chapatti and daal in a low key ...

... entertained for 45 minutes and then left.  yesterday we took a bus away from the coast, climbing up into the hills to munnar, an oasis surrounded by tea plantations as far as the eye can see.  after the ridiculous heat and humidity of the ...

... cardamom plantations. We arrived in the hill station of Munnar this morning at 10:30 AM after a beautiful but winding bus ride. Munnar sits at 1,600 meters above sea level. Fortunately we called ahead for a room, and even more fortunately we arrived ...

... all the way back up the west coast to my favourite place - Delhi. After leaving friendly Fort Cochin, we travelled 6 hours upwards to a hill-station called Munnar. Apparently the altitude and all the fresh air up there turns Indians back into..well, ...

... uebliche Bergsportpalette plus Elephanten. Jolli und Dani hatten mit allerdings von einer kleinen Institution, nur 15 km von Munnar entfernt erzaehlt, welche die beiden wiederum von einem anderen Reisenden empfohlen bekommen haben. Little Flower Mercy ...