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Magnificent Munnar (minus the sickies)
... a 'top station view point' - a point in the middle of nowhere where you can view 'top station' from about 1km in the distance - the highest tea plantation that is now closed due to landslides. Complete waste of time and sums up India, if you get something right it's absolutely incredible, but if you get it wrong it's a complete disaster!!
You can love this place and hate it all in the same minute!
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Munnar
... with the Asian elephant; supposedly they are smaller and more docile than their African counterparts. On the other hand, when sitting on the back of an Indian elephant and holding on for dear life, the difference seems to be negligible. Caitlin was much braver than I, but their lumbering motion made me cling on tightly, particularly when going uphill.
In the late afternoon we arrived at our hotel. We walked in, hot and sticky, and from the first minute we felt as if ...
The Reward
... the guide had disappeared ahead, telling us to stay where we were (hello, risk management -- oh wait, they don't worry about such things in this country!), and then came running back towards us, montioning for us to move back, which was a bit alarming. We did see the elephants, four of them, by creeping around the woods (yes, I simply had to squeeze every single bit of snake fear out of my mind as there were potentially charging animals in the mix) and ...
Lion Tailed Monkeys at Puthuthottam Dec 2011
... of the houses, where the gang had just arrived for lunch. They love the chow chow vegetables grown by the estate workers which are surely much tastier than the fruits of the forest. Besides, who does not crave variety in their diet?
Joseph and Dharmaraj ...
Munnar tea plantation
... up in the afternoon so was pretty relieved when we arrived for lunch at 3. We'd managed to communicate to Jinu that we wanted him to pick us up from this end point, and were pretty startled when he was actually there waiting.
Back at the guesthouse now, we all have got a bit of a Sunday feeling (school tomorrow). Planning on changing to the general medical ward this week, will let you know how that works out soon!
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