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March 18th 2013
Munnar It took about 4 hours to drive to Munnar including the shop for a drink/loo break. The journey was quite interesting, lots of amazing looking houses very modern and then small Indian shanty towns. the vegetation was tropical with banana trees, eucalyptus, and coconut palms. Then the tree plantations started as we climbed the hills, we turned off the road before we got to the town to go to the Blackberry Hills resort. It is on a steep side of the hill surrounded by tea plantations, trees plants and birds. It's an Eco friendly resort and we had a garden bungalow overlooking the valley. We unpacked, had lunch in the very reasonable restaurant and then read. A real lazy day and so good to be out of the town and noise. All we could hear ... read more
March 9th 2013
So glad to be back in Kerala and especially in the hills where the air is cool and clear. The noise is still around but we are noticing it less, it's amazing what you can get used to. Hours and hours of driving, 30kms an hour when things go well, risking our lives at every turn of the road as the local buses plough through the tiny villages honking as they go at a ridiculous speed...colourful trucks overladen with anything that needs taking from a to b and then,of course...beware of the cows in the middle of the road. This is India...but the scenery is breathtaking and the beautiful women intheir magnificent colours plucking the tea leaves or carrying wood on their heads.Incedible India... read more
January 21st 2013
Hello.... So, nearly theree weeks here in India. Still don't know how I feel about this country, let's just say it is nothing like Sweden... Things take time here, sometime it works sometime not but there is never any problems. I think it is good to travel here without any time preassure :-) All the people have been very friendly, they are of course a bit puzzled about my looks... Is Sweden part of Northern India? or did you say Switzerland?? It still does not make sense. Sa, ska forsoka att skriva lite pa svenska. Ursakta att det inte blir med prickar... Efter tre veckor har i Indien har jag nu antligen funnit ett stalle som jag faktiskt gillar. Nagra bergs byar (Ooty och Munnar), har har harlig sval bergs luft. Klar himmel, overallt annars har ... read more
April 15th 2012
After Gokarna we (still travelling with Louisa from Hampi) travelled down to Kerala by train. This involved travelling 32km by bus to the town of Kumta to catch the 00;45am train (which arrived 01:45am). Getting to Kumta was alright; physically catching the train however was somewhat exciting! After being told, platform 1 #5 for our carriage we dutifully waited there...only to watch the sleeper carriages speed past us right to the other end of the platform (trains can be up to 3/4 mile long in India). The train only stops on the platform for about 2 mins (small town) so we had to leg it up to the sleeper carriages! We couldn't get on the train where we were because you cant walk through the cooking carriage, which was between the sleeper carriages and the carriages ... read more
March 30th 2012
C'est l'heure du thé! Voir les photos pour le texte. Bonne dégustation! Hélène p.s. Nous sommes rendus à Fort Cochin.... read more
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March 24th 2012
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March 24th 2012
Bonjour tout le monde, Dans cette petite plublication de photos, vous en retrouverez provenance de Mysore, Ooty et Munnar. Evidemment, je vous invite a vous referez a mes derniers courriels pour avoir les histoires associes. Pour ce qui est de la photo de Munnar, ces surtout un avant gout sur les plantations de the que je vous donne. car avant de vous ecrire mes aventures, il faut que je les vives. Phil... read more
India, Trekking in a sea of tea plantation...
Published: March 3rd 2012Asia » India » Kerala » Munnar
February 20th 2012
Kerala, « god’s own country » as you can read on every street sign, tuk tuk, buses and travel agency window is at the image of India, diverse & vibrant. So diverse that I simply cannot summarize my trip to this part of India into one blog so here we go…part 1, going inland in a lookout for peace and quiet ready to discover Munnar tea plantation and its heartwarming sea of green and silent mountains. Reaching Munnar & feeling home already After four hours on the busy and curvy road that goes from Cochin to Munnar, bypassing constantly tuk tuk, buses and trucks, the arrival in Munnar Royal Mist Home Stayfelt like reaching paradise. The warm welcome of the owners together with the beautiful deluxe room and the view of hills and plantation from the ... read more
December 13th 2011
We just realised today we've been on the road a month (okay, we could have said that two days ago, but it would have been leap year Febuary month and everyone knows they don't count). So that means we're basically two thirds of the way through our trip. In some ways we're glad, it takes a lot of mental effort to live like a hermit crab with all your belongings having to be packed up and moved every few days. So the concept of being able to collapse in a heap at home in our own space is starting to seem a little more attractive at times! Yesterday, feeling rather tired and a little meh, we decided to have a rest day. We also decided we wouldn't go to the wildlife sanctuary at Chinnar after all ... read more
December 12th 2011
So yesterday we had the longest rickshaw ride of our time in India so far and also found out at least one thing that Lonely Planet did NOT lie about. For this and more, stay tuned through this inane babble! We woke up feeling pretty well rested after the first night sans air conditioning we've had in India - nothing like gaining some 1600 metres in altitude to drop the temperature and humidity. Its so amazingly nice to NOT have sweat running off you like a slightly stinky salt waterfall the minute you move a muscle, so its going to be hard to leave when the time comes to move on to Chinnar. After a pretty relaxing breakfast staring off the balcony at the view which includes some Eucalypt trees and a spectacular series of hills ... read more
