Tea on the hills.

The hills are covered with tea and coffee plantations. The trees are Silver Oak, which are planted to sap away some of the excess water from the tea plants.

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Nilgiri Hill and back to Kochi.

March 24th 2008
Well were back to where we started in Kochi. It's been an exciting journey. Finishing up the tour and saying goodbye to all our new friends. Some of whom we're going to be meeting up with later, in Goa. This leg started in Ooty. After we left the sanctuary we boarded the "Toy Train". A tiny railway built by the British Raj that took us down the mountain to Coonoor. A pretty town surrounded by t ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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