Munnar Tea Plantations

Kerala

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September 24th 2006
After our first experience of an indian sleeper train - 15 hours - we arrived in Cochin in the south-western state of Kerala and allowed an all too helpful auto-rickshaw driver to deliver us to a cheap homestay in the fort Cochin area. The comfortable, clean guesthouse, alone, (with its own TV lounge) would have been enough to keep us in Cochin for a few days. However, the town was also really nic ... 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