I wasn’t looking forward to two days of heavy bus travel—but it was another great adventure. Our journey took us through Bandipur National Park. Animals are protected here. We saw Spotted Deer and Langur Monkeys. The wine coloured Malibar Giant Squirrels chased each other from tree limb to tree limb. We saw farmers spreading grain across the road so that our bus would roll over it. It breaks up the grain for the farmers and brings us good bus karma. We climbed until reaching 2300 feet above sea level. We stopped at a plantation for lunch and a tour. The region has the right conditions for coffee, pepper, tea, cardamom, vanilla, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, tumerac, rice, bananas, rubber, and betel nut. The biggest threat? Elephants. They roam wild in this region, although we didn’t see
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