28/02/16 arriving an hour early @ 4am but still manage to seamlessly connect to Pollachi where I enjoy morning chai until meeting up with Harish (couch surfing host) to spend a morning at his tennis club with a great crowd & super breakfast, I get to see Harish's side business venture producing artisan chocolate from their own crop. After a catch up on sleep and town stroll before an enlightening visit to one of his impressive bio diverse spice & coconut plantation. Route back via local cattle market before an awesome evening with Harish & his lovely wife. Tasty food, farming chat & a manutd win on the box. 29/02/16 a morning lie in and with my new friend's assistance jump on the bus south to Topslip for some further time in the wild. Anamalai tiger
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