bathing in the lake

Munnar-- two day tour

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October 16th 2008
On the third day of our trip we traveled to scenic Munnar in the Western Ghats for a two day tour. I have never seen anything that so resembled a scene out of a fairytale book. I expected fairies and unicorns to start appearing in the tea fields. But the first stop on our agenda turned out to be a little less than lustrous. Kodanadu Baby Elephants camp was one of the saddest facilities I have s ... 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