Tea covered hill in Munnar

Up to Munnar

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December 30th 2008
From lovely Thekkady (Kumily), I went north and up to Munnar, a favorite tourist Hill Station in the highest reaches of Kerala’s Western Ghats. The town lies in the shadow of Anna Mudi, which reaches 2,695m, the highest peak south of the Himalayas. The bus ride from Kumily to Munnar is along a narrow highway right through coffee, cardamom, and tea plantations. Because it is so narrow and run ... 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