View from Mountain Hike

Hiking around Munnar

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January 1st 2009
The primary reason for being in Munnar was to hike. I went for several long walks in the tea plantations and among cardamom fields with an architect from Italy and a tapastry weaver from Montreal, respectively. Both instances involved a map from Joseph, which led us astray. I hiked along the ridge nearest Zina's for a long way, and along the way I discovered trail markers and constructed lo ... 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