Royal Challenge

Munnar and the tea plantations

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May 20th 2009
We took a private bus ( which was only bus to Munnar ) for 5 hours to Munnar across the mountains. It was like a roller-coaster ride i had bruises at the end! We stayed in the Green view hotel where we had a smallish room with a lovely view and occasional hot water. We went out for a meal in a restaurant nearby and got in trouble for mixing rum into our 7-ups. It changed the colour of the drink ... 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