Tons of tea leaves

Day 18 - Ooty toy train, tea factory and chocolate

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October 1st 2008
This morning wasn't great as I've been stuffy/itchy/sniffly and it seemed to be at it's worst and I'm fed up with it. Got the toy train to a place (I forget the stop name) where we visited a tea factory to learn 'what is tea?' Wasn't in best of moods but did enjoy it an take few snaps on my phone as we had to pay for camera use but not phone cameras. The guy taking us round started by demanding ... 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