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Onward to the Kerala tea plantations

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February 17th 2010
A seven and a half hour journey from the lush and fertile plains of Tamil Nadu through the verdant jungle clad hills known as the Cardamic Hills or Western Ghats. After winding our way through the narrow and steep roads the scenery started to change as we approached Munnar. The sweeping hills are almost covered in their entirety with tea plantations stretching for miles. Munnar, being about 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