Cycle ride

Chasing Thars in Munnar

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November 12th 2010
You only need to leave the monsoon forests of the Western Ghats and emerge into the high-altitude tea plantations of Munnar to realise just how many cups of tea must be drunk around the world each day. The century-old bushes cover about 60,000 acres of the surrounding hills like a bright green patchwork quilt. Every 10 days their fresh leaves are 'plucked' and taken for processing in one of 1 ... 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