To the Periyar Tiger Reserve
January 30th 2012 Leaving the backwaters of Kerala we travelled inland for about 5 hours by car up into the hills, known as the Western Ghats, and passing several tea plantations on the way. The journey was horrendous with our driver spending a fair proportion of the journey attempting to overtake every vehicle in sight on the twisty mountain roads. Apparently that is the norm and he explained that he just wanted t
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