Munnar - Cup of tea

The bus ride from Cochin to Munnar was fantastic. The view changed every 10 min, from dry dusty and coconut trees, to a cooler breeze and more trees starting to appear. The first time that we saw the hills, we gave out a cheer, the people on the bus must of thought that we have never seen hills before... poor westerners.

The views around Munnar are simply breathtaking. The tea bushes are beautiful from a distance and look slightly disordered, as they were probably planted in a row but as they are bushes spread out in different widths. I though that it looked like the hedge rows had had enough only staying on the side lines and had decided to take over the whole field.

Munnar, however, is simply a massive dump; God the Indians know how to ruin a place. It really spoilt the atmosphere, you only had to walk for ten mins to find the beauty but as the hotels were in the town and all the home stays were booked up for Xmas we were kind of stuck in a hotel with a building site next door...nice.

We planned to do a sight-seeing tour and the tea museum but there was a strike that might have stopped the buses the next day and we wanted to get to Kodaikanal (a nicer hill station) for Xmas, so the next day we were off again.