Massive tea gardens in the mountains of Munar, India.

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I have been an avid tea drinker for many years so it made sense to add Munnar as a destination point for my in my wandering through India. Munnar is situated in the Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala. Since I had already spent a few weeks touring down the coast of Kerala it seemed like a good idea.

The journey to get to Munnar was by a couple different buses first rising up into the hills away from the ocean, then narrow winding roads that wrapped around steep mountains and drop offs. My ears popped a few times on the way up.

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Having a bus get stuck behind a slow moving tea plantation packed truck wasn’t so bad.

The worst part was the drive, and the bus driver looked to be falling asleep so I spoke to him and offered him one of my oranges. All I had to offer at the time, I figured some of the natural sugar might help him, and the focus on eating the orange itself will make him more aware.  But overall It was a pretty, yet interesting four hour bus journey through deep forests and lush green mountains.

Arriving in the late evening the goal was to find a guest house asap drop the bag and grab a meal to plan the next days ahead of seeing the Tea fields scattered across the mountain tops.

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The winding roads that wrap around the tea garden packed mountains.

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Munnar Mountains and Tea