After breakfast our host was kind enough to drive us to meet the bus that was taking us to the wildlife reserve. The bus departed a little late because the driver felt the need to wash the outside of it before we left.....a clean ride!
I was amazed at how far the tea plantations extend...miles and miles. When we eventually drove out of the plantations we were in mountains and forests. The driver was good and stopped along the way so that we could take pictures of the scenery.
We stopped at a waterfall and paid our 5 rupee admission. It was a pretty sad waterfalls...may be it gets better during the monsoon??? The Indian men seemed to really enjoy themselves. They stripped down to their underwear for some male bonding time.
We stopped for lunch in a small village and were joined by a woman from Paris, France and a guy from Belgium. We ordered fish, rice, chicken, naan, and assorted other things also arrived that I am not really sure what they were. In case you are curious, the bill for the 4 of us ended up being 6 bucks. Being the big spender that I am....I picked up the tab :-)
We ran into a road crew that was busy digging ditches at the side of the road. They were quite eager to take a break to smile and look at us. Where is one of those "ditch witch" machines when you need one.
At the sanctuary we went on a trek that took us to the tops of various large hills. The scenery was nice and it was relaxing at the top while looking down. We didn't see much in the way of wildlife, a couple of monkeys, some deer, and a few lizards.
We are heading out tomorrow and hope to get to Alappuzha by bus.
At this point I don't know when I will be able to post...but I will when I can.
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