Brain(dead)child!

Around 2 months back, I had the chance to go to Munnar (a gorgeous little place in Kerala) and it was truly love at first sight! It was, hands down, the most beautiful place I have ever been to!Munnar is set at an altitude of 5000 to 8000 feet above sea level in the Idukki district of Kerala. Its temperature usually varies between 0° C to 25° C. Munnar is located about 162 KMs from Madurai and 248 KMs from Coimbatore. I reached Munnar from Bangalore. It took us around 11-12 hours in a bus. The journey didn’t start off on the best of the notes as there was a huge mix-up about our bus tickets. We had to spend 2 boring hours half waiting for the bus and half worrying whether we will be able to go to Munnar at all! Finally the bus came and the ticket mix-up was cleared. I got in the bus, very happy, only to find it was simply impossible to fall asleep (in the night journey) in my broken-down seat which completely refused to recline back. In the morning around 8, we reached a place called Palani in Tamilnadu, where we were transferred to a very uncomfortable bus, in which we were supposed to travel for 3-4 hours through ghats.
Everybody was completely exhausted. But as we started going higher up the altitude, the beautiful scenery outside absolutely compensated for that.By the time we reached Munnar, none of us even remembered that we were feeling very tired at some point of time. Everything around was breath-takingly beautiful. Munnar is primarily full of tea plant-ations… everywhere you look, you’ll find mountains covered in lush-green tea plantations, and hovering over it is stunning mist! Till the afternoon the climate was pleasant. But in the evening, there was a fine drizzle, which made the weather pretty cold. (It was a very happy moment for me since it hardly ever goes below 12° C in Mumbai) We were lucky enough to be there in the very 3-4 April days when it rains. We were in Munnar for 3 days, but it definitely wasn’t enough. Well I guess you’d prefer it if I shut up and let you enjoy the beautiful pictures, so I’ll do just that!
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