So far Kerala has been fantastic. The space that doesn't exist in Mumbai is all down here. There are large estates and some very large, beautiful houses. We had a terrifying 5 hour drive from the Madurai airport to Thekkady. It took us 2 hours to get out of Madurai and at one point our taxi driving said he was banned from the Thekkady area. This made us feel very save with him. We stopped at his office, to get freon, to get gas and then finally we were on the road. The entire 4 hours was some variation of, we're passing a car and there is a bus coming right at us or that bus is passing someone and coming right at us. All this with no working seat belts! We made it to Thekkady and got to ride an elephant!
Wednesday, it was off to Munnar. We had a much better car and driver for this trip. It took a little over 3 hours and I was car sick most of the time due to all the switchbacks. It was constant curving road but the scenery was worth it. We drove through spice and tea plantations the whole way. I had never thought much about how spices or tea were grown but even if I did, it wouldn't be the reality. The picture I'm including is of a tea field and a picker.
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