Elephants and Tea

Baiju was waiting for me at 9 am as promised and we set off for Munnar and some sightseeing. The weather had improved slightly in that the wind had dropped. It was still cold and the rain was still pouring down and it was still misty! The road to Munnar was in pretty poor condition, full of potholes and it seemed to get even worse in Munnar itself. As we entered the town we came across a collapsed bridge and the temporary solution was to build a single carriageway causeway from rocks and let the river flood over it making a sort of ford. To compound the chaos an auto (tuk tuk) had broken down in the middle of it. Continue reading

On The Road

It was an early start this morning – the generator was switched off at 6.20 am and that meant that the air conditioning went off and so it was time to get up and get out in the fresh air. I’d been promised a brief one hour cruise before leaving the boat shortly after 9 am. And at a8 am on the dot we slipped our moorings. It was so peaceful once we got out onto the lake. The engine was so far away at the stern of the boat that it was barely audible. The lake was flat calm and, apart from a fishing canoe I couldn’t see any boats. Unfortunately this peaceful early morning cruise was destined to finish before I expected it to. Continue reading