On 8thDecember, 2018 reached Munnar. Munnar is the Hill Station of Kerala located in the western ghats of Idukki district. The drive from Kozhi Kode to Munnar was a long, tiring one no doubt but equally enjoyable and very beautiful. We crossed a large number of beautiful houses, thick forests and few waterfalls. Munnar is known as the Kashmir of South India. As we came nearer to Munnar our spirits soared for we were surrounded by endless stretch of tea gardens. The spread of the green cover all around us, as far as the sight went, was very soothing to the eyes. We started around seven in the morning and reached around five and are dead tired. We will explore the town tomorrow but we are in the midst of the Jungle away from the maddening crowd. I could see a lot of impact of the recent floods of August in Kerala at Munnar for there are many landslides on the way and a lot of reconstruction work is going on along with road widening at some places. In spite of this havoc caused by nature's fury, this looks like a paradise on earth. Arun our driver is a young fellow, who has done his Engineering and then went to Saudi for two years and now combines driving with photography. He is the same age as my twins and it is fun talking to him and getting to know the little small details of Kerala society which are generally missed in mainstream literature. Arun told me he likes looks like Shahrukh Khan his favourite and he is acting as our local Kerala guide. We had the lovely Kerala traditional lunch Sadyia on the way to Munnar.
