Continued

This is my second day in Munnar. It started at around 8 A.M when we hired a cab for our phase II of local sight seeing. The cab then took us to a nearby Maatupetty dam. The maatupetty dam is situated in a picturesque site and had an air of cleanliness about it. It is situated around 13 kms from Munnar, and has boating, rafting facilities. We really weren't into any of these things, and we left the place within half an hour. On the way, the cabbie was briefing us about tea cultivation and related topics.

We then went to a place called top station which is around 31 kms from Munnar. It is basically a view point, very similar to the one that i saw in Kodaikanal. This top station is in Tamil Nadu and comes under the Podi Naikkanoor district. You reach the top station uptil a point where taxis are permitted to, and then trek for about a km to go to the view point. We were lucky to go in the so called off-season, as there was no crowd and the place was very peaceful. The biggest drawback if u go in the off-season is that it will rain in the most unlikeliest of moments and we were lucky as there was no hint of rain anywhere near that place.

This is Kerala. And football is one of the most liked things over here. But only a distant second to liquor. We (My dad and I) enjoyed some old cask yesterday night and came to the room only to be astonished by the airing of Espn in the room. It seems they air ESPN only in the nights , especially for Euro coverage. Felt like heaven. Watched Germany vs Austria, in which the Germans striggled to overcome Austria to qualify for the quarters by a goal, courtesy Michael Ballack. Can't wait for the France Italy match. It is difficult to pick a winner, but i d say Italy would win todays game and Romania will get a draw making Italy qualify for the quarters. Lets wait and watch.

This is Kerala. So there are power cuts. Hoping for a fully lit night to watch the match. And power cuts arent the prime reason for me to hate kerala. It comes a dstant second to my dislike for the Keralites. In my view most keralites are the greatest freeloading bastards in the world. This is not a baseless allegation. In the 2 days i spent in munnar, i talked with a decent number of local people and most of them say 99% of the people over here are Tamilians.But this place is in Kerala. The revenue due to tourists goes to the Kerala government.watever..it is all embedded in the keralite attitude which has as its fundamental principle, Freeloading.

Good, i am off now, it was fun out here, tomorrow leaving for Pollachi for the last leg of our trip. Adios.