Eravikulam National Park was incredible! It's peak is at 2,695m, which is the highest point in India south of the Himalayas, and as such the views of the jigsaw puzzle tea plantations and the eucalyptus trees below were very special. It houses the Nilgiri tahr (a goat-like animal) that is supposed to be as rare as the Bengal tiger. I, of course, treated sightings of this animal as though I were living Pokemon. Between the landscape, the wildlife, the blue sky and the crisp fresh air, I think this was one of the most attractive scenes I have ever seen - second only to beach sunsets!
The other main highlight of the day was seeing the procedure behind turning tea crops into drinking tea at the Kannan Devan Tea Museum. Munnar town and the surrounding roads seem to only exist because of the vast tea plantations. Now no one can quote me on ever saying "Boy, that's a good smelling tea", but today the fragrance of tea in the museum was GOOD! They should package that and sell it as tea de toilette! The tour guide went on to say that no one apart from the Chinese and Japanese really know how to make tea. Oh right.
Later on, from the speed boat, we saw a family of wild elephants through the towering eucalyptus trees! That's the sort of place Munnar is!
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