Intrepid day 3 on my own involved a rickshaw drive to Top Station, which the guide book described as a picturesque hamlet on the Tamil Nadu border. I was accompanied on my way by Dave and Rob, the 2 Australian brother I had met the day before. On the way to top station we stipped at a honey bee tree which I thought was quite spectacular, a dam and a corner of the dam called Echo Point. It really was the tourist road...mainly local Indian tourists to be fair but packed nevertheless and full of tacky souvenir shops. Echo Point however did have an echo which we tested out. Top Station was infact a tea plantation, high up and surrounded in mist....we were a little disappointed but at least the journey up had been fun and we realised that were all planning to catch the same bus the next day.
Putting the previous bus experience behind me I bravely got on the Munnar-Kochin bus yesterday morning with Rob and Dave...it was a long hot journey but this time there were no crashes and we booked into a nice hotel in the centre of Ernakulem...different to Munnar, a much more modern city with neon lit shopping malls and high rise office blocks. We are well placed for local ferries and plan to catch one later today. The boys are planning to move to Fort Cchin tonight but I'm going to stay here and try and see some Kathkali at the Folklore museum.
Tried to upload photos but sooooo slooooow.
Putting the previous bus experience behind me I bravely got on the Munnar-Kochin bus yesterday morning with Rob and Dave...it was a long hot journey but this time there were no crashes and we booked into a nice hotel in the centre of Ernakulem...different to Munnar, a much more modern city with neon lit shopping malls and high rise office blocks. We are well placed for local ferries and plan to catch one later today. The boys are planning to move to Fort Cchin tonight but I'm going to stay here and try and see some Kathkali at the Folklore museum.
Tried to upload photos but sooooo slooooow.
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