Hilltops of Munnar...

Hi beautiful and not so beautiful family and friends...

We are now in Munnar...the remote scenic view and simple villages make the real world feel unreal... I can not believe how quickly the month is flying by, before I know it will be a month and our time in India will be finished... :(
I accidentally managed to break a tap in our last hotel in Cochin and me and Saskia ended up arguing with management for over an hour...I could not believe it even Saskia was haggling them down so we had to pay less for the damages...the man started at 1500 rs, we ended up only paying 500 rs...all be it only because of guilt of them telling us they would take it out of the wages of the staff if we did not pay!!! What happened to maintenance cost allowances?? Only in India... Yep we are becoming hard asses!! GO us! We even haggled our washing costs down to a 20% discount due to being slightly damp!!

We are addicted to Dexter...it has been our 10pm mon-fri ritual before bed to watch Dexter (A show about a serial killer).....Evenings are spent indulging in US sitcoms...yes you can not beat home comforts wherever you are in the world!

Our journey of spiritual enlightenment and to lose all material value is not really happening, hahaha (well it is me..I am struggling without my lippie and straighteners..and all the shops seen to have some kind of magnetic force that draws me and Saskia to them, but every so often our desires come in, we look around and we soon snap back to reality and feel a bit guilty for our vanity.)

From Ooty we went to Cochin and saw lots of random churches (to be honest we were a bit bored)...so decided to ditch most of it for Shopping!
In the evening we went to a traditional Kerla dance show (Katchakali)..It was kind of cultish and surreal..we were not sure at the end of the show weather we found it amazing or really weird...definitely a must see just to take you out of your comfort zone...

After Cochin we made our way to Munnar...4 hour drive
There are tea plantations everywhere..it is soo scenic and pretty, we have taken lots of pics but they really do not do the place justice...If only you all could see what we are seeing!
Saskia thinks the views are better than Ooty but I think they are on par...Perhaps I am bias to liking Ooty as we had an amazing time there!
If you are into country walks and photography you could easily spend a month here even though we are in the middle of nowhere and the area is very remote...well hey they have Internet!!

Next stop Periyar...only a four hour drive not too bad..we will be staying in a wildlife sanctuary which will be interesting (those of you that know me will know how I feel about animals!)

Mosquitos are the bain of my life...They seem to give me stupid bruises which sucks...although besides one hotel we have not really seen any, touch wood!!

Our addiction to Miranda (kind of like a sweeter fanta)...makes us slightly crazy and hyper...caution: Do not have before bed!!

Hope you all are well...we send smiles and sunshine from Beautiful Munnar!!

Quote of the day .... ''Spitting causes TB''...EVERYONE HERE SPITS AND IT IS GROSS!!...Me and Saskia abuse people who spit by shouting errrrr!!!!

xXx Love, Hugs and Sparkles!