Up before the monkeys this morning and off for a boat ride on the lake in the Periyar National Park. Having read Trip Advisor’s readers reviews, a little too late, we didn’t actually see any wildlife of real interest. So much for the tigers and elephants, just some otters, a bison, and a few wild boar in the distance. The scenery was beautiful, but really not worth the 5 hour nausea making drive up and down mountains to get here, and the anticipation of the same back tomorrow. Yes, the views en route were marvelous, but I don’t do passenger well, and this driver doesn’t know which gear to use when!
Went to an organic spice plantation this afternoon. Fact: India supplies 70% of the world’s Cardamom. Interesting afternoon, never have seen most of these spices and herbs actually growing!
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- An otter
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- Kingfisher (bird, not beer!)
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- Belladonna
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- Cormorant
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- Our room
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- Cardamon
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- Pepper
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- Pepper
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- Pepper plant is a vine
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- Lemongrass
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- Nutmeg
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- inside of nutmeg
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- Mace, and then nut
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- Vanilla pod
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- Cocoa
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- Beans
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- Bird’s Eye Chilli
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- Bird’s Eye Chilli
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- Coffee Bean
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- Stevia
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- Henna plant
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- Passion Fruit
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- Cinnamon
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- Red Bananas
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- All Spice
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- Asparagus
