Another road with bamboo
Sunset in Wayanad
It was really cold
Michael has the honour to cut the cake
Christmas and New Year 2007-2008 in Kerala and Tamil Nadu - India
20.12.2007 - 02.01.2008
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Christmas we went away from the sea and into the mountains. Our destination
was a lodge at the entrance to Tholpetty nature reserve in Wayanad destrict.
We had three pleasant days touring the park, looking for elephants, deer and
bisons. Finally we went over the border into Tamil Nadu to stay on a coffee plantation in the Nilgiri Hills to celebrate the new year. This plantation is surrounded by the Mudumalay national park and by just walking through the coffee estate you can watch birds, deers, wild pigs, giant squirrel and with some luck bears and leopards. The accomodation is in an old hunting lodge from colonial times beatifully arranged. The evenings were pleasant cool so we warmed up around a campfire. New Years Eve we celebrated with together with some Indian guests. At midnight people from the neighbouring village came and performed some dance around the fire ... and then the party realy took off... |
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Another road with bamboo |
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A road in Wayanad district shaded by huge bamboo
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Spotted deer, there are a lot of them in the park
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Gaur - the wild ox of India
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Gaur crossing the park road
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Elephants drinking at a waterhole
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Peacocks
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Curious monkey watching us
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Tusker dusting itself in shade
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Elephants at waterhole
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Grey fowl - wild chicken
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Spotted deer
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Elephants eating bamboo
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Sunset in Wayanad |
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A road in Wayanad Park
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Driving through Nilgiri Hills covered with tea and coffee plantations
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Nilgiri hills
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The Wilds at Northernhay coffee plantation in Tamil Nadu
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Morning fog
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The diningroom
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The bungallow
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Morning at the coffee and pepper plantation
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Michael is spotting a giant squirrel in a tree
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Wild pig and wild cicken in the coffee plantation
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Peacock
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Strange tree
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Monkeys taking a sunbath
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Coffee flowers and unripe coffee beans
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One of the birds to be seen while walking on the plantation
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Giant squirrel, really huge
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It was really cold |
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The New Year Eve starts with a bonefire
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Traditional dancing around the fire
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The villagers in a group photo with the New Year cake
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Michael has the honour to cut the cake |
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