Day 102 (Tue 17 Oct) - Kalpetta

Up quite late for breakfast.

Went to the internet cafe to do some blogging.

About 2ish we stopped and arranged to get a rickshaw to take us round the tea plantations. This may sound easy but it was a right trial. We had about 5 rickshaw men all round us, bickering, as we tried to explain that we simply wanted a tour of the tea plantations. ( [1], [2], [3], [4],
[5], [6] )

After many discussions en route we managed to get to Meppadi where we got our photos. Drove back past the magnificent houses and back to Kalpetta.

Walked to the Woodlands restaurant for dinner. Thought it might offer something different from our usual restaurant's fair but were sorely disappointed. The menus were identical!

Walked through the dark town back to our room.

Whilst we read we could hear a group of men doing the Indian equivalent of an 18-30 holiday. The noise was horrendous; doors being banged, raucous laughter, general boorishness and most alarmingly piercing screams. One can only imagine what the hell they were up to (although Sarb's warped mind did recall the time when a group of men in London were arrested for nailing their bits to bits of wood).

Anyway Sarb went out to speak to the hotelier who said that the chaps were a little merry and that they would pipe down by 11pm. Luckily they did just that so that we could lay awake on the uncomfortable beds in peace!