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We hit a local procession on the way out of Vagamon
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This area is more Christian
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The road out of Vagamon towards Alleppey
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Tea gardens as far as eye can see
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Some of the tea bush has been cleared for re-planting
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It's tea gardens all the way!
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Fabulous mountain scenery and tea gardens!
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We would take that road shortly
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My guide refuses to budge until he has taken yet another picture of me!
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Enough already, let's get a move on!
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We popped into one of the tea gardens
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The flowers placed there by my guide makes it look rather goofy!
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I had a bird in sight but a passing motorbike frightened it away
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A motorcycle suddenly came by on that dirt track and frightened a bird away
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It was quite a large plantation
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I was wondering if this is the same plantation we had seen from the hilltop
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Wild pepper plant- no peppers though
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This is our estate- we are heading there now
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Tea, tea as far as eye can see
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The vast expanse of tea gardens!
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An unsealed road leads into the vast tea estate
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Tea workers carry their load on the highway
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It's all manual labour here
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Tea bushes with markings of some sort
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The highway passes right through the tea gardens of Munnar
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The ladies set their loads down to wait for the official
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Baskets of fresh tea leaves
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Using a tea sack for a dress- the poverty was depressing
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Fresh flowers grow wild across the road
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We continued onwards on this road past the tea gardens
