First Impressions of Munnar - The TEA CAPITAL of SOUTH INDIA | Kerala, India
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My amazing sixth day in Kerala, India began at 7 a.m. as we left the gorgeous Thekkady area and made the 70-kilometer drive to the city of Munnar. Along the way, we ate tons of amazing southern Indian food. Come along with me as I share my first impressions of Munnar, the tea capital of South India, in Kerala, India!
My morning began in Thekkady, but we’d soon be driving three hours north to Munnar. It’s the most famous place for southern India for tea. They have lots of tea plantations there, including the highest one in the world. It’s also a popular honeymoon destination!
We left Kumily and drove down a the winding, vegetation-lined road that goes through lots of mountains and forests. On this particular day, it was super foggy, so we left a little later than usual.
As we continued on, we passed by cardamom plantations, which also had trees with pepper vines. After an hour or so, we stopped at VM Cool Palace to soothe our throat with some chai!
There, we enjoyed some spicy masala biscuits with some delicious chai! It cost 54 rupees/$0.71 USD for 3 cups of chai and 4 masala biscuits. I could have gotten a whole bag of biscuits for only 200 rupees/$2.63 USD!
We continued on to another village about 45 minutes outside of Munnar. There, we found a restaurant next to a temple. There was lots of music playing in preparation for a festival the next day. At the restaurant, we got an onion vada, a lentil vada, bonda, sugiyan, idli, and coconut chutney.
I loved the spicy and savory vada, the crispy and grainy lentil vada, and the crispy, spongy, and super sweet bonda! The lentil vada and the sweet sigiyan were amazing with the sambar. The idli was harder than usual, but still was incredible with the spicy sambar and the pure-tasting coconut chutney. It was so good!
Then, I had some of the meter chai. It was nice and milky and had a nice, foam head on top. It also had a stronger flavor than the chai we’d had earlier.
Back outside, we headed over to the small Hindu temple and saw a man making garlands out of the offerings of flowers. Then we hit the road again, where I met some people working on coffee beans. They kindly gave me an entire branch!
Then, we continued down the rocky and eventually, steep road past cassava farms, cacao and rubber trees, and nutmeg plants until we reached the Dreamcatcher Hotel, where we met some of the staff. They have a main building as well as treehouses. Ebbin and I would be staying in the treehouses!
Inside the main building, they served us some strong, sweet, and earthy herbal tea. After we checked in, I walked through the cardamom plantation to my treehouse. I was so excited to check it out! There was a little gate in front of the stairs leading up. I couldn’t believe this was my room for the night. The view from the terrace was incredible. They had a table and chairs on the terrace.
The treehouse had a huge king-sized bed inside and a comfortable bathroom. I had huge windows I could open to let in tons of light and an amazing view of the tea plantation below me. It was to die for!
What an amazing morning driving from Thekkady and sharing my first impressions of Munnar, the tea capital of south India in Kerala, India! I was loving this place already!
Huge thanks to my boy Ebbin for bringing me here. Be sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel and follow him on Instagram.
I hope you liked coming with me as I shared my first impressions of Munnar, the tea capital of south India in Kerala, India!
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My name is David Hoffmann. For the last 12 years, I have been traveling around the world in search of unique culture, food, and history! Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have traveled to over 1,100 destinations in 77 countries, which I welcome you to check out on my YouTube channel, travel blog, and social media sites.
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