The next morning we headed straight to a place called the top station...(a point from where the state of Tamil Nadu can be seen!!!) It was the most beautiful sight..mountain peaks trying to find their way up through the clouds, the mist, the dew and the tea gardens..like God's new found home!!! At that point,it was like having a tete-a-tete with the clouds and the mountains,standing there I felt the innate desire to part of all this beauty...this was Munnar at its zenith!!!
We drove down slowly and sadly back to the hotel room..it was our last day in Munnar and so we decided to dedicate the afternoon to visit a childrens park and the tea musem....(I can now call myself a connoisseur
)...we learned...smelled and understood the way(atleast managed to understand inspite of the heavy accent mixed very generously with the language!!) tea was made...(the leaves do not smell like how we know it to...funny yet true.it is only after crushing it and oxidising it that you actually get the oh so well known smell of tea!!) With a lot packed into the last day we narrowly missed the shower and got back into our rooms...to pack...we were going to leave for Kochi the next morning!!!
The journey back was a quite one..we thought of the bright orange juicy carrots that we would miss..cut mangoes with masala toppings ..the monsoons..the clouds...and bid adieu to the mountains that had been home for the past 3 days...Moments captured, memories treasured...we went back to where our duties were calling, and a part of us still wanting to be there..
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