Thekkady- Masa Alukot

So, it's been a few days. We have been to quite a few places, and now we are in Munnar- our last stop before Kochin. The road was rather steep and incredible. tea plantaions, trees, mountains, lakes- gorgeous.
Today's amusing story: yesterday we were in Thekkady- a very toured area. we decieded to go on an orgenized trip which included a jeep safari, a hike and boating. we got up at 5:00 am, and left. The safari part was ok- no animals though- they promissed elephants, cows, tigers.... it was showering rain.
we had breakfat in a pavillion in which some guy gave us a lecture about the area. jees, the mans accent was totally unfemiliar to the human ear, and I couldn't stop giggling. he sopted that and lectured me!! which of course made me giggle even more. In the showering rain we left for our 3 hours hike. But here is the thing- there were leaches! millions of them! We weren't quite prepared for that, so basically every ten seconds we had to stop for salt pouring and tried poking them with a stick. it was actually quite hillerious. The best part was when all of a sudden Nili started screaming and jumping around- she had a leach leaching her way on her hand. being the good sister I am, I strated smirking and moved to laughing my ass off seeing how funny the situation was. evetually the leach was off and I paid my due- after peeling my rainsleevs, sockes and shows I realized one very brave leach nibbled on my leg. oh well, who needs blood anyway?
on another note, we also visited an ashram a few days ago. Being an amazingly cinic person, I wasn't all that impressed, but we are thinking of sending my dad there for a while. a-ha...
as mentioned we are now in munar and are leaving tommorrow for Kochin- the cream on the top of our trip.
Shabbat shalom!