Munnar is more than beautiful–it’s exquisite. First, of course, there are the mountains. Mountainous scenery, whether wild or cultivated, tends to be beautiful. The scenery in Munnar is mostly cultivated, and the jigsaw tea bushes growing along the slopes add something so beautiful it’s almost painful. So beautiful, at any rate, that your friendly photographer could not stop clicking. And clicking. And clicking.

These tea bushes are low and neat-looking beneath the trees, but some of them are surprisingly old.

Even the houses and factories and shrines seem to blend into the scenery.

More views…

Now, you may be wondering why or how the tea bushes are shaped the way they are. In the next post we will look at harvesting.