{"id":4958,"date":"2013-05-04T03:04:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T07:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T12:17:35","slug":"thoughts-on-munnar-and-on-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=4958","title":{"rendered":"MAY 4, 13 (2\/2) .. THOUGHTS ON MUNNAR AND ON INDIA .."},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning .. before getting up and out of bed .. I sat quietly in my bed .. here in my room .. \u00a0just looking out into the morning mist from my window at the foot of my bed.<\/p>\n

\"MUNNAR<\/a><\/p>\n

Thinking about some ot the STUNNING BEAUTY here in Munnar.<\/p>\n

\"FLOWERS\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And the peace .. and the serenity that I felt .. put me into a ‘reflective mood’.<\/p>\n

Let me begin here with the following statement: I am constantly asked .. “Cap what is your favorite place in all of India?”<\/p>\n

I am not able to single out one-single-specific place\u00a0BECAUSE\u00a0<\/span>it depends on several factors.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Are you talking about a place to visit for a few days.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Are you talking about a place that you are going to go to .. get a room .. and settle down for a minimum of two or more weeks.<\/p>\n

IF you are talking a one or two day TOURIST VISIT it is an entirely different matter. \u00a0How can you leave out Agra Cantt and the TAJ MAHAL?<\/p>\n

I think .. I hope .. you get-my-point.<\/p>\n

On my last trip to India .. from 30 August 2011 until 29 February 2012 .. I visited and I stayed in three locations in India that I had NEVER visited before. \u00a0I spent seven (7) weeks in The State of Goa in the city of Arambol Beach. \u00a0I spent a month ‘or so’ in The City of Pondicherry. \u00a0And finally I experienced a short three day visit to The City of Kodaikanal.<\/p>\n

That short three day visit to Kodaikanal\u00a0WAS ENOUGH <\/span>to make me decide that .. “I want to return to Kodaikanal’ and spend much more time there.” \u00a0Which I have done this trip.<\/p>\n

This trip I have \u00a0visited two locations that I have never visited before. The city of Ooty and now the City of Munnar. \u00a0As I stated above .. in February of 2012 .. I paid Kodaikanal literally a-last-second-in-time visit of three nights. \u00a0Now I am doing precisely the same thing as I prepare to ‘close out’ this trip visiting Munnar for three nights during the very-last-seconds of this trip.<\/p>\n

Why Munnar?\u00a0 I can’t say. \u00a0If you have been following along here for the last month or so .. I BECAME OBSESSED WITH VISITING MUNNAR. \u00a0Ooty was more of an ‘I-want-to-visit’ location because I had heard so much about Ooty as compared with Kodaikanal. \u00a0Munnar became an obsession pure and simple! And what a phenomenal visit it has been here to Munnar.<\/p>\n

IN THREE SHORT DAYS MUNNAR\u00a0<\/span>has elevated itself into at least one of my TOP FIVE places within India to visit and to remain in for an extended period of time. \u00a0It could be placed even higher .. perhaps a top three!<\/p>\n

\"TEA<\/a><\/p>\n

Goa is hard to beat as a place to settle down and remain in. \u00a0Kodaikanal is the same. \u00a0Munnar seems much more expensive than Kodaikanal and Goa but I do not know-the-ropes here on finding less expensive places like I do Goa and Kodaikanal.<\/p>\n

In a few hours (4PM supposedly!) I will get transportation back to Kodaikanal. \u00a0I think I will be returning in an automobile as opposed to a mini-bus. \u00a0I hope I get a driver that drives a bit slower and more cautious than our driver coming here.<\/p>\n

RIGHT NOW .. THIS INSTANT ..\u00a0<\/span>I feel as strong as I have the entire trip. \u00a0I swear to goodness it seems to have taken me these three full months to fully come-up-to-speed this trip. \u00a0My successful obsession to get to Munnar proves that I am now-up-to-full-speed. \u00a0I was pretty sick from food poisoning and still I recovered and was able to pull-this-Munnar-visit-off!<\/p>\n

\"FLOWERS<\/a><\/p>\n

Will I return here to Munnar? \u00a0I do not know.<\/p>\n

BUT THIS I DO KNOW ! ..\u00a0<\/span>at some psychic and at some very deep spiritual level .. I can .. and I will .. rest very peacefully having come to Munnar. \u00a0My life is just-a-tad better for this visit here to Munnar!<\/p>\n

\"TEA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TEA\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I ALSO FEEL EXTREMELY HUMBLE\u00a0<\/span>that I have been the vehicle by which many of you .. maybe most of you .. have come to know places like Pondicherry and Ooty and Kodaikanal and now Munnar. \u00a0You have heard of and seen photographs of food dishes you may not have heard of or seen before .. Thali and Dosa and Tandoori cooking.<\/p>\n

The trip is not over. \u00a0This is but a chapter in the trip book that is about to close. But is sure has been a great .. albeit extremely short .. chapter.<\/p>\n

So with that .. I will sign off .. with great joy and with great love for having had the opportunity to share with you all that I have been able to share!<\/p>\n

As I like to say ..\u00a0SMILES! ..\u00a0<\/span>Cap<\/p>\n

Have your camera with you always .. and always .. photo opportunities will present themselves!<\/p>\n

\"MUNNAR<\/a>Please continue to ‘scroll down’ to my next post below .. MUNNAR .. KERALA .. 4 MAY 2013 ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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