Picture 17A Chris, relaxing on the roof of our guest
house
Picture 18 Playing an Indian board game with our host
and other guests
Picture 19 On our second walk, we entered a
cardomom plantation
Picture 20 close up of cardomom pods and flowers at
the base of
the ten foot tall plants.
Picture 21 Dr. Chris examines the cardomom flowers
and pods.
Picture 22 Laundry dries in the sun as we walk
through the cardomom
plantation into the tea estate.
Picture 23 Walking after several hours, we came upon
this snake
in a gully running through the tea plants. It was probably
a cobra, as they are common in the area.
Picture 24 The snake is about six feet long in all
Picture 25 Some estate workers insist on the
mandatory photo with
the tourists.
Picture 26 Walking into a tea workers settlement, we
found ourselves
in a schoolyard. CJ speaks with the kids.