Where Would You Go (in Asia)?
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Wendy Perrin over at the Perrin Post asked an excellent question yesterday. If you only had 10 days for a trip to Asia, where would you go?
I lived in Asia for years. It would be easy to make that trip a dozen times and never go to the same place twice. I thought about the places I'd like to see but haven't been to yet. I thought about the places I've been that I'd like to go back to. I loved Asia, so it's a long list.
At the moment a beach trip would be nice. Maybe a couple of days Bali. Then on to Kuantan in Malaysia. A day or two on the white sand in Nha Trang in Vietnam. And maybe finish off with a day or two in Boracay in the Philippines or in Goa, India.
A summer trip through Asia's mountains might be nice. Two or three days in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Then on to Kunming in China's Yunnan Province for a little while. Two or three days in Kathmandu. Finish up with a tour of Lhasa, Tibet.
It would be a hard set of choices to make. You can read what Wendy said about it here.
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February 1st, 2009 at 7:48 am
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The Flora and Fauna of the place is amazing and nature lovers will be thrilled by the ambience and the beauty of the place. The resort is situated 5500 feet above sea level and is perched on the top of a hillock from where a perennial waterfall, from where the resort gets its water, is visible. The deluxe rooms are situated beside the swimming pool and the Mud Cottage and Bamboo Cottage are made to mix with enchanting beauty of Nature. The Leaf cottage is carefully designed with the background of Bamboo Leaf and has an excellent view of the waterfalls, the tea gardens and the imposing mountains.
The rain forests are safe and ideal for trekking expeditions where lovers of Nature can gain valuable knowledge about the amazing flora and fauna. To give a few examples there are several varieties of parasitic plants such as orchids which give beautiful flowers. Different kinds of birds which can be watched from the Resort itself add beauty to the existing greenery. There is a Magic tree in the vicinity of the resort the bark of which changes its colours every season, especially in the months of January to March one can see hues of orange and blue which is a very rare sight. The villagers of the area worship this tree as a symbol of Progeny and newly wedded couples come and pray here for a happy married life.
The special importance of the place lies in the fact that within a span of hardly 12 kms one can find different kinds of vegetation ranging from Tea, Coffee, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Vanilla, Strawberry, Turmeric and Ginger at the higher levels and Rubber, Plantains, Coconuts, Aracanut and Palm trees at the lower levels. This wide variety of plantations cannot be found in such a small radius anywhere in the World.
There is a Fishpond in the vicinity of the Resort where you can feed the fish with Bread pieces. There are so many of them that you can watch them competing with each other to get the piece of bread which you throw.
For those of you who are interested in fishing, a fishing line awaits you with which you can try your luck and the staff will only be glad enough to cook the catch for you with yummy masalas.
Not very far from the Resort is a place called Anakulam where if you are lucky enough, you would be able to see hordes of wild elephants coming to a stream to drink water from a certain place where the water is a bit salty. It is believed that Elephants like the salty taste.
For those of you who are interested in peace and tranquility in the laps of Mother Nature, the address and contact details of the resort are as given below:
Wild Elephant Eco-Friendly Resort
Viripara, Kallar Mankulam Road
Munnar
India
Tel: +91 4864 218232
Mobile: +91 94471 59171
August 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
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