Munnar Bike Trip #10
There were 8 shots in taken of the entire view from the tower.
360/8 = 45 degrees. Now if I had a nice tripod with a protractor
on it, these shots would have made one helluva panoramic view.
45 or so more degrees to the right. Ok, this side was a bit
monotonous in its greens, and whites, and blues, and greys.
Some titbits. This whole route was built in the early years of this
century by the British, who set up vast tea and spice estates in
Munnar. They built this road to carry all the produce to
Kodaikkanal. The road was inaugurated in 1929, by the two daughters
of some British officer who was posted in the area.
I wasn't just kidding about the monotony, eh ? Hey, if anybody is
good at manipulating images, could you give a shot trying to paste
all of these end to end ? The road was maintained initially by the
Brits and later by the Indian government till about the 60's or so.
It's been entirely disused since then. Though, I must admit that I
find it hard to believe that this road was used by transport
vehicles. It wasn't even 2 metres at it's widest. Or maybe it was
just a case of nature reclaiming its own after the
ravages of man.