Author: tjiskavw

This be the ice man. I met him when I asked the hotel to call for a taxi to take me to the boat dock for a ride on the…

you have to be creative to make a living in India - I spotted this woman leaving Thekkady Periyar National Park carrying a load of water bottles she must have…

this is an approximate 4 -5 hour drive and my driver made several stops along this scenic route so that I could take pictures of the landscape. Lots of rubber…

only females harvest tea in Munnar and groups of them can be spotted on the slopes by "listening" for their sing song chatter. A melodic hum in the open fields.…

Bags of tea leaves are brought up from the slopes where they are weighed for compensation before being loaded on to a truck and brought to the plantation's factory. My…

years of practice make climbing these steep slopes with a large bag of leaves a walk in the park to these seasoned workers - and according to my guide, during…

the number of rupees a worker receives is dependent on the weight of the bag. Since tea leaves don't weigh much, it's the number of bags you haul up when…

my guide let me stay here for about 45 minutes to watch this very organized process of harvest collection and compensation. Consequently I got a little snap happy and have…

this has got to be the most colorful culture on the planet - even mundane work seems more festive with a little dress up!

these are the folks who help make a cup of tea available to you in the morning!