Western Tamil Nadu and Southern Karnataka

We traveled by Government busses through the Western Ghats mountain range from Munnar to Mysore through the cities of pollachi and Coimbatore in Tamil nadu. Here is a variety of images from this exhausting, but very diverse and rewarding route.


A very holy bathing Ghat (steps leading into the river near Srirangagpatnam, Karnataka.



Srirangapatnam temple during a festival.

While hiking through the rural countryside near Srirangapatnam, we watched these guys fishing

in the irrigation canals with a homemade fishing pole.

Macaques- the asian version of baboon.

The color charged markets in Mysore- famous for dyes, paints, and flowers.

Mysore palace at night.

Painted cows on streets in Mysore.

Chef's knife.

Mysore palace in day.

Buying silk in silk-famous Mysore for Lisa Graham's wedding dress, a friend of our's in homer.
Bus station in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.

Indian Toilet.

Incredibly bizarre conifer tree, Ooty gardens.


Bus station scenes in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu

If you mind getting stared at during every waking hour, India is not for you.
River canyon while hiking in Parambikulum National Park.