Into the Western Ghats: Kodagu/Coorg Hill Station

After some fun in the sun, it was time to move inland, to The Western Ghats. From Kannur, we drove many hours over very bad roads to reach our first stop in the Ghats, the town of Kodagu, or as the English knew it, Coorg.

This is an example of one of the Indian superhighways that we drove on to get there.

Here are some shots from the area around our hotel, the Palace Estate Homestay.

...which was also a coffee and cardamom plantation. Here's a coffee plant and some coffee bean pods drying out in the sun.

A papaya plant...

A curry plant...

A lime tree...

The forest and waterfall were a 5 minute walk from the lodge.

A pepper vine...

Some Indian bryopytes! (aka moss and liverworts)

Some new friends we met along the way...

The Palace that our hotel is named for, which was used as hideout for the last Raja of Kodagu, when it became clear that the British were going to try to take over his lands...

Tadiandamola 


Pictures from our hike up the tallest peak in Kodagu, the 1700-meter Tadiandamola.

This guy was chilling out at the side of the trail...

More hiking, more nature pictures...