Munnar Hill Station Teas 1

Munnar is a hill station famous for 2 things; 1) many terminally-ill cancer & HIV patients come here as a last hope for herbal & mercury/gold medical treatments, and: 2) tea plantations.
Tea grows best at altitudes above 2000 meters (6600 feet). Top pic is of tea. plantation bisected by a beautiful waterfall - of which there are many in the area. Those are tea trees (bushes) in foreground.
Bottom pic is of part of the hotel where I am staying. The "green" in foreground are tea trees. Note rock formation in rear - it is the same rock formation in the top center of the top pic!

Munnar Hill Station Teas 2

Top pic is of another waterfall & tea plantation.
Center pic is of tea being harvested. Slopes are very steep & "roads" to get to them are few & far between!
Bottom pic is of another tea plantation.
I've included many more "tea pics" than I intended - but the vivid green colors of the tea plants blanketing the mountains in the morning sun are/were just awesome.
Btw - these plantations aren't far from the equator but the high temperature today was just 60F!