Kumily was a nice little town, and our hotel, Coffee Inn, was really good value in comparison to the horrible little room we'd had in Pondicherry, but we were extremely excited about the wildlife sanctuary. We booked ourselves on a full day jeep tour of the sanctuary, starting at a rather painful 5.30am.
We were really excited about the possibility of seeing wild elephants and tigers.... but instead the most exciting thing we saw was a giant squirrel! A few monkeys, wild dogs and bison made up the rest of our wildlife spotting. Such a shame. Plus we had a 3 hour trek to do after lunch which I wasn't aware of when signing up for the tour, and lets just say I didn't particularly enjoy that very much and vowed never to go trekking again (a vow which lasted a total of 48 hours!).
The next day was much more fun happily. We went to a tea plantation just outside of Kumily, where we got to actually fight our way through the bushes to befriend the tea workers, and have lots of photos with them. They were so friendly and loved seeing themselves on the digital camera! We then went to a spice garden, where we were bombarded with information about all the herbs and spices by our extremely knowledgable rickshaw driver.
In the evening, we had a great time on a cookery course. We helped to prep all the veg and then made bean curry, okra curry, pineapple curry (delicious!), egg curry, and parathas. The food was probably the best I've eaten in India, even if I do say so myself!
We were really excited about the possibility of seeing wild elephants and tigers.... but instead the most exciting thing we saw was a giant squirrel! A few monkeys, wild dogs and bison made up the rest of our wildlife spotting. Such a shame. Plus we had a 3 hour trek to do after lunch which I wasn't aware of when signing up for the tour, and lets just say I didn't particularly enjoy that very much and vowed never to go trekking again (a vow which lasted a total of 48 hours!).
The next day was much more fun happily. We went to a tea plantation just outside of Kumily, where we got to actually fight our way through the bushes to befriend the tea workers, and have lots of photos with them. They were so friendly and loved seeing themselves on the digital camera! We then went to a spice garden, where we were bombarded with information about all the herbs and spices by our extremely knowledgable rickshaw driver.
In the evening, we had a great time on a cookery course. We helped to prep all the veg and then made bean curry, okra curry, pineapple curry (delicious!), egg curry, and parathas. The food was probably the best I've eaten in India, even if I do say so myself!
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