Tea Plantations, Peermade, Kerala
January 9, 2024
ProfessorAbe and his wife enjoy a scenic drive through the Western Ghats and share their photos of some of the tea plantations there
ProfessorAbe and his wife enjoy a scenic drive through the Western Ghats and share their photos of some of the tea plantations there
DrFumblefinger visits the Doka Coffee Plantation, one of the oldest and largest in Costa Rica, where he learns all about everything it takes to make a great cup of coffee.
Samantha visits a famous Oahu destination, and shows us how much more there is than just how pineapples are grown.
A former sugar plantation, worked originally by enslaved Africans, now tells a long and significant history. Jonathan L reports.
This story started out simple: A visit to a beautiful riverside plantation, renowned for its centuries-old formal gardens. But the past is usually not so simple, and in this instance involves not only the ugly story of the slavery that made…
The coastal regions of Sri Lanka are fairly flat. Given that and the relatively small size of the island, I was surprised to find impressive peaks (over 2500 m high) at its center. This is where the country’s tea is grown.
One of the highlights of any trip to Sri Lanka is a visit to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Pinnawala is small town just north of Kegalle, east of Colombo and west of Kandy.
This blog is being published on the same day PHeymont posted some great pics of Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, or Place of Refuge, which you can see here. Along with the Place of Refuge, I’m discussing…
Looking remarkably like grass, this is actually a field of sugar cane. What’s lacking is a size perspective because these canes are about 3 meter(10 ft) tall. The central region of Maui, between the two large volcanoes of that…
ProfessorAbe and his wife enjoy a scenic drive through the Western Ghats and share their photos of some of the tea plantations there
DrFumblefinger visits the Doka Coffee Plantation, one of the oldest and largest in Costa Rica, where he learns all about everything it takes to make a great cup of coffee.
Samantha visits a famous Oahu destination, and shows us how much more there is than just how pineapples are grown.
A former sugar plantation, worked originally by enslaved Africans, now tells a long and significant history. Jonathan L reports.
This story started out simple: A visit to a beautiful riverside plantation, renowned for its centuries-old formal gardens. But the past is usually not so simple, and in this instance involves not only the ugly story of the slavery that made…
The coastal regions of Sri Lanka are fairly flat. Given that and the relatively small size of the island, I was surprised to find impressive peaks (over 2500 m high) at its center. This is where the country’s tea is grown.
One of the highlights of any trip to Sri Lanka is a visit to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Pinnawala is small town just north of Kegalle, east of Colombo and west of Kandy.
This blog is being published on the same day PHeymont posted some great pics of Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, or Place of Refuge, which you can see here. Along with the Place of Refuge, I’m discussing…
Looking remarkably like grass, this is actually a field of sugar cane. What’s lacking is a size perspective because these canes are about 3 meter(10 ft) tall. The central region of Maui, between the two large volcanoes of that…