On my journey from Thekkady (India), and back to Trivandrum, we drove through beautiful tea plantations. We stopped at Connemara Tea Factory to learn about the tea production. Unfortunately I where not allowed to photograph inside the factory, but I got some shots of the ladies cutting tealeaves.
The tea fields are so beautiful!
You can read about the tea processing in wikipedia here.
The ladies where so happy, and gave us some shy smiles. We talked to them, or our guide translated for us, and they learned us how they cut the leaves.
I am doing my best to cut some leaves, but I feel they manage the job better than me. Guess I would have use a whole day just to fill one bag.... And by effort gave the ladies some good laughs :)
After have tasted the tea, and walked around, we where heading back to Trivandrum.
Lovely pictures..........Looks like you had a great trip....... You should also visit tea plantations in the hills of Darjeeling, India and Ilam, Nepal...... They are beautiful with slopes and scenic views, some with mountain backdrop................
SvarSlettThank you Swagat. Yes, the trip was amazing, I really have to go back to India, and I also have to visit Nepal :)
SvarSlettMost welcome..... Yeah! You should visit Nepal..... As a photographer you will surely love the culture and heritage of the Kathmandu valley.... I would also suggest you to take a hiking trip into the mountains....... also put the city of Pokhara and Chitwan National park in your itinery...... :-) I'll help you in any way I can.......
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