Guided Walk in Spice Plantation
After the 'cruise' we went straight on to do the guided walking tour of the spice plantation that we missed the day before. We were expecting to find regimented areas dedicated to production of various spices but the plantation was a real higgledy piggledy mix …. very interesting and inhabited by lots of free range chickens When he heard that we'd not seen elephants at the park, the guide introduced us to his two working elephants. This was one gorgeous, she was so gentle and friendly: We were invited to take a ride on her around the plantation but as you can see from this photo taken later on, we'd have had to ride astride (not sideways on in a pannier) and that looked very uncomfortable. She's well trained … show her a wad of rupee notes and she'll gently take them from your hand, bless you by resting her trunk on your head and then hands the cash to her keeper! Our guide was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. It is the 'flowering...

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