after our boat safari, we had breakfast and packed up to head to vythri resort in kerala state (one state over). the first two hours we drove on a muddy, rutted unpaved road, going no faster than 10 km/hr. the roads were horrible, but we were pretty much the only car on them which meant no need to honk the horn constantly.

the dirt road ended at the karnataka / kerala state border and then got significantly better for the last two hours of the trip. vythri resort is perched on top of a mountain, wedged between tea and coffee plantations and while we were there, doused in rain. for two more days, it didn’t stop raining. well it would occasionally for about 5 minutes, and then promptly start back up again. the resort is bisected by a river, and this time of the year the noise of the river bouncing off the rocks could be heard all over the resort.

we mostly sat around, ate really good food (much better than the food in mysore, or maybe i was just excited to have something different), read, had massages, ate good food … didn’t really take many photographs, but i did manage to shoot some. i shot a bunch with my panoramic camera, hopefully those will be online by the beginning of next month.