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Coorg. Known throughout the world as the 'Coffee Cup of India,' it is a perfect home away from home for the discerning traveller. A lush plantation paradise punctuated by pristine forests, this land has a unique charm that has not been spoilt by man's intrusive hand. Fresh air, captivating sounds of nature, and the heavy fragrance of seasonal coffee blossoms refresh one's senses.

In this Blog on Coorg, we take you on a journey through tropical evergreen forests to a long–gone era of sprawling homesteads. Spiced with a dash of local lore and sprinkled with a colonial legacy, it is a journey of discovery into the heart and soul of a primaeval land.

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Songs of the Plantation

Published on: 01/04/2025 | Contributors: Bhavna Menon & Vikram Nanjappa

The dawn is broken by the sound reminiscent of a toy gun. ‘Rat- ta -ta - tat !’ As I look around expecting a bunch of village children playing with the toy gun, I sense movement.

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Coffee and the art of slow travel

Published on: 03/03/2024 | Contributors: Bhavna Menon & Vikram Nanjappa

When you think of coffee, you think of it as an antidote to sleep, an energizer, and a mood uplifter but for me traversing through the lush plantations and winding roads was a portal to slow travel.

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‘Anura’: An Amphibian Aubade

Published on: 03/02/2025 | Contributors: Sourabha Rao & Santosh Saligram

There is a ‘somewhere’ that exists between land and water. A place where the ability to live and breathe in and on both these elements. An ability that belongs to the hopping, egg-laying, moist- and wrinkly-skinned, astral-eyed, four-legged amphibians. One which can be only witnessed in awe by the two-legged, much bigger mammals that we humans are.

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