En-route to Munnar

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Jenny had arranged a car and driver to take us to Munnar to see the tea plantations, then on to Kerala where she had booked us an overnight trip on one of the converted rice barges which now ply the waterways with a new lucrative cargo - tourists.

 

On the way we stopped to watch women collecting latex.  Reminded me of Maple Syrup festivals in Canada in the spring.

 

 

Sheets of rubber hung on lines beside the road and when we stopped to look we were invited to tour a family rubber production line.

The latex is mixed with acid and water and left in shallow trays for three hours.

It emerges as a solid sheet which is then transferred to a wringer with a flat roller an on to another with a textured roller.  It is then hung out to dry before being smoked in an oven.  

Another Indian art form, the decorated truck.
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