12 hours in Munnar, India Kathakali Dance Performance & Sunrise on Kolukkumalai
all right welcome to Manar at night time we are actually here to check out some live theater performances that are going on tonight as well uh right through here we're watching two shows as part of our evening entertainment one is about sort of the history of everything and one is a martial arts so we're pretty excited to see that so just to see the uh Performing Arts here at Menard I think will be pretty cool all right so we've got our tickets we are heading down to the balcony hello how are you we're excited for the show okay great uh she's gonna show us to our seats it's a nice cool theater okay okay like a real yeah so man an awesome theater okay that's these okay okay thank you so much here we go okay and the next show different seats please don't okay okay all right so we're just getting started and this is definitely like a little underground theater right now yeah I like it yeah it's cool it's actually fairly big though I mean and this is the thing of a balcony up there so uh yeah we're excited for the show to get started these turn on the house lights so should be starting uh any minute [Music] foreign [Music] okay so our next show is starting it's a martial arts show down in the pit looks like Mortal Kombat for sure about the martial arts show what do you think [Music] it's cold but it looks cool yeah down in the pit she's a pretty good action yeah like kickboxer yeah I hope you're here [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] wow okay [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you good morning from munar Kerala it is 3 13 in the morning and the kids and I they're inside the hotel waiting but the kids and I are headed up um to the highest Plantation in the area so we can watch the sunrise so we're up way way early I think we have about I don't know a three hour Jeep ride up the mountain and then we're gonna watch Sunrise probably eat some breakfast up there and then come on back down and we are excited to take you with us so we're just gonna hang out here um in the dark and wait for the Jeep to arrive and then we'll touch base okay so it looks like our jeep is here and we are heading out to uh head up the mountain I guess to watch the sunrise right yeah all right let's check out and see what what this is like I'm not sure what the process is from the door all right good morning I'm Kelly nice to meet you um yeah okay um is it okay if I film we're gonna oh come on it's just gonna be the two kids and I um because we have a little baby he's still sleeping okay is that all right um and my husband's gonna stay with the baby okay okay all right Cedar granite and granite I'm gonna turn a light on I did Tito yeah yeah Tito yeah this can be good all right we're gonna loading up everybody's in here I'm trying to do a little bit of light with this all right thank you okay see do you excited for this yeah yeah and granted you excited for this definitely yeah this should be pretty fun pretty epic and um Tito how long is this uh ride gonna be uh actually this Jeep goes to 20 kilometer from there another Jeep will we go to so we're taking two Jeeps two Jeeps all right two Jeeps one for 20 kilometers and then the other one for another 20 or so all right we're off it's gonna be a bumpy ride yeah this is the fast one right yeah but it's nice and it's Airy and it's it's gonna be bumpy but um I think it's gonna be a fun time like a roller coaster yeah trying to see outside all right so I think we're gonna touch base with you when uh when we get a little bit closer yeah Cedar how you doing girl good how was that ride good yeah and granu how are we doing over here good yeah it is now 4 15 in the morning and um the kids have been playing DJ in the Jeep the whole way up which has been really fun so we just been jamming out to music and I think we're doing a car transfer at this point I'm just waiting for the next vehicle to show up um Tito's our driver and he's been great just letting the kids play on his uh phones that we can listen to music the whole way up this morning it's still pretty early but um and the sun is not up it's only 4 15 in the morning and yeah so we'll touch base as we get into the next ride and see how long it'll be to the top my guess is probably we'll get there around 5 36 so we can watch the whole like the sun come up and everything so like even the Dusk and everything like that so it should be pretty amazing and apparently the views from the top are fantastic like we can see the whole the whole valley or whatever down the mountain so I'm excited I don't know I don't think so but I do hear a noise maybe running water and maybe on a bridge oh yeah yeah I think we're on a bridge so it should be pretty awesome all right we'll check check in with you guys in just a little bit just before we go I want to give you a little Jeep Tour we're like sitting on the side bench and Cedar's there and then we got the awesome front Jeep as you can see it and then our bench over here so it's pretty small little area but it's nice nice and Airy yeah so Cedar things are right here so we're gonna yeah pretty good pretty awesome Jeep right yeah yeah it's kind of a little bit different from our Jeep in Pakistan right yeah yeah a little bit um smaller yeah like just a different style but pretty cool open air a lot of fresh air so hopefully no car sickness this time around okay it is 4 30 in the morning and we are leaving this Jeep miss Mr Tito's awesome Jeep and we are heading to the next one which looks like this Grant's climbing in Cedar's climbing in all right you wanna grab that for a little bit all right and you're a driver no no no no he's over there okay we'll jump in thank you guys hopefully we make it all right oh man this one's gonna be fun this is a this one looks a little bit different style right yeah chili how are we ever gonna go back to Alaska yeah okay we just filled out some paperwork um just about the passengers in the car and where we're from and our phone number and now we are going to be heading up to the top of the Tea Plantation um yeah we're just waiting for our driver he's getting all the paperwork in order for us we are freezing cold right we're gonna kind of just hunker down and and try and stay warm um does your side of the Jeep have a door no no door on that side and uh no door on this side here's our other Jeep across the way so I'm not sure why we're doing a Jeep transfer but um I'm sure it'll be explained later and then um I don't know if we'll do a Jeep transfer when we get back down the mountain but possibly but we'll find out all details as we go and I don't know I'm excited to see the sun come up because it'll be nice and warm yeah all right we'll see in just a little bit all right and it looks like we're off and our driver's with us what's your name Brian Brandon he's got a pretty awesome Jeep it's nice blue light uh he's closed some uh the back doors for us so we can keep a little bit warmer right but yeah we're gonna head out it kind of looks like we're in the Jeep Convoy look we got some friends yay it looks like we're already making friends we're gonna head up the mountain and then I think we're in like a Jeep Convoy so we're all gonna be heading up there together and should be pretty awesome all right we're gonna hit the road just check out those views foreign it's just this whole valley below us and we have these Mountain Ridge that were up on and The Whole Bowl below us is just starting to fill up with clouds so the clouds are rolling in you can see the mountain peaks in the background and um yeah the people are starting to gather and all the Jeeps are lining up so it's pretty cool up here right now foreign okay when we first pulled up here it was just really really dark and the stars were out and it was pretty amazing just to see um the all the the whole night sky out here in Granite I stood outside with the Jeep and just watched all the stars which was pretty fantastic took us about seven kilometers to get up here and um on a not straight road like the whole Road was kind of like a riverbed it was just bumpy rocks and it was pretty crazy um and we're traveling in this Convoy of jeeps and I've given the kids Dramamine because they got car sick yesterday both of them so um but now they're both knocked out because of it so hopefully they'll wake up in time to see that sun coming up over the horizon foreign but the sun is coming up right here and it is streaking in the sky there's uh bright orange and pink streaks coming up off of the horizon and I don't know if the GoPro can catch it but um I was just gonna hang here for a second pretty awesome this is so cold it's so cold but granite's out he's rallying he's made it and uh he's gonna try and watch that sun come up over you see the streaks yeah that's pretty awesome there's a couple like it's like when you color the Sun as a kid with the little streaks coming out can actually see the sun streaks coming up and they're like a peak color which is pretty cool and I don't know if the GoPros wouldn't catch a cloud all right we got a lot of people Gathering Jeeps still coming up so you have that jeep over there amazing we got some more people over here if you can see them yeah we got Grant is finally with me which is good and we'll get Cedar up in just a little bit but definitely I think that Sun's definitely gonna warm us up when we get get it all right we're checking in it's about 6 15 in the morning and the colors out here are pretty fantastic hopefully the GoPro is picking that up um as those sunbeams are just coming up over that Horizon and there's this that thick thick cloud cover rolling in down below you're gonna see these mountains jutting out foreign it's still cold right granite but is it getting warmer a little bit a little bit warmer I can't really tell it's too cold can't tell we're warming ourselves up or if um if it's the idea of the sun coming up over the horizon um which is pretty cool ah it's gonna be beautiful up here well it still looks like we have a lot of cars coming I can see a lot of lights down the road and here's our Jeep you got the Puja you can check in inside Cedar oh you can't see inside but Cedar's still sleeping in here uh her dream means really kicked in so she's out but it's pretty awesome out here I think I see the sun because I see The Gleam on the clouds all right let's check it out right here we think the sun's gonna pop up and I don't know if the GoPro is catching it but there's just that Glitter Sparkle of daylight coming through yep so we are standing right on the Kerala Tamil Nadu border and so we're actually looking out into Tamil Mandu as that sun is coming up over that Horizon gopro's working again which is great and that Sun's about to pop right over there which is good Cedar's in her Dramamine coma right now right yep I think we needed it for that road though yeah yeah how is it bumpy yeah very bumpy very cold yeah I'll try and catch some of it on the way back um but it's pretty like it's pretty much like this but then even crazier all the way down the road and then it's so we'll see and down here we have uh all the tea plants growing right here on the hillside Granite you see it sounds like here it is here it is coming up over the horizon yay right over the ocean right by Chennai peeking up over here and if we go across here kerala's right over there on the other side of this Mountain Ridge Breezy and cold but it is pretty beautiful out here lots of people up here too and even up on the hillside just to see the sun all right Sun pop up over the horizon we got some more people over here see everybody out here enjoying this moment in nature right got Granite with me he's my Trooper [Laughter] forest and dad are cozy and warm in bed eating buffet breakfast but uh we're out here roughing it in the cold Cedar's sleeping she's halfway roughing it she's trying to rough it all right you are not gonna believe who just joined us Cedar she's up she rallied she's here with us and she's enjoying the sun because it's still the wind is really chilly right but the the sun is not too bad the sun is kind of warming us up so we're trying to decide do we hide from the wind in the car or do we stay in the Sun but embrace the wind it's hard to know right Cedar yeah she's uh ready to head on back I think green how'd your uh what's your opinion about the sunrise it's good yeah right next time you bring a puffy jacket right yes it's nice it's bright it's beautiful up here it's nice clean cool air right yeah yeah kind of refreshing wakes you up for sure definitely wide awake right now and uh just enjoying nature up here with lots of people which is great I don't know for me it was totally worth it definitely Cedar's still figuring it out yeah yeah it'll be worth it when you get down and have a nice big breakfast yeah I just want to stay in the covers and Order breakfast you want to order breakfast if you want you too yeah that's great Good Times up on the Mountaintop yay we are backing up off this mountain granny's in the front this time yeah that's not too bad all right foreign [Applause] all right I'm excited to show you this road because it was pretty intense this morning in the dark and uh I have a feeling it's gonna be even more intense now that we can see over the edge there was a row of tea um blocking the drop off so I'm you know a little more confident hey hey we'll fall like grass and bushes instead of Hard Rock yeah yeah yeah that is true we'll just fall into the tea trees see bushes hello foreign yeah so there's a that Comfort there will be bushes to catch us instead of a sheer drop off like in Pakistan oh wow it is beautiful up here though you can't argue that let's see we're gonna be a little bit of a traffic jam but not too bad CJ do you remember the road up here or were you sleeping I take that to sleeping right yeah good morning [Applause] try to fall asleep so I wouldn't have to put all the clubs yeah there was a lot of bumps kept flying everywhere you were flying everywhere I almost lost my water bottle and I just realized that I was behind my back and then for the bananas banana the bananas opens I thought something dropped out of it we brought some bananas and water with us and I think the bananas might be a little moist what do you think we brought money because yes yeah nice to meet you yeah good morning I just want to eat good morning yeah nice to meet you thank you yay are you a driver yeah nice nice all right see you can hold on to this bar which I didn't even see in the dark this morning it's gonna be our road all the way down the mountain and my biggest goal is not to drop the GoPro it is quite bumpy as you can tell but the views from up here are fantastic and if I can catch a glimpse of them on the next Switchback I'll let you see the T fields from a distance with the sun just bouncing on them how you doing up there granted good you're popping all over but you got a hand bar Cedar you got how are you doing good yeah you're doing good we're just jumping out of the Jeep real fast to take a look at this View isn't that awesome yeah you can see the road winding down there all these Tea Plantation all these tea plants uh and you can see the road that we're on that's we're going to wind up through there and here's this whole ridge line fantastic the views have been amazing and I guess that's why we're here we're up here to see see the sunrise and the viewpoints and the Tea Plantation but it's this is really cool you can see the Jeeps driving over there it's crisp it's cool and it's uh just really refreshing up here and this is our road which is pretty intense but our Jeep and our driver we've got you guys got it he's managing it perfectly no puking yet yeah last night just going to town and back going down to town Cedar got car sick and coming back up Granite got car sick so um everyone's got car sick when we went when we came to that um theater yeah just when we got to the theater right and granite threw up before when we got out of the car to go to the hotel yeah afterwards it was an intense uh it wasn't even that long but it's just so bumpy that and we're not used to it so yeah that's great but this is this is cool and guess what so my mom gave us some pills to make a son seasick car sick I mean and um and it was like making us a little bit sleepy and whenever I have these pills that make me um kind of sleepy I sleep it's like you are totally no turning back you were totally out today this morning when we first got there yes yeah you're a little more awake now yeah and granted you're good are you warming up yet uh a little bit you're warming up a little bit it's moving his feet getting warm yeah I really just wanted to pull over and check out this View and uh let everyone see what we're seeing over here it's pretty just amazing so much green and that Mountain Ridge all right I think it's time should we head back down the mountain okay [Music] okay let's go to uh there's a cool waterfall up here so we're gonna take a break five minutes five minutes and go check out the waterfall which would be cool okay okay that sounds good all right so we're gonna head up there to that waterfall looks like there's a little Trail over here how you doing in front good good yeah is it a little bit better in the front yeah okay nice we're just surrounded by tea these tea trees and tea leaves it's really cool um they were serving tea up at the top but the kids were too cold so we decided we'll just come back down warm up a bit and we'll get to you when we get back to the hotel so that'll be nice oh cool hiking through the T fields if we stop here yeah I think we need to stop here check out the falls wow that's pretty right yeah goes all the way down right now we're ending up our time on the road and we just turned the corner to find out [Music] there that was the surprise I was just gonna show you the Jeep all the Jeeps coming down the road and in front of us and that pretty much wraps up our morning up on the mountain we're gonna check in with uh forest and Jonathan as soon as we get back to the hotel but for now we're just gonna cruise on through town all right thank you bye yay you got us all the way up the mountain back safely and now we are back into our original uh Jeep with Tito and we are heading back to the hotel so thank you so much take care what's your water bottle yeah yeah right sound good yes okay and we're off everything looks so different with the light right yeah I did I didn't know the color was yellow okay go I knew it was a bright one I kind of caught a glimpse of it but uh I didn't know red this morning yeah the light changes everything huh all right so our plan now is to um head over and surprise Forest good morning surprise for us and see how he's doing today see if they're even in the room right yeah they might be at the buffet they might be the buffet we're gonna head there too if we can for sure how was it everybody dude did you miss us yeah did you miss us okay so you went on the Jeep did you see the sunrise we saw the sunrise well some of us it was a little bit of a struggle Cedar they both took Dramamine oh you fell asleep in the Jeep so she fell asleep in the Jeep which is probably good because it was really bumpy and then um but she did wake up right right around sunrise and came out and joined us well I mean it's a beautiful day so I'm excited to uh see what's up uh what's up next yeah it's breakfast probably yeah so we're back it's about 9 30 9 40 and we are gonna head to breakfast so we'll see you later foreign [Music]
2023-01-28 21:39
