Tomorrow I try for Munnar again, from whence a couple of nearby nature reserves can be visited: Eravikulam National Park and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. It may be possible to stay in or near Chinnar. Getting to Munnar from Kodiakanal is not as simple as hoped. Though there is a direct road between the two towns, there is no direct bus service. Instead, you have to take a bus (twice a day, 11:45 and 14:15) to Thane, directly south of Kodiakanal, then catch another bus to Munnar. It will be several hours, essentially another day lost to inefficient travel. After the parks, it's backtracking to Munnar, then into Kerala, where I'll see Kochi and then Alleppey for some backwater touring, then back up to Kochi and, via Pollachi to Indira Gandhi NP, then via Combiatore to Silent Valley NP and then the Ooty hill station town. After Kerala it will be on to Karnataka, where my primary goal is the ruins at Hampi, though I have just been told that Karnataka has great food, good transport, is cheap, and has lots of good things to see. My last "must see" places for the south of India are the caves at Ellora and Ajanta, further north again.