There is a simple remedy for the heat and humidity of the plains of Kerala: a trip to the mountains where at the edge of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Shalimar Spice Garden Resort is located. At a height of 800 metres, where the air is relatively cool ….

There is a simple remedy for the heat and humidity of the plains of Kerala: a trip to the mountains where at the edge of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Shalimar Spice Garden Resort is located. At a height of 800 metres, where the air is relatively cool …. Life is simple up here, yet there also seems to be an excess of everything: The straw covered cottages stand in the midst of bright green palm groves and amongst trees and plants where mangos, nutmeg and cardamom flourish ….