Bangalore to Munnar in a Thar P AT for a macro photography shoot

I got decent mileage for the thirsty petrol AT with relaxed cruising.

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I went to the outskirts of Munnar over the weekend for macro photography, mainly to see and photograph the Resplendent Frog, which is critically endangered and only found in a specific high-altitude area around Munnar.

On the way there, I took the Bangalore-Perundurai-Avinashi-Palladam-Udumalaipet-Munnar route. It was mostly fine except for about 20 kilometers after entering Kerala, where the road was narrow and had potholes in the China forest. On the way back, I chose the scenic Munnar-Devikulam-Theni-Dindigul-Dharmapuri-Rayakotai-Atibele-Bangalore route. It was very scenic with great roads, although a bit longer.

Without further ado, let me share some pictures.

Decent mileage for the thirsty petrol AT with relaxed cruising

Passing through Annamalai reserve

Entering the estate area near Munnar

View during return descent towards Theni

Parked somewhere near Dindigul

Sharing some drone images from my return route

Around the pretty gap road

Lovely route next to tea estates

Thar at a corner

Meandering through the estates

Beautiful hills

Twisties

Twin hair pin bends

Waterfall

Lovely tea estate scape

The solo car

The necklace

Coming to the macro images, the highlight of the trip : Resplendent Frog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raorchestes_resplendens)

Other macro images, some images got desaturated a lot upon uploading. Not really sure what is the issue.

Munnar bush frog

Star eyed frog

Dubois bush frog

Gunther's Vine snake (shorter head and thicker than the common vine snake)

Spiny Lizard (color change)

Night frog with rhomboid eye

Green eyed frog (chlorosoma)

Bijui's bush frog

False Malabar gliding frog (green tiger)

Bush frog calling

Backlight

Golden back frog

Cicada

Slug

Hourglass frog

Sushil's bushfrog

Malabar Gliding frog

Raorchestes Flaviventris

Kalakad gliding frog

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