India- Trekking- Coffee Estate- Coorg- Karnataka
Channel: Souvik Mukherjee
Date: 24/10/2014

A trek is always exciting more so when it's in a coffee estate on a hill with challenging terrain and blood sucking leeches.
Coffee estates such as this are a common sight in the entire Coorg district of the western Ghats in Karnataka. Coffee was introduced by the British here. But after independence, many of these plantations were sold to the native 'Kodavas' and other south Indians. Business boomed. However, in the recent times due to volatile economic conditions, many of these planters have also started providing lodging facilities at the plantations. This provides them with additional income during the lean season.
PS: Leeches are not harmful. They do suck blood and the only way to remove them when attached is by squeezing lemon juice or rubbing them with moist raw tobacco. That kills them instantly. The only side-effect of a leech bite is prolonged itching in the affected region. This video was shot in June 2013 during the peak monsoon season.