tim morch

The arid farmland around Nammakal is punctuated with rock outcroppings and hills typical of the Eastern Ghats. This series of unconnected low ranges, they merge with the Western Ghats not far south of here. The Western Ghats stretch from the southern tip of India north to Maharashtra State parallel to the Arabian Sea. This is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We would be in the thick of it in a few days. The winding rural roads connect