Nice botanical gardens

Ooty and Coonoor

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December 29th 2006
Merry Christmas and happy new year! Headed out of so-so and crowded Mysore by bus towards the hill station of Ooty. We passed through Ranthambore wildlife park and spotted some spotted deer, a bison, elephants and 'something small and striped hiding under a bush'. Not bad for out the bus window we thought. (No tigers.) After a while we reached the hills and started winding up, then throu ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more