http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Tamil Nadu , Ooty en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:31:03 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:31:03 +0000 This morning wasn't great as I've been stuffyitchysniffly and it seemed to be at it's worst and I'm fed up with it. Got the toy train to a place I forget the stop name where we visited a tea factory to learn 'what is tea' Wasn't in best of moods but did enjoy it an take few snaps on my phone as we had to pay for camera use but not phone cameras. The guy taking us round started by demanding http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-441553.html Can't believe it's the end of September already Felt really sick after going to bed last night but managed to fall asleep. Struggled with my scrambled eggs but did better with apple pancake. Sarah and Natalie also feeling a bit ill and Susan has had a cold for a while but seems a bit better. Sarah really not good so had a lie down while Natalie and myself went for a swim. Bit cooler this tim http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-441543.html Ooty is quite unlike any other Indian town that I have visited. I think the reason for this is that it was from its origin a European town. Its founder John Sullivan I am staying in a hotel named after him Sullivan's Court bought up all the land dirt cheap of course roughly the same terms as when Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan and from the beginning European style houses were erecte http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-436741.html We left the hotel at about ten o'clock and drove off towards Mysore. However we did not leave Bangalore until nearly eleven. The traffic and traffic management systems in the city really are awful.I noticed a fried chicken shop called Kentacky Chicken Corner which I thought was probably a good name. Further on there was a temple with a giant green eagle over its doorway. I saw an attractive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-435704.html Oh my where do we startIt's been 11 days here we're covered so much ground and seen so much stuff already and it's all been incredible. Even the train from Panaji in Goa to Kerala with the rats under our seat. All goodIt wasnt until we left Mumbai that we realised how hectic it was. The cultural shock wasnt as massive as we through it would be but thats because we're both hardcore seasoned t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-435164.html Day 38So we have started travelling. We've visited Calicut from Cochin. It was a 6 hour train ride to get there we did an expensive sleeper ticket for 1.55 pound and got to stand in the doorway of the train hanging on for dear life Russ called it free airconditioning. Eventually got a seat and moved our backpacks out the isle and out of the rain. Numerous beggers and ppl selling everything fro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-416791.html With an additional three weeks up our sleeves we decided that we would check out the Nilgiri hills district and in particular a place called Ooty. We have made an effort on this trip to eat a wide range of local cuisines where available and situated right next door to my old work in Sydney was an award winning restaurant named Nilgiri's so I thought that it must be a great place to sample some fr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-388427.html Dear allAfter spending a week with mum I headed to a place called Ooti a mountaneous area surrounded by tea plantations and interesting wildlife. This came as a shock to the system as I was used to rocket high temperatures and suddenly I was in need of a jacket and scarf. I arrived to be met by Alice at the YWCA hostel which had open fires and a massive old communal sitting area where many like http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-385183.html A long weekend from March 7th to March 10th. We Me wife Kunnu and Kennu decided to dash off to Ooty at the last moment. Did some searches over net and finalized on Zest Danish Villa for 2 nights 3 day deal. Since my car was not with me we decided to use our cousins Accent. Drive Bangalore Ooty We started from home at 6 AM on Saturday Morning. We have to pickup our friend who's parents are http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-382489.html 1415 Feb 2009. Traveled to Ooty described by all our grouprsquos guidebooks as a charming throwback to colonial British times. Itrsquos a ldquohill stationrdquo a small town used as a summer retreat from Indiarsquos terrific heat. Unfortunately those times are long gone. After an amazing ride up the mountains to about 6600 feet we discovered yet another dusty town with the wors http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-374425.html Ooty. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-367304.html Mamu pa tata se imenuje naslednje mestecepo moje seveda drugace pa Mamallapuram. Majhno obmorsko mestece ki slovi po starih templjih izklesanih iz ene ogromne skalehriba in kamnitih slonih. Za turiste pa je tu izklesovanje kipcev katerih cena preseze najin budget. Lahko pa si ga izdelas sam najbrz po polovicni ceni in zgreseni izvedbi ce bi midva probala bi najbr ostal samo majhen kamence http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-361363.html Nilgiris Blue Mountains in India bordering three states Kerala Karnataka and Tamil Nadu We had a brief but wonderful talk with a teacher at a Advasi project advasi being word for indigenous people. A plan is hatching they are in the Nilgiris means Blue Mountains it is beautiful territory tea farming tigers in the forest and elephants wandering about. A recent fund raising pro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-339876.html Ooty fut une ville difficile a atteindre c'est la station climatique la plus celebre d'Inde du sud avec ses 2240m d'altitude. Le bus pour y acceder fut plus que chaotique et nous avons vu la temperature descendre d'un seul coup. Heureusement qu'on avait des habits chauds. C'est surtout pour la nature qu'on vient a Ooty car c'est l'occasion de faire des balades merveilleuses. Le temps n'etait pas http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-336100.html I spent the last couple of days catching up with old friends. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-311983.html Hi This is Jaydip. I am a software pro placed Bangalore.My father works in Eastern railways so since my childhood days I have been travelling...Initially it was a funnw I am addicted towards travelling.This is my first travel blog.In Sept 2007. I was in chennai workin thr and livin wid 4 roomies.We got 4 days f leaves at a stretch.So we started for Ooty.Members MeJaydipIndraSubhoAshwaniA http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-309510.html On Thursday I caught a morning train from Cochin to Coimbatore virtually no one else in the carriage and freezing cold airconditioning I arrived at 2.30 and was met by Christine and her friends Queenie and Martin who drove us up the mountain to Ooty. There were many families of monkeys lounging in the road and of course the usual trucks to avoid on the hairpin bends. The temperature here is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-309338.html Tea glorious tea Finally made it to the tea museum and tea factory today where I was delighted to see how the teamaking process works. From 'withering' the leaves to extracting juice through to pounding and sifting until magically lovely tea powder is producedThis morning was all bright sunshine and tweeting birds and the gardens of the place I'm staying at looked just like an English garden. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-307842.html Hooray for the Queen of the hills otherwise known as Ooty it's so cold up here there are no mosquitos to bother me My red eye is still a puffy itchy mess after the little critters had a pop at my face the other night. My thigh has also gone from being painful to itchy in the place where a strange flying creature bit or stung me during one of the crazy bus journeys through my trousers I'll hav http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-307484.html Vacation In Ooty. My Home Town http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Ooty/blog-270124.html