Ooty Market

Ooty

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August 7th 2008
On Thursday, I caught a morning train from Cochin to Coimbatore - virtually no one else in the carriage and freezing cold air-conditioning! 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 her ... 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