Cathedral Ooty

Nilgiri hills and Ooty

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January 21st 2012
So as I said last time have moved on to Ooty. Passed through two Tiger reserves on the way here, didn't see any tigers, not that I expected to as we were on the main road through the middle of it, but did see a few deer, a few dozen eagles and about four million monkeys. I also saw a jackal but that was in the car park of the guest house not in the park. There was sign at the entrance to the p ... 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