Ooty Hillstation

Snooty Ooty

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December 26th 2006
On Chiristmas day morning we set off to a indian mountain resort, 2230m high. The indians all said: oooh it will be cold!!! But we went anyway on the recommendation of an indian lady we had met on the train going to Hampi. The scenery was spectacular during the busride. The street was more or less single track for most of the way with many potholes as it wound up into the mountains. We came past d ... 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