Hotel Darshan Ootacamund
Opposite Boat House Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, 643001, India
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The ghats
The last 50km of the journey to Ooty can be taken by the "Toy Train". This is an old narrow gage steam train which is still in service because of the unique cog system in use to provide traction needed to ascend the steep incline up the mountain. The train takes 5 hours to go up and 3 hour to come down. We had hoped to get this train but only had …
Very Simla
We turned up at the bus station for our 12.15pm AC coach to Ooty. This arrived an hour late, allegedly due to a farmers' strike blocking the Bangalore to Mysore road. This delay gave us plenty of time to listen to the coaches attempt to leave the bus station. There are some fifty bays handling the long distance coaches which, with a typical …
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LOST IN OOTY!
... home laden with cheap cashmere jumpers and pashminas quickly subsided and we are now the proud owners of two hoodies and two pairs of leggings!The wine was more of a mission, as Tamilnadu is a non-alcoholic state and our initial glee at seeing bottles of wine in a shop window were dashed when we read the words "de-alcoholized" in small writing on the bottom of the Australian C******ay!It's going to be a dry Christmas!
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Ooty 6
... them a ten rupee note - which is about 22 US cents. The guy's disappointment was visible. But my thinking is that a person should never complain about free money - no matter how little it is. They seem to have a serious case of "the world owes me a living for maintaining my tribal identity". If he would have helped me achieve my goal of finding Jeff's email address, I would have gladly parted with as much as a dollar. Anyway, I tried, Jeffrey! Should you ever ...
Ooty 4
... The landscape was beautiful, the weather was perfect (did I say that already?), and the result was a very pleasant walk. After rounding a few bends, I came upon a small building where people were lining up to buy something. A little farther down the road I encountered a man who, as often happens here, asked me where I'm from. After telling him, he said that he just needed to quickly buy something at that building I had just passed - and could ...



