Ooty Gate Tamil Nadu
Coonoor Road Tamil Nadu, 47843, India
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The rest of our stay in Tamil Nadu
... the main guys behind the charity fund that is responsible for the charity projects that we were able to visit in Tamil Nadu. In Pondicherry we first walked around the town: down to the beach, into a ashram temple, through the market place and the botanic garden. We really liked the atmosphere that was much more laid back than in Chennai. In the afternoon we went with John and Michael to give some school stuff to poor ...
Mettupalayam
... the pine tree-surrounded lake; a homey atmosphere with lots of interesting travelers - and plenty of common areas for them to interact. And only a short walk from the town. It was just perfect. The only problem was that they are most likely full for tomorrow. But I was willing to wait an extra day to stay in this lovely place if necessary. I gave the owner of the place my phone number and asked her to call me either tonight or tomorrow morning if a ...
Now wheres that Tiger?
... bhai, then backing off when he realised he hailed from the Midlands, where behaviour like this is slightly more acceptable.
On the way to Tiger territory we headed south of Mysore then started to ascend the winding roads up towards Mudumalai passing Bandipur National Park, spotting deer and a couple of tethered elephants on the way, things looked promising for our wildlife hunt.
Off the bus at ...
Greetings from Ooty
... we do look strikingly different from the crowd. But I seem to attract more attention than Darren does for the fact that I am female - more attention from the young men who are usually in groups of 5-6 and often accompanied by jeering or suggestive expressions. (Literature I've read explains that young men receive impressions from western media and western female tourists who've dressed in ways that are culturally inappropriate and sent the message that they ...
Swimming Pool Day
The first part of the day in our jungle retreat was focused on preparing and eating good food; many breads prepared by John with Rosina's assistance, pita bread, plaited bread, fresh houmus and fruit salad. Wow, what a food experience John's place was.
The days outing was visiting the home of Johns parents, not so far from Bokkapuram, to have a swim in their pool. Driving there and back was our chance to see ...



