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High tea
... Eucalyptus and pine trees stretch upwards from this centre, lining the hills, looking down upon this little area of commotion and noise. This is what people come for here, at least the tourists, not really to see the town but to see the outer laying areas of the town and so we ventured onto a hike the next day, 8 of us crammed into a jeep which took us ten kilometres away to commence what was supposed to be a 18 kilometre hike with our guide Anthony. The ...
OOOOOOOoooooooty!
... day before. The "trek" was more of a gentle stroll through some very beautiful scenery, along a river and through a eucalyptus forest. Still good practice for Nepal we hope: according to one of our fellow trekkers, a German girl who was the fount of all knowledge relating to trekking, travelling and all that is Indian, we are almost certainly not tough enough. We stopped for a yummy thali lunch at a road side shack place. It has to be ...
Ooty 6
... In other news, I just finished reading the novel "The Good Earth", by Pearl Buck. This is a Pulitzer Prize winning story by a Nobel Literature Prize winning author about the plight of a family in China. The book was written in the early 1930s and was a best seller at that time. I'm not sure what the real meaning behind the book is, but here is what I got out of it:
Life is full of ups and downs - and just when you think things are going well, ...
Ooty 3
... give them the benefit of the doubt and shake their hand - as I now know how to get my hand back if they try to keep it.
Another thing I notice is an absence of women working / being visible during the day compared, say, to Thailand, where women occupy most of the sales jobs in society, for example. India must have proportionally as many women as any other place, but not many of them are visible in the workforce. It's not as bad as in ...
"It's fun to stay at the ..."
... there's something unforgettable about steam trains. They make you want to wear headscarfs, exclaim and be winsome (?). I was reminded of the steam train somewhere in Wales, wonderful scenery and the young family company. The descent took us from the Alpine to the Tropical and within 4 hours we were back in the domain of the coconut palm. As if to remind us of the fact we were back in the tropics, a peacock waved its tail at us as our train pulled into the station.
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