Vinayaga Inn Ootacamund
36 C, Garden Road, Udagamandalam, Tamil Nadu Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, 643001, India
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Tea and toy trains
... from one to the other (as they do in chai/coffee stalls to mix it) a few times before giving it back and doing the same with Kathy's! A nosy neighbour popped in and joined before we again, tried to extract ourselves to head off and look at the tea factory. But, alas, the neighbour insisted we go into her house where she showed us pictures of some Germans she had met. Our original man came and accompanied us down to the factory, which was unfortunately closed ...
Ooty 4
... problem with the bus system here is that there is no way to let the driver know where you want to get off. In most places there is a buzzer or a bell to ring. Here, you have to tell the ticket guy - and he blows a whistle when your stop is reached and the driver then stops and lets you out. You might or might not know that since my trip to Africa, I always carry a whistle with me when I travel - as a way of getting attention in case ...
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 ...
Ooty 1
... India, the internet guy came to my guest house – that’s right, he made a house call! – and had me sign the necessary forms to please the Indian bureaucracy. I also handed over the cash necessary to consummate the transaction. (1,800 rupees for the device – a Tata Photon USB modem – plus another 555 rupees for a month’s unlimited internet usage.) He needed a passport photo of me, which I carry when I travel just for such purposes. ...
Jungle Life
... very happy to see the back of it when John and Emily arrived, but they had decided to dine there, oh dear, and they were on an all out meat fest. I don't know if they had made some pact to tease us, on account of our being vegetarians, who can say, but it certainly seemed that way, particularly on Emily's part, as she handled one of the meat dishes carelessly spilling some on the table in front of me, spent the whole time repeatedly praising what she ...



