Mgm Hillworth Resorts Coonoor

... we paid!!! We took a pits stop at Krishnagiri for dinner at around 9.30pm and made it to Bangalore around 12.15am. Took a 2Hrs break in Café Day to have a small nap as Sreeni is the only guy who was driving for the long stretch so far and finally made it to Mysore around 6am (20th March) and started taking pics of Mysore palace . All though we are interested, but couldn't spend much time as we are already short of time because of 2 hrs break in the mid night.

The roads are ...

Who are you?

It’s a good question to ask yourself, and probably not something you think of every day. Do you know who you are? What makes you tick? Do you know why you make the decisions you do, and why your life flows in the direction it does? And are you happy in your skin?

Heady stuff for a Thursday afternoon chat over tea in the hills of Tamil Nadu. I was sitting in a cozy dorm parents living room with three principals of Hebron school, Rod Gilbert (1987-95), John ...

... masonry and bronze and marble plaques commemorating the British officers and missionaries who died in and around Ooty during the Raj.

There was a large and overgrown colonial cemetery on the slope behind the church, and we wandered among the tombstones and towering eucalypt trees. The guardian waited patiently and Joseph thanked him with a few 10 rupee notes as we prepared to leave. Next was a spot of shopping at a handicraft shop run for the Toda people, a hill tribe that ...

... 36 hair pin bends, stopping once more at a tea shop, as tea is one of the main crops of the area.

When we finally arrived at Ooty we were stunned at how cold it was. It was on with the arctic base layers and thick socks, and sleeping under blankets and quilts.

We decided to do some trekking the next day but one, to give our bodies a chance to get used to the 2000 m altitude. However the weather just got worse and worse. We ended up staying four ...

... we were meeting for the first time and wondering whether the masked co passengers were just being careful or should we be worrying; it was time to move. Sudhanshu was still stuck somewhere in traffic, but after many phone calls and laughs at the confusion, we managed to pick him up enroute. The Volvo bus journey was all right; we managed to disturb others in the bus with our enthusiasm. The ...

... here is a little sad having spent so much time with them...also Muhan-ji and Chaggan who made our mealtimes very special with their amazing cooking skills and their willing to impart all their recipes to me was great...so peeps at home look forward to a few curry nights in the future!! It was with a great tickle that Abdul my tuk tuk driver revealed his other secret skills...and Kimi you will get a real giggle out of this one as you could see Abduls full ...

... massages in the morning...some sort of beating in the afternoon...I will explain later when I understand more....lol ... some more yoga before lunch, lunch- which was really yummy .... Now if all vego food tasted like this I would leave the cow alone too!! There is an optional class after lunch but by this point I choose to sleep for an hour as I am fading fast due to jetlag. Then I go to my beating...lol...which is a type of massage and not painful but therapeutic. I don't ...

... told me to wait.So I waited and waited....a guy came to my rescue in the que and bought us tickets-I thought great and tried to pay him 50rupees he said it was only 12!Sounded strange,found out why when he was gone that they were only childs tickets-Oppps!!!!These teenagers that were talking to Glenn helped us asking at the counter and then finding the guy who got us the tickets so we endeed up goin with the guy who got us the tickets and his kids-Mad!!! So eventually ...

... up on the more complicated cases after they have been discharged from the hospital. Often the patients who come, only do so because they want someone to listen to their troubles, and Dr. Ramaiya understands the psychological aspect of his work. We once saw a couple come because the wife had stoumach pains. After sending the wife out to do a urin test Dr. Ramaiya began to scold the husband for not paying enough ...

... have had to been awake at 4:30 to catch the train. I tried but failed to get up, so decided to make the most out of my 24 hour check-in and included breakfast by catching a bus at a more respectable hour. An elephant was walking towards me along the main road as I tried to find the bus station. If I had any doubts that I was in India that made them vanish! I counted at least 30 monkies on the twisty climb up to Coonoor. Soon we were driving up through the mist and cloud (The ...