Travel Blog Photos from Ooty, Tamil Nadu (5)
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![]() | Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India |
... Kilometers. . . About 20 kilometers up the pitted road, I came to a gate, a national forest sanctuary, and the border of Tamil Nadu. The toll was 7 rupees, and still there was none of the oft-mentioned baksheesh demand that people had so often told me ...
A 5 hour bus ride to Coimbatore to transit and change to another bus. From Coimbatore to Ooty was 4 more hours.
... gardens [NOTE: Forgot to say Ooty was created by the english coz it was cooler and they could grow tea here (East india tea company!) They - of course - had pushed out the native hill tribes (small packets of them still around - mainly for tourism). ...
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Toy Train to Ooty - Not running
Posted on Dec 31, 2006, 13:51:10
... another helpful TravelPodder called Claudius. Thanks for the info! "Many people are approaching happy for the toy train to Ooty (Tamil Nadu, India): It does not run! Here is the leter to my answer (the indianrail.gov.in shows it!! if ...
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