"So the first day of my tour, I became well acquainted with a new India God called Porcelainamana...or the Indian Porcelain God! Thank goodness we were staying in a really nic ..."
"Up at 4:30 in the morning to get the train from combitore which connects with the steam engine in mettapulayam. The 40km narrow gauge journey took a quaint 5 1/2 house, too misty f ..."
A travel blog entry from Ooty by
mhaebich
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"Fresh off the Blue Mountain Express, I'm compelled to write about transportation in India: how I get around. It's such an integral part of life here, as anywhere, but perhaps more ..."
A travel blog entry from Ooty by
lraleigh
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"Our second trip into the hills reminded us how pleasant the north of India was, and it was great to be back in the cleaner air and clear blue skies. Cleaner is of course a relative ..."
"English - Time to put a few miles on the clock! We left Cochin at 7am by ferry to catch a 5 hour bus in-land to Coimbatore before changing buses and catching anoither for 1 hour to ..."
"Today we got up at 4 am because our train left at 5.15 am. No time for breakfast, but Vishnu prepared a packed breakfast for us that we could eat on the train. We first had to take ..."
"Trying to catch up on so much that happens daily. Hard job! It is actually Feb 24th and I am wrapping up my last few days in India but trying to recall the great last week I've had ..."
"Crazy India is all I can begin this entry with really... im walking around and from out of nowhere springs another surprise. BOOM! Right smack in the face and sometimes the B ..."
"After one ferry crossing, four rickshaws, two trains, two buses and a night's stay in a small town (with no internet connection) called Mettupalayam, I've finally arrived in Ooty! ..."
"now the travel really starts... we left vellore friday night and rolled into Ooty on Saturday morning. Ooty is within the Nilgiri range, one of the many hill stations dotted throug ..."