It was 7.30 in the morning and we got up with a thud as we had planned to get up early....and go to connor which was around 30 kms from the town of ooty.....a small town while we come to ooty in train from mettupalyam.....
Atlast at 9 we were ready to vacate the cottage....we complete our breakfast....started straight for connor.....as ramesh who was injured and we had another patient veeru who had a problem with acidity....we left them at the hospital with vivek escorting them....went to the a famous garden at connor....after that we headed for the dolphin nose which was in the midst of valleys and mountains....about 20 kms from connor.....it has a waterfalls to look at and one of the natures beauties....it was a fascinating journey through the tea gardens....deep valleys and steep edges.....we had a good photo session and we were back to the city of connor....had our lunch.....started back for Bangalore at about 3 in the afternoon.....at 5 in the evening we were into the thick forest of madumalai.....we stopped at the shooting point...where many songs from movies of different languages were and are shot...it was a big hill in the midst of the forest....when viewed from the top of the hill we get a good view of the forest.....we spent some more and started back in the bus.....the route until bandipura is ghat section of the road which is full of curves and edges....full with natures beauties too....on the way we could see some elephants having their dinner on the road side....after that it was all fun again......singing...the highligts being the song I sung from "breathles" album and Ramesh's Kishore kumar's melodies...we reach around 2 am in the morning......back to our huts......
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शनिवार, 14 जून 2008
Tour to Ooty - Part 2
It was around 5.30 am in the morning we reached the mountain town of ooty.....and we started the search for accommodation...@ 6am were all standing on a road in search of the rooms availability and it was a strange coincidence about the road which you would later .....it was all was vain until 8 in the morning as we were just roaming in different directions for the same.....at 8 am we got a cottage and it would take another 30 minutes for it to be ready....and we planned to complete our breakfast so that we can go start for sight seeing once we are ready....
At 10 in the morning first we had started for the doddabetta which was about 10 kms from the town of ooty....its the highest point from where we can see the whole town of ooty....spent the whole afternoon there....we had the lunch on the top of the hill and took lot of snaps....which I would try to include in the blog....the next place to be visited was the botanical park of ooty which has a lot of trees which we don’t normally see on the roads or the parks of the cities...next it was the tea museum and factory....it was a good experience on how the tea is made in the factories...and the tea there tasted the best....it was 4 in the evening and it started drizzling....and we decided to go the paikara lake which is one of the main attractions of the town....it was around 5.15 in the evening....it had started raining heavily....we nearly abandoned the visit to the lake due to the rain....fortunately for us the rain had receded and we decided to go ahead with the visit....we bought the tickets for a 10 seater boat which was comfortable and in the 2 rounds of the lake took lot of photos and sung songs from the bollywood which were apt while roaming around the lake.
It was 6.30 in the evening and we had completed the rounds of the lake and by 7 in the evening we were in the cottage in batches….after half hour of relaxation after then we went for snacks and brought some chocolates of ooty....after that it was all chatting sitting in the room.....and it was 10.30 in the night we started for dinner and to our surprise everything was closed and we were on the same road in the search of food on which we were at 6 am in search of the room.....which was a strange coincidence....and in the mean time....my colleague who planned the tour got injured as he twisted his ankle......while walking on the road....we had our dinner at around 12.30 in the night...after we could find something to eat.....the it was all saying good night and going into sleep....and it was heavily raining with thunderstorms all around and it was getting colder even in the mid summer’s night.....
At 10 in the morning first we had started for the doddabetta which was about 10 kms from the town of ooty....its the highest point from where we can see the whole town of ooty....spent the whole afternoon there....we had the lunch on the top of the hill and took lot of snaps....which I would try to include in the blog....the next place to be visited was the botanical park of ooty which has a lot of trees which we don’t normally see on the roads or the parks of the cities...next it was the tea museum and factory....it was a good experience on how the tea is made in the factories...and the tea there tasted the best....it was 4 in the evening and it started drizzling....and we decided to go the paikara lake which is one of the main attractions of the town....it was around 5.15 in the evening....it had started raining heavily....we nearly abandoned the visit to the lake due to the rain....fortunately for us the rain had receded and we decided to go ahead with the visit....we bought the tickets for a 10 seater boat which was comfortable and in the 2 rounds of the lake took lot of photos and sung songs from the bollywood which were apt while roaming around the lake.
It was 6.30 in the evening and we had completed the rounds of the lake and by 7 in the evening we were in the cottage in batches….after half hour of relaxation after then we went for snacks and brought some chocolates of ooty....after that it was all chatting sitting in the room.....and it was 10.30 in the night we started for dinner and to our surprise everything was closed and we were on the same road in the search of food on which we were at 6 am in search of the room.....which was a strange coincidence....and in the mean time....my colleague who planned the tour got injured as he twisted his ankle......while walking on the road....we had our dinner at around 12.30 in the night...after we could find something to eat.....the it was all saying good night and going into sleep....and it was heavily raining with thunderstorms all around and it was getting colder even in the mid summer’s night.....
Tour to Ooty - Part 1
It was a serious day in the month of may and it all started with ramesh sending a mail with proposal to go to ooty as it had been long time the teams had been gone on a small tour….we all agreed for the same as it had been long time we had gone outside Bangalore. All the team members agreed and we sent mail back to ramesh that we are ready for tour.
Though we all had agreed to go to on the tour some of the team members were still not sure whether they would be able to join to the tour...this suspense went for another 3-4 days and it was decided who is going to join the tour and not…..except my manager…who had a injury on his leg…the fun part of it was that we had named the persons who were not able to come as “GADDAAR”...it was fun calling them with that name.....at last the day of the starting for the tour had come..9th may 2008...8 pm in the evening....while we all were watching IPL match we got the news that Vivek (my manager) is also joining us on the tour and our joy knew no bounds.....it was 11 pm in the night.....after our dinner we had started....in the tempo traveler we had booked....it was a 13 seat vehicle which was comfortable for 10...which first when seen I felt....”...TV, DVD player.....”here are the names that were on the tour....me, Vivek, ankur, ramesh, piyush, saleesh, kamanna, veeru, santosh, lokesh....and not to forget the name of the our driver mani....it was 12 in the night and we were out of Bangalore moving towards Mysore.....meanwhile it was all fun the tempo in which we were going....it was a good photo session and it was all about singing....dancing.....
It was 2 am in the morning and we were in the city of Mysore....passing through the streets of the city and for the first time I had a look at the Mysore maharaja palace.....it was shining in the lights in the night....after that it was all about taking a short nap.....it was 4 am in the morning....I got up with the morning cold wind blowing through my ears....we were passing through the madumalai forest which was famous for elephants in India....about half hour after entering the forest we were on the mountain section of the road which leads us to ooty.....some distance into the mountain section we see that we were unable to see the road ahead which we thought at first to be think fog.....and it turned to be rain....it was then we realized that we were in the midst of cloud with rain all around us.....
Though we all had agreed to go to on the tour some of the team members were still not sure whether they would be able to join to the tour...this suspense went for another 3-4 days and it was decided who is going to join the tour and not…..except my manager…who had a injury on his leg…the fun part of it was that we had named the persons who were not able to come as “GADDAAR”...it was fun calling them with that name.....at last the day of the starting for the tour had come..9th may 2008...8 pm in the evening....while we all were watching IPL match we got the news that Vivek (my manager) is also joining us on the tour and our joy knew no bounds.....it was 11 pm in the night.....after our dinner we had started....in the tempo traveler we had booked....it was a 13 seat vehicle which was comfortable for 10...which first when seen I felt....”...TV, DVD player.....”here are the names that were on the tour....me, Vivek, ankur, ramesh, piyush, saleesh, kamanna, veeru, santosh, lokesh....and not to forget the name of the our driver mani....it was 12 in the night and we were out of Bangalore moving towards Mysore.....meanwhile it was all fun the tempo in which we were going....it was a good photo session and it was all about singing....dancing.....
It was 2 am in the morning and we were in the city of Mysore....passing through the streets of the city and for the first time I had a look at the Mysore maharaja palace.....it was shining in the lights in the night....after that it was all about taking a short nap.....it was 4 am in the morning....I got up with the morning cold wind blowing through my ears....we were passing through the madumalai forest which was famous for elephants in India....about half hour after entering the forest we were on the mountain section of the road which leads us to ooty.....some distance into the mountain section we see that we were unable to see the road ahead which we thought at first to be think fog.....and it turned to be rain....it was then we realized that we were in the midst of cloud with rain all around us.....
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