Tuesday, March 25, 2008

OOTY BIKE TRIP


This was our first trip of the Gang of Four of the Thousand iBoys group ( consisting myself, Clement, Jerry & Santy). Well this trip was planned by clement & jerry, after little hesitation i was willing to go for the trip. Our journey started around 11.00 am. we planned to go to Kollegal, to meet jerry & santy's uncle who is a priest there. We finally managed to reach kollegal around 9.00 pm. We had a horrible time travelling in those pothole filled roads and muddy tracks. Another reason was the bike in which i and jerry rode had headlight problem and we had to see the roads from the other bike's headlight. After all those glitches we managed to reach kollegal without any problems After a good sleep, we left around 10 am to Ooty via Chamarajanagar. After crossing the Bandipur forest we came to Mudumalai forest ( Tamil Nadu ).

Once we crossed mudumalai we could see drastic changes in the weather and the forest. The forest was dense and we found two elephants having their meal and managed to click snaps of them. We could not spot the other wild animals, thou we spotted few langurs, deers & peacocks. After crossing mudumalai, we took the Kalhatti falls route which has 36 hairpin bends and breathtaking views on the side. We had stopped at several places just to admire the nature's beauty. We went to see the kalhatti falls, which was dried and all we could see was the dry patch and rocks. the view from the falls was really breathtaking. We finally managed to reach ooty in the evening

Just managed to book room( it was season time in ooty, and very difficult to get rooms) . We had one bed to share among four friends, somehow we managed to sleep. Next day we got up early, to go to church, after finishing the church service we managed to go to various picnic spots like Dolphin's nose peak, Catherine's Falls, Doddabetta,( highest peak in Nilgiris ) Pykara falls, Sims Park Coonoor & finally the Botonical Park. I could not go to my sweetie pie's school Mountain Home in coonoor as we had little time. We had a great time visiting the beautiful surroundings of Ooty.

To be frank Oooty has become more commercialised. Infact i liked coonoor better than ooty, as it was less commercialised than ooty. We clicked lots of snaps in and around ooty. Finally my dream of going to ooty fulfilled, thou i had to face some minor problems like stomach upset, sunburn etc i enjoyed my first trip with our friends. We finally managed to reach Bangalore in the evening in good shape. Please note: Its always good to book your lodgings in advance during the season time i.e. March to May end. For photos please click here


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