Ooty Travelog Part III
Part I here, Part II here
For our second day of sight seeing trip, we chose the Ooty/Coonoor package by car. This covers all the standard tourist spots of both these towns. We skipped the Ooty lake as it was dirty and we already had our boating in Pykara the previous day.
The first [...]

Ooty Travelog Part 2
Part I here, Part III here
In Ooty, all travels offer three standard sight-seeing packages. One is Ooty / Coonnoor, second is called Filmi Chakkar and third is Pykara and Mudumalai. Since, this was our first touristy trip to Ooty, we had already decided to stick to the routine and not look for off-beat [...]

Yet another travelog from the past.
Ooty Travelog Part I

Date: 26-28 Aug 2005
Places covered: Ooty, Coonoor
Route: Bangalore - Mysore - Bandipur - Mudumalai - Ooty
Distance: 300 Kms Approx one way
Transport: KSRTC to Ooty and Tourist cab locally
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The Ooty trip came about when I got invited for a colleagues wedding in Mysore. It was end of August, and with Ooty [...]

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