It would have been better if we’d taken the popular train from Mettupalayam to Ooty, up the great mountains of Nilgiris, for it would have been a more relishing journey than by car. However, booking tickets was a hectic task as there was a great demand for them.
The pictures below are in a chronological order of our tour of Ootacamund (aka Ooty), the Beauty Queen Town of the Great Blue mountains of Nilgiris (‘Nila’ means Blue and ‘giri’ means mountain), Tamil Nadu, India.
A Lake in the Central part of the Town
Ooty Lake
Doddabetta, the highest peak of the Nilgiris
A view from DoddabettaThe Valley of Ooty
The Botanical Garden of Ooty
The Botanical Garden
A Wayside Pine Forest on the Ooty-Mysore Highway on the Mountain Range
Pine Forest
A lake on the other side of the pine forest
The Pykara Lake
A View of the Pykara Lake
Speed Motor Boating on Pykara
A view of the Kalhatty Falls from outside the mountain forest
Kalhatty Waterfalls
The Tea Plantations
After the pleasant trip, left our hearts in so many places in Ooty and thereabouts and returned home with sweet memories.