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After a quick breakfast in Chennai we continued South – following the coast line – for another about two hours – until we made it to Maamallapuram in the late morning. Everyone in the group was exhausted after the long … Continue reading
We left Mysore in the evening – after dinner with a local family. Chennai, at the East coast was our destination … a mere 500 kilometers (at least when following rail tracks) or an almost twelve hour night train journey away.
The train journey was uneventful, the train not overly comfortable – with the experience being similar to an old-style Chinese hard sleeper.
After our return to town and a quick lunch we headed our for Devaraja market for some good photo opportunities – and (for some) serious shopping – from white lentils, Kashmiri chillies to an idli maker.
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This morning saw us making the (about) one hour drive (plus an ATM stop) from Mysore to Somanathapura and the Keshava Temple. The temple – dating back to the 13th century – today is not active anymore and remains as … Continue reading
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After an active morning, a nice breakfast and an about three hours drive (with a coffee stop in the middle of nowhere) we made it into Mysore. On the way in we stopped at the Chamundi Temple on a hill … Continue reading
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We stayed one night at the jungle retreat; for the morning – after a night with some animal in our dormitory (could have been anything from a cat to a snake) – most of us joined for a morning village … Continue reading
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A long drive later we arrived at the jungle retreat … a simple kind of resort with dormitory style accommodation (at least for us), a restaurant and a pool (which doubles as watering hole for the animals around – wild … Continue reading
We left Ooty, now continuing to our jungle retreat near Mudumalai National Park.
With Ooty well beyond 2000 meters above sea level, the drive was downhill most of the time – following a dangerous ghat road with plenty of serpentines and switchbacks – and dramatic views.
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We had a major lunch after we made it back to Ooty … a lunch, that turned out to be one of the better (if not THE best) thali for the whole four weeks. Following that major meal a major … Continue reading
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We had a quick transfer from the tea garden to the train station to take the Nilgiri Mountain railway back to Ooty. The railway was originally built during British reign back in 1908 connecting Coimbatore with Ooty, which it continues … Continue reading