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si6ma · 14th April 2009, 18:09

How to reach Ooty: Bangalore – take SH17 to - Ramanagram – Chennapatna – Maddur – Mandya – Srirangapatnam - Mysore – take NH212 via ring road to - Nanjangud – Gundlupet - take NH67 to - Hangala - Bandipur – Mudumalai - Theppekaddu - take left after bridge to SH205 to - Masinagudi – Kalhatti - Ooty.

The Journey: We started at 8:30PM and reached Mysore at 1AM after a pitstop at McDonalds for post-dinner snacks. The delay was also as we were stopped thrice by the cops for complete vehicle search. Vivek and Yogesh were courteous as ever and gave us shelter for the night. Next day, when we finally left Mysore at 9AM after heavy breakfast at a local deli, I had estimated to reach Ooty by 1PM. The road till Gundlupet is pretty good but was so boring that my kid dosed off immediately. The road thereafter becomes NH67 and is potholed-to-non-existent for next 10kms.
We had expected to see some animals in Bandipur National Park and were not majorly disappointed as we saw some deer, elephants, peacock and ofcourse lots of monkeys! Just before we crossed over to Tamil Nadu, forest guards stopped us for complete vehicle check… 4th time in this journey! Cops again checked our papers/license on entering TN state and Madumalai Tiger Reserve. On seeking directions, the humble cop aptly asked us to take left onto a local road after 4kms instead of going straight on the longer NH67 and we heartily oblidged

This no name local road was a single lane road for the most part that runs thru the deep forest till the climb starts. The road climbs at an angle of around 35 degrees involving 36 hair raising hairpin bends. Initially I had to put my WagonR in gear 1 to make it chug along, but later on it took the load in gear 2 very easily. The best part of this stretch of journey was the steep drop in temperature and atm pressure that is amazingly huge to get noticed easily. We reached Ooty ahead of schedule at 12 Noon and were resting in our Hotel rooms by 12:30PM.

Road Condition:
- SH17: Excellent, 4 Lane, pothole free
- NH212: Average, 2 lane - 10kms between Gundlupet and Hangala is very bad
- Local Road: Good, 1 lane, steep climb and hairpin bends for around 10kms

Complete blog: Spontaneous Serendipity Ooty

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si6ma Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3	Bangalore - Mysore - Ooty How to reach Ooty: Bangalore – take SH17 to - Ramanagram – Chennapatna – Maddur – Mandya – Srirangapatnam - Mysore – take NH212 via ring road to - Nanjangud – Gundlupet - take NH67 to - Hangala - Bandipur – Mudumalai - Theppekaddu - take left after bridge to SH205 to - Masinagudi – Kalhatti - Ooty. The Journey: We started at 8:30PM and reached Mysore at 1AM after a pitstop at McDonalds for post-dinner snacks. The delay was also as we were stopped thrice by the cops for complete vehicle search. Vivek and Yogesh were courteous as ever and gave us shelter for the night. Next day, when we finally left Mysore at 9AM after heavy breakfast at a local deli, I had estimated to reach Ooty by 1PM. The road till Gundlupet is pretty good but was so boring that my kid dosed off immediately. The road thereafter becomes NH67 and is potholed-to-non-existent for next 10kms. We had expected to see some animals in Bandipur National Park and were not majorly disappointed as we saw some deer, elephants, peacock and ofcourse lots of monkeys! Just before we crossed over to Tamil Nadu, forest guards stopped us for complete vehicle check… 4th time in this journey! Cops again checked our papers/license on entering TN state and Madumalai Tiger Reserve. On seeking directions, the humble cop aptly asked us to take left onto a local road after 4kms instead of going straight on the longer NH67 and we heartily oblidged This no name local road was a single lane road for the most part that runs thru the deep forest till the climb starts. The road climbs at an angle of around 35 degrees involving 36 hair raising hairpin bends. Initially I had to put my WagonR in gear 1 to make it chug along, but later on it took the load in gear 2 very easily. The best part of this stretch of journey was the steep drop in temperature and atm pressure that is amazingly huge to get noticed easily. We reached Ooty ahead of schedule at 12 Noon and were resting in our Hotel rooms by 12:30PM. Road Condition: - SH17: Excellent, 4 Lane, pothole free - NH212: Average, 2 lane - 10kms between Gundlupet and Hangala is very bad - Local Road: Good, 1 lane, steep climb and hairpin bends for around 10kms Complete blog: Spontaneous Serendipity Ooty