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4th December 2009, 21:11
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I did not say how much of each variety  I am happy on two counts 1) I have inspired you to go to Ooty 2) I have inspired you to get a D90 I wish TTDC and Nikon were listening...  | |
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4th December 2009, 21:33
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4th December 2009, 21:48
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| Day 2, November 28th 2009 Continued Thread Garden The Thread garden is on the Northern side of Ooty lake, or to be precise in front of the old Boat house. Many flowers have been created using hand wound thread. It took 50 people, 12 years to complete what you see in the garden. From outside the Thread Garden looks unimpressive.  Then what's the deal any way?  This is what it is all about.                continued... |
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4th December 2009, 22:21
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| Day 2, November 28th 2009 Continued Thread Garden Some beautiful flowers            The best - Neela Kurinji (Strobilanthus), which blooms once in 12 years. Theory says the Nilgiris got its name because of these blue flowers. Check my travelogue http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ur-munnar.html on Kodai and Munnar to see these flowers in full bloom in its natural surroundings which I captured in 2006. Here is one flower for you. Next bloom is in 2018. Natural Neela Kurinji in Munnar.  Neela Kurinji in the Thread garden    How much ever you try, the natural beauty is something which humans can never recreate, and it showed. continued... Last edited by laluks : 4th December 2009 at 22:25. |
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5th December 2009, 08:27
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| Wow, that was wonderful, the photos are really making a mark of it own, please continue looking forward to more! |
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5th December 2009, 09:05
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Again a teaser - the best have not yet come | |
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5th December 2009, 09:10
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5th December 2009, 09:20
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You bet, I am. Goa and Ooty has a special place in our minds | |
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5th December 2009, 09:50
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| If that is a teaser i cant imagine what you have in store for the remaining time |
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5th December 2009, 10:56
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| Day 2, November 28th 2009 Continued Ooty Boat houses We finished with the thread garden by 15:00PM and visited the old Boat House which was just opposite. As usual rush for people to do boating, and the parking woes, we just took some photographs and decided to leave. We had done boating on this lake in our last trip and that's pretty much Ok for the kids, and we moved on. Boat House I   You can plan your visit - These are the locations TTDC suggest.  I must admit you need atleast a week to see Ooty in its Splendour, short visits and touristy places never makes justice to Ooty. We drove further along the road keeping the lake to our left, and little later we reached the second boat house, relatively new called the Honeymoon boat house or Boat house II. This one seemed to be calm as compared to the old boat house. Few "young" couples were boating and enjoying their day. Here cycles are available - for small kids (with side wheels) as well as adults. You have a little bit of greenery and paths along which you can cycle. On the whole you can spend some time here if you like. Boat House II (Honeymoon Boat House)      We finished with the boat house by 15:30PM and drove further along the lake. continued... |
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5th December 2009, 11:35
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| Ok did you go to Deer park which used to be there near the lake side. I remember there used to be one long time ago, this used to be a favorite hangout of ours as this was close to the school i studied and this was a route for our routine morning run |
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5th December 2009, 11:47
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| Day 2, November 28th 2009 Continued Deer Park We found a Deer Park on the way and decided to look in. We were just lucky, the park closed by 16:00PM and it was already 15:45PM when we entered to the park. Red Riding Hood and Power Puff Girls on the Lake Road near the Deer park  Power Puff girls at the Deer park entrance  Power Puff Girls on the walkway inside the Deer Park  Boat House I as seen from the Deer Park, note the parking area and chaos.  A cute little Yellow Flower  A very old tree - reminds me about "Ammachi Plavu"  A lot of Sambars lived there.         This fellow did not like me, see he's showing faces  continued... Last edited by laluks : 5th December 2009 at 11:48. |
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5th December 2009, 12:09
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Yes, we went to the Deer park. The previous post has the details. Hope you are liking it. | |
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5th December 2009, 12:27
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| Day 2, November 28th 2009 Continued Arboretum On the way we stopped at the Arboretum to take a look. Arboretum Arboretum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub), and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study. An arboretum specialising in growing conifers is known as a pinetum. Power Puff Girls at the entrance of the Arboretum  Info on this Arboretum  Senior Power Puff Girl inside the Arboretum  Sunflower  A nice little flower up close  After visiting the Arboretum we found the Lake Road ended. We drove back to Charring Cross to fill up some petrol for the Red Riding Hood. We also wanted to get some Pizzas. By 16:30PM we reached Charring Cross and took a break for pizzas, from a friendly little shop run by a lady near the Petrol pump. continued... |
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