My Ooty Tour(highlighting Botannical Gardens)

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 12:01

I took a guided weekend tour to Ooty organized by TamilNadu Tourism Corp. and had a blast, the tour leaves Friday night and returns early Monday morning and costs Rs2300.00, meals , accomodation and sightseeing included!. In this thread i'm highlighting the Botannical Gardens , Ooty Valley and some extra pics from the tour.

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 12:13

Some more pics of the Botannical Gardens and pics of the TTDC bus and the delightful country road that bypasses Coimbatore and takes one directly to mettupalyam and Ooty. That actually was the highlight of the tour for me!.

akroy · 10th April 2008, 12:24

Can you tell which road is this? Is this the part of the Gudalur - Ooty stretch which is recently laid or something else?

I dont remember doing this stretch.
Abhi

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 12:29

Ooty - scenes from Mt.Doddabetta area and pics of Ooty lake...

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 12:36

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Originally Posted by akroy

Can you tell which road is this? Is this the part of the Gudalur - Ooty stretch which is recently laid or something else?

I dont remember doing this stretch.
Abhi

I think so!. I'm not too familiar with road and place names. It is a delightful stretch of road to drive or ride in. The scenery is awesome and traffic is sparse. Maybe someone else can fill us in on the details of this road!.

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 13:07

Some miscellaneous photos....the 2nd pic is taken from the bus on NH45 getting out of Chennai...the 1st and 3rd -5th pics are Ooty scenes...i will post some pics of the Ooty Valley later...i'm having a hard time uploading them now, for some strange reason!....

csentil · 10th April 2008, 13:36

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Originally Posted by nickatnite

I think so!. I'm not too familiar with road and place names. It is a delightful stretch of road to drive or ride in. The scenery is awesome and traffic is sparse. Maybe someone else can fill us in on the details of this road!.

Gudalur - Ooty ? Nope. This is most probably Gobi - Sathy Road. If he's coming from Chennai no way they are going to go to Gudalur. Its on the plains also.

akroy · 10th April 2008, 14:47

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Originally Posted by csentil

Gudalur - Ooty ? Nope. This is most probably Gobi - Sathy Road. If he's coming from Chennai no way they are going to go to Gudalur. Its on the plains also.

Ohh !! he has started from Chennai. Sorry my ignorance, I thought it is from Bangalore.

Abhi

nickatnite · 10th April 2008, 17:14

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Originally Posted by akroy

Ohh !! he has started from Chennai. Sorry my ignorance, I thought it is from Bangalore.

Abhi

We actually drove past Trichy and then drive a bit on the Trichy-Coimbatore Highway before branching off into this hidden treasure of a road!.I have more photos of this road that i will post tonite.

csentil · 10th April 2008, 19:36

What? They went till Trichy ?? Now that's a bit more mystifying. So probably he did Chennai - Trichy - Kangeyam - Palladam - Avinashi - Mettupalayam ??

csentil · 10th April 2008, 19:37

What? They went till Trichy ?? Now that's a bit more mystifying. So probably he did Chennai - Trichy - Kangeyam - Palladam - Avinashi -Annur - Mettupalayam

or

Trichy - Karur - Erode - Gobi - Sathy - Mettupalayam.

susan3004 · 10th April 2008, 19:42

The place is as beautiful as it was 20 years ago.
Would definately love to visit again.

nickatnite · 11th April 2008, 03:45

More Ooty pics. This set of the Ooty Valley , the country road off the Trichy-Coimbatore highway that leads to Mettupalayam. I got one great pic (the last one)of the country road.Luck, i guess 'cause all the other pics of the road are not that clear.The last but one pic is of the TamilNadu Tourism hotel i stayed at.

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nickatnite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC/MAA Posts: 1,430 Thanked: 603 Times	My Ooty Tour(highlighting Botannical Gardens) I took a guided weekend tour to Ooty organized by TamilNadu Tourism Corp. and had a blast, the tour leaves Friday night and returns early Monday morning and costs Rs2300.00, meals , accomodation and sightseeing included!. In this thread i'm highlighting the Botannical Gardens , Ooty Valley and some extra pics from the tour. Attached Thumbnails
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nickatnite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC/MAA Posts: 1,430 Thanked: 603 Times	Some more pics of the Botannical Gardens and pics of the TTDC bus and the delightful country road that bypasses Coimbatore and takes one directly to mettupalyam and Ooty. That actually was the highlight of the tour for me!. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images Last edited by nickatnite : 10th April 2008 at 12:15.
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akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,423 Thanked: 85 Times View My Garage	Can you tell which road is this? Is this the part of the Gudalur - Ooty stretch which is recently laid or something else? I dont remember doing this stretch. Abhi
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nickatnite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC/MAA Posts: 1,430 Thanked: 603 Times	Ooty - scenes from Mt.Doddabetta area and pics of Ooty lake... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by nickatnite : 10th April 2008 at 12:41.
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nickatnite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC/MAA Posts: 1,430 Thanked: 603 Times	Some miscellaneous photos....the 2nd pic is taken from the bus on NH45 getting out of Chennai...the 1st and 3rd -5th pics are Ooty scenes...i will post some pics of the Ooty Valley later...i'm having a hard time uploading them now, for some strange reason!.... Attached Thumbnails Attached Images Last edited by nickatnite : 10th April 2008 at 13:09.
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csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	What? They went till Trichy ?? Now that's a bit more mystifying. So probably he did Chennai - Trichy - Kangeyam - Palladam - Avinashi - Mettupalayam ??
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csentil Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,349 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	What? They went till Trichy ?? Now that's a bit more mystifying. So probably he did Chennai - Trichy - Kangeyam - Palladam - Avinashi -Annur - Mettupalayam or Trichy - Karur - Erode - Gobi - Sathy - Mettupalayam.
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susan3004 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kapurthala Posts: 384 Thanked: 263 Times	The place is as beautiful as it was 20 years ago. Would definately love to visit again.
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nickatnite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC/MAA Posts: 1,430 Thanked: 603 Times	More Ooty pics. This set of the Ooty Valley , the country road off the Trichy-Coimbatore highway that leads to Mettupalayam. I got one great pic (the last one)of the country road.Luck, i guess 'cause all the other pics of the road are not that clear.The last but one pic is of the TamilNadu Tourism hotel i stayed at. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by nickatnite : 11th April 2008 at 03:50.
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