It was about time the family spent some time together ,hence the grand trip to ooty was arranged.
We left mysore on the 18th at around 1 pm and headed onto the Bandipur-Gundlupet road.
Stopped at Bandipur for some forest tea headed on again through the madumalai elephant reserve and took the left before gundlupet , onto a strangely narrow silver bridge upon which we realiased this was a shortcut by 27 kms to ooty .
But this meant we would have to go through the valley of death , under the labyrnth of pain and past the caves of sorrow.
Im just joking , all we did was 36 hairpin curves to reach ooty sitting plum at 14 degress centigrade
After much deciding over on which cough medicine to have before dinner ( read 8Pm , Signature , Old Monk ), it was time for some average hill station food and off to bed
The next day was your run of the mill sightseeing locations of the BIGPEAK , botanical gardens and the lake.
Left after breakfast on sunday morning wth ooty at a comfortable 10 degrees , and headed onto the most amazing 27 km stretch winding the hills that is the majesty of NH 67 .
Coniferous trees , massive silver oaks and spruce trees made the forest look imposing, nay , dominating as this road takes you through some sinister curves and paths over the mist kissed fertile lands , taking us back to mysore by 2 pm in the noon over to MESSALUNA at jayalakshmipuram for lunch . Best meal in days
The funniest thing I remember was when we passed through the Madumalai reserve , I came across this elephant who probably mustve worked there ,
He seemed gruff as he tossed branches around his feet past him wth contempt, and seemed to smirk at every passing car with a big toothy grin.
So I go up to him and say , " Whats eating you , elephant ? "
" I hate my work " , he says
" They pay me peanuts ! ".
