This was a gift for my birthday a little in advance for my birthday this year by my brother. He took me on a great 3 day trip. It was really awesome. So thought will make a travelogue out of it, so that it will great to read on later.
We planned to start off at 6.30 on 27th December. It was really tough to convince our parents, to let us go after the 26th Tsunami. They let us go after getting reassured that we will not go anywhere near the beaches. We promised them and then started off a little behind schedule at 7.00 in the morning. Our plan was to go to Wayanad via, Kabini and Coorg and stay at Wayanad. We started off, and drove on Mysore road. We stopped for breakfast at Kamat Lokaruchi. We had great ragi dosas, idli and vada. And started off. After sometime, I, very meekly asked him, whether we could change the plan and go to Ooty and then go to Wayanad. After some speculation he agreed and we saw the map, and decided that we go via Bandipur and Nagarhole to Ooty. We were approaching Mysore, where we saw a deviation via a newly constructed ring road. The road was really nice, so hit on it. It was a small road but really beautiful. We reached Mysore at around 9, and then we left there after seeing Lalith Mahal Palace from outside. It’s truly a magnificent palace.
Then went via Nanjagud, to Bandipur. We stopped at Jungle lodges for a small break. That was truly a nice place to spend a weekend. Then we started off into the forest. When we reached the Bandipur office; we found out that the safari timings were over so we decided to go to Mudhumalai. As we were getting out of the gate, we saw a mother monkey with her kids. My lord, they were truly very cute and adorable. We headed to Mudhumalai which is just 15 kms from Bandipur. The forest silence and the sounds of nature were truly deafening. We reached Mudhumalai to hear the same thing. So we decided to go to Ooty, via the steep road which is just 35 kms when compared to the long route via Gudalur. This road was really steep with 36 hairpin bends. We started off, only to get stuck behind a truck and a car. So we got disgusted and decided to take a road off the main road, which lead us to the foot of the mountain here Ooty lies.
It was truly a magnificent sight to see the sturdy mountain stand so high. There were a lot of resorts on that road. We came back and started our journey to Ooty, along the 36 hairpin bends. It was awesome to see that we were above the clouds. There were cabbage farms all along the way. We entered Ooty, the first thought was, why did we ever come here??? It is full of filth and it is so dirty. Then we didn’t feel like here, so we drove to Coonoor. It was so warm during December. My Bangalore was colder than Ooty. Then we had lunch in Coonoor, and drove down to Ooty. I wanted to buy some home made chocolates, so we bought them, and we started driving down the hill as we didn’t want to miss the safari again in Mudhumalai.
But to our luck, the safari was closed by the time we came down. But that was the time when, Jayalalitha had got the around 35 elephants, from temples all around TamilNadu. So we walked to the camp. On the way, some monkeys came running at my brother, seeing camera in his hand. His frightened face was really a sight to see. He spotted a peacock flying and perching on a branch, which I could not spot at all. There were 35 elephants all waiting to be fed. There were 4 or 5 cubs, which were so playful and cute. One particular cub was playing and irritating his mahout just like how baby will irritate his mother by not eating. Then we came out of the camp after half an hour. The sun was setting and our destination was Wayanand. The journey will continue later.
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