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January 18th, 2010
  11:02 pm - Last time we touched Nilgris Valley
After hibernating for months and months, we decided to wind up 2009 with a quick trip to Nilgris. Headed to Ooty in the wee hours of 25th Dec'09 and with out wasting much time, we landed in Masinagudi by post lunch; after a quick nap and scrumptious meal, we joined our local guide Sasikumar for an evening safari. Though sighting wise, we weren't lucky, it turned out to be a pleasant get-away from the typical work and city traffic . Finishing up safari and Masinagudi activities, we drove up the ghat section to reached Ooty by 7
Our final destination for the day was Coonor, which is about 17km from Ooty; but due to recent landslides and pathetic roads, we drove an extra 56km to reach Coonoor by 8.30pm. After all the tiring drive, we entered an age old british bungalow in Quall Hills, where our stay was arranged. A stay there would take one back to centuries where we get to witness the typical british architectures in terms of chimney design and front-yard layout. All in all very cosy and homely food at your service with a caretaker family who is much bothered on how to serve you better
Ooty/Coonor was in its heights - in terms of the weather and recent calamities. While driving around, we could see traces of huge landslides leaving behind brown and empty patches between lush green tea estates, some of the roads and rail tracks were completely ripped off bringing public transportation to a complete standstill which affected the tourism calender of this hill station. People there showed great attitude and spirit in reforming this mess back in to a city known for its beauty and landscape
Days tend to be shorter here with lack of proper sunlight and evenings were cut-short with pitch darkness. Over all a day dominated by lousy mist and fog everywhere; not to mention we have seen people marching towards view points to see nothing but snow ;-)
Over all a weeks stay there is something which i see as a memorable one and there we witnessed 2009 slowly sliding away, giving way for energetic predecessor 2010 - Happy New Year Guys!
Below are some of the memories of the trip which i have captured during our evening walks in and around tea valleys
 
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Beautiful photos, Arun!!
What a wonderful way to welcome in the new year! Wow that waterfall photo is too good!! Nice peaceful place to spend your holiday i guess. great photography arun, love the way you capture the ambiance of the place. | From: |  ext_242566 |
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| Date: | August 24th, 2010 01:49 pm (UTC) |
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amazing photography here. seems you a professional photographer. by the way is the waterfalls a natural one. | From: | (Anonymous) |
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| Date: | January 9th, 2011 08:55 am (UTC) |
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| Date: | February 15th, 2011 05:09 am (UTC) |
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| Date: | February 16th, 2011 01:58 am (UTC) |
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| Date: | March 25th, 2011 12:08 pm (UTC) |
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| Date: | July 13th, 2011 11:56 am (UTC) |
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Beautiful Captures arun..waiting for your new updates. hey !
long time .. almost 3 yrs !
watcha been upto ??
nice photography
hope life has been treating you well.
Hey there, long long time and it has gone with out even realizing. How you doing ?
-Arun Am not too bad ...
not better than earlier, but not much to complain :D
And you ?? Hey !
Aren't you travelling anymore ? Been a while since you updated (as with me) .. Am planning to restart .. you ?
Lots of things happened in my life .. Am now trying to regain lost ground .. you ? hey there, good to see old pals re-bouncing after hibernation. I do travel on and off when time permits and yes haven't checked LJ for ages. Thanks for FB, most of them are posted there.
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