hi friends,

Being in the final semester 27 members of our class decided to go for an adventurous trip and the shortlisted places were ooty and wayanad in kerala.The entire trip was organised by my classmates prabakaran and rajasekar,thanks to them.I have decide to narrate my trip in two parts first the ooty part and then the wayanad part,here comes the ooty part.We started on saturday(1.3.08)from chennai by Coimbatore Express and reached kovai the next morning2.3.08(sunday),from there we went to ooty by two tempo travellers ,on the way we finished our breakfast in a hotel called "shri annapoorna" situated on the "mettupalayam road" ,it is a very famous hotel.I was awe struck when i was seeing the pictureseque view of the "queen of hills"and the weather was very cold that the smoke will come out of one's mouth.We checked in a cottage called Moti manor in the afternoon and the cottage was pretty decent,but i would not recommend anybody to stay in this cottage as it is far from the city and there are no good restaurants nearby and the service was very poor in that cottage.A very good vegetarian restaurant named "Durga"is situated near the junction and one can have the food there.We started to the"Boat house"where we did boating for half an hour and took some snaps in that beautiful place.I would suggest you to take sweaters,cotton and other things to keep you warmth even if it is an off season.
Then we decided to go to the "Botanical Gardens"which was located some three kilometres from the boat house,we spent some one and half hours there and took stills at each and every point because every thing in that garden was very beautiful.If you want to visit the entire garden it will surely take half a day for it.When you see the flowers of different types you will wonder whether they are real or a fake,such types of rare flowers are kept over thereand also there are several trees scaling great heights of different shapes.

We ended that day with these two places .The next day 3.3.08(monday)we started to the highest peak in south India"Dodabetta",had a telescopic view of the ooty town and also we saw the "suicide point","film shooting spot","nilgiri hills"etc.we took many photos and it was very cold and i managed it by wearing a jerkin,you can also have some boiled groundnuts which are sold along the sides of the steps leading to the peak.This peak is a junction of the western and eastern ghats ,it is 8,640feet above sea level,the maximum tempearature is 19degree and minimum is o degrees.
Next we went to the "Pykara Lake"on the way to wayanad district.The pykara is the place where the electricity is generated and it is a good treat for the eyes .The entrance ticket is Rs.2/-and it is worth that money.
I would suggest you to buy ooty home made chocolates,tea and eucalyptus oil from the queen of hills ,Definitely this place is a boon to mankind that too for south india.catch you all with the next part.