Travels of my eBid Cap

[suesjools]

Wow! Just - wow! I didn't think the palace could get any prettier, though I see I was wrong.

Thanks again for sharing these.

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[florida33549]

Beautiful site. Thanks for sharing.

[Tiskets]

This thread has been absolutely fascinating. Thank you for sharing these wonderful photographs.

[Oldandintheway]

G'day everyone, glad you're enjoying the story so far.

Well Bro & Sil are currently in Ooty (OKA - Udhagamandalam) which is a Hill town at some 2,400 meters & down to 8c overnight, quite a bit cooler to where they've come from of late.
Also, there's no WiFi access, so we'll have to wait for the next lot of pix.

That will be Kochi (Cochin) on the west coast & way south of Ooty - to get there requires a 3 train 16 hour journey, one of which involves a Mountains Railway "Toy Train" which should be interesting.

I have managed to lift (steal) one photo off Bro & Sil's blog just to whet our appetites.
Keep watching for Ooty & Kochi pix shortly & cheers to one & all.
Allen.

[Oldandintheway]

Ooty: full name = Udhagamandalam

Hi all, well after difficult nett access, we finally have news Yeah!
After the 5 hour bus ride from Mysore to Ooty our travellers made it to their hotel.
Here's one quote about the trip along the way.

"The bus takes you through a National Park where we saw some deer and elephants. There were various signs displayed about Tigers and the like but I suspect the best way to see one would be to stake yourself to the ground and have someone cover you in honey."

New driver & 36 hairpin bends later, they managed to pry their fingers off the seat in front & make it to their room & safety! (Hence the startled look I suspect in pic 1)

#1 Ooty hotel room at 8.30pm, 8 degrees C & no hot water.
#2 Dinner at Ooty.
#3 The town proper.
#4 Botanic gardens
#5 Take 2.
#6 Ooty street scene & great produce.
#7 Guess who found an old Royal Enfield (real leather seat)
#8 Ooty veg markets.










Next leg: The rail journey from Ooty to Fort Cochin

[florida33549]

Wow, the gardens are beautiful.

[Oldandintheway]

Rail to Cochin: 16 hours total by 3 different trains.
Another quote:

"Of special interest on this leg was an unscheduled stop to allow a family of three elephants to casually clear the tracks."

#1 Ooty station 2.15pm (one hour leg by diesel loco)
#2 Cup of Chai anyone?
#3 Bro gets grilled about the cap logo. (just kidding - they wanted to know Aussie conditions)
#4 Change to steam at Coonoor (hook & ladder drive for the steep sections)
#5 Maintenance along the way.
#6 Start of said section.
#7 Not much room.
#8 A bridge crossing
#9 Station roof along the way. (Mum & bub)
#10 Another station.












Next: Arrive Cochin.

[Oldandintheway]

Fort Cochin:

#1 Street scene.
#2 Old & gnarly in Cochin. (but a beautiful tree in background)
#3 With new found Canadian friends at the beach.
#4 Chinese style fishing nets.
#5 Local fish market.
#6 Get off my footpath!
#7 Thinking of swapping jobs?
#8 Pass.
#9 Just as well we had our shots.
#10 Window shopping. ( Thinks - one of these in the front yard may deter the Mormons)

[Oldandintheway]

Pix leftovers:

Bro quote: "Later on in the evening we went to a Kathakali performance nearby which was both fascinating and (literally), fantastic - so glad we saw this. You should look this up on the Net if you don't know what it is."


#1 Cochin - waterfront property.
#2 More window shopping.
#3 Arriving in Mettupalayam (during trip to Cochin)
#4 Cochin fishing scene.






May be more pix from this area later - otherwise on to the next leg at Trivandrum from the 29th.

[suesjools]

More fabulous pix, love the scenery and the guy in the cap is pretty fab, too. Keep em coming.

Best wishes for many sales to all,