7:30 get auto rik to train station. Half way driver stops and I have to swap rik's ???!
Station early get breakfast and then try to collect ticket booked on tinternet. No ticket but I am on the passenger list - could be interesting.
Sight see out of the door as ever - watching India speeding by is wonder. Pass by villages and through enchanting countryside.
Check what time I arrive in Coimatore, have lots of time so have afternoon nap - set alarm just in case. Get up 40 mins before, chatting with someone only to find out that the last stop was Coimatore. Get off at 16:00 in Mettupalayam. More shoddy directions about getting a bus. Miss one bus only to wait 30 mins for the next one to take me to Coimatore (17:30); quick change and I am finally on the way to Ooty (after being told there are no more buses). First half of journey is good but then it gets more interesting - hard seats with bendy, pot holed roads. Arrive 20:45 - make for the nearest lodge Pavithra - 0423 244 8738 . No hot water but who cares it has a bed. Grab some food nearby Jain restaurant - yummy, this is to my regularly breakfast place for the rest of the time in Ooty (1 min from the lodge, up stairs - check it out)
More info on Ooty: http://nilgiris.nic.in/placeofinterest.htm
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