Waking up in the morning was rough. I woke up two or three times during the course of the night so my sleep wasn't all that great. My back was also killing me from the bed being so hard. Anyways, we got up and decided to get some breakfast. They make breakfast for you in the kitchen. We went down and ordered some food. We were supposed to head out of the place by 9 but because of breakfast we didn't end up leaving until 9:45.
The first thing we wanted to do was book the train from Coonoor to Ooty. We drove down to Coonoor (about 45 min. drive) and went to the station there to get the tickets. We decided to go with the 4:30 train so we would have enough time to see things in Coonoor. We reserved the tickets and luckily they had room on the train for us.
Next we headed for the Sim's garden in Coonoor. We heard they had a lot of nice flowers and greenery over there. The garden was really nice, much better than the botanical garden we saw in Bangalore. Inside the garden they had a little lake with paddle boats as well. We didn't ride them because of the lack of time but it looked like it would've been fun. They had a lot of old trees there and gorgeous flowers. The fog started coming in a little bit as we were so it stayed nice and cool.
After we finished seeing the things there, we went to go grab a quick bite to eat and then check out a tea plantation. The tea plantation was really amazing. From where we were, all you could see up and down the hill was tea leaves. We decided to walk through the tea leaves for a little bit. We took some funny pictures of us hiding behind the tea leaves. The driver then gave us this fake gun he got from the owner of the plantation to take pictures with. I got a great shot of Mohammed pretending to shoot it. When we got there the fog was pretty thick all around the hill we were on. Slowly the fog started lifting and we saw some awesome sights. There was a huge hill being hidden by the fog that started to show itself. We could also see Mettupalayam from where we were once the fog cleared. The scenery was really stunning, especially the hill being uncovered by the fog.
After taking it all in, we had to go to the train station to make it in time for our train. When we got to the station, our train was on the platform on the other side. I figured there'd be some way to cross the tracks to get to the other side, but no there wasn't. We had to walk across the train tracks to get to the other side! It wasn't so bad, just weird because I never crossed train tracks at a station before. Once we got on the train we didn't really get the seats that were reserved for us, we kind of just had to find seating on the train somewhere. Matt, Dave, Richard and myself were in one row of the train while the other guys were sitting in the next row down. Also with us was a couple and their child. The scenery from the train was really nice, we saw a bunch of small houses and little towns on the way up to Ooty. Everytime we passed some children outside they would wave at the train. The couple that was in our row let us sit on their side so we could take pictures since the better view was on their side.
We reached Ooty after about an hour train ride. It was just about time to head back to Mysore then. On our way down the mountain we stopped one last time for a gorgeous sunset. All the pictures I took and any description I give of it here won't be enough to do it justice. The sun was setting behind the clouds and there was a cloud making it's way between two hills in the distance. It was the most beautiful sunset I've seen to date. Take a look at the pictures I put up to see for yourself. It was a great end to a great trip.
Now i'm back in Mysore and I have an exam tomorrow! I decided to take a little break from studying and write this up, but I should get back to it.
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