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Romancing the Nilgiris
My plan was to take the Nilgiri Passenger train to Ooty from Mettupalayam, a small town at the foothills of the Nilgiris.
The train, popularly known as the toy train covers a distance of 46 km in five hours uphill, and in three and a half hours on the return journey.
• Airfare for Rs 599 and less!
I took a bus from Coimbatore to Mettupalayam in the night itself, stayed there in a lodge (you will find plenty of lodging options at very economical rates) so that I could board the train in the morning.
Buses ply from Coimbatore to Mettupalayam every half hour. The bus stand is not too far from Coimbatore's main bus stand, Gandhipuram.
Text and photograph: Abhishek Asthana
Also read: Chugging up the hills
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