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Romancing the Nilgiris
Nilgiri district is famous for tea. Coonoor is the headquarters of United Planters Association of South India and has one of the seven tea auction houses in India.
The hills around Coonoor and its neighbouring towns are covered with tea gardens.
Coonoor is just 19 km from Ooty but due to very bad (and at places dangerously narrow) roads the journey takes about an hour and a half.
• Airfare for Rs 599 and less!
However, once I reached Ooty, all the potholes on the road were forgotten/ forgiven!
Sitting undisturbed and unhurried on Udhagamandalam (Ooty) railway station, with Mark Tully's The Heart of India in hand I thanked God for giving me such a beautiful experience!
Text and photograph: Abhishek Asthana
Also read: Beat the heat in Kodaikanal
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