Camping in Ooty :) SU campsite
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be there forever. - who said that ?
This campsite has been kept with bare minimum facilities so that the campers can merge with nature
Started off :)
On route, quenching our thirst
Quick bite
Loving deer couple at Bandipur
Sent a telegram, but all elephants on leave
Could only see him
Lucky, saw this bison, camera missing, got it on the phone
Dirt track to the camp
Quite a ride through wild country
Reached campsite! heard that tigers roam the way we drive thro. Thank God, they were not hungry that day.
Our tents and the kids tent. Started getting cold.started a small campfire
More tents, but the crowd had already left.
No permanent electricity. Only a home made rigup of hydro electricity which ran off the mountain stream for a couple of hours.
Basic facilities :)
This is how we got our hot water. Collect firewood and get this boiler crackling.
Kayaking and swimming in the lake :)
Friendly dog at the campsite
Trekking, a quick breakspot by the falls
Cascading waterfalls above and above
At the end of the day, everyone crashed, It was cold in the tent with no electricity, no mosquitoes :), no internet or cable tv
i had my full quota of sleep after a long time :)
All good things have to end, we finally reached home stuffy, humid, hot Madras
I love the mountains, but I am not trading it for my beach :)
posted by smiley at 9:17 PM
10 Comments:
hehe of course..
nothing beats beaches !
awsome pics!
All pics itself narrative telling stories.. another good post..
hope U had a gr8 time there...
Thanks for sharing the photos, very nice. U dint see single elephants in Mudhumalai?. I have seen that elephant statue in mudhumalai. The nature steps (steps by tree roots 12th photo) are good. I also like to travel in forest.
Welcome back Smiley after ur holiday! I'm sure u enjoyed. Sure camping is gr8 fun. I went camping in Africa, right in the jungle few yrs ago & it was just awesome. Will check out camping @ Ooty sometime when Im in India.
COol!
Kayaking? Coolll!
Looks like u had a wonderful experience:)
Dog was cute:)
precious, beaches are more relaxing and less srain on the knees han the mountains :)
ambi, we had a great time, thanks :)
jeevan, only some domestic elephants, usually we are lucky and get to see some wild elephants :)
has to be me, camping in africa, sounds scary, check out ooty whenever u r in india, good fun :)
veda, one interesting thing was at ooty my wife and kids picked up some colour, brightened/freshened up. (me always tanned). we went to black thunder on way back and after one full hot day in the sun all of them got burnt noses :)
iris, we had lots of fun and the kids enjoyed the kayaking very much :)
Ooty is really beautiful, right? I have posted pics on Scotland on mine, aana unga post madhiri natural sceneries next-o adhuku aduthadho-dhan...and while I was in SL, I was thinking how india can profit by maintaining these beauties in our land :(
wow..pictures say more than words
and so many pictures...do post more.this was great fun going through
Excellent...coool....Luvly tecking exp...seems to be a real adventurous one
Usha, u r right , we have to look after our natural resources, forests...
maya, thanks and u will enjoy it too, drop sometime to ooty to this place :)
it was adventurous and fun :)
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