Pleasant Ooty Trip

Srishan's first trip to ooty was quite interesting!!! We wanted to go by toy train, but unfortunately no reservation could be made. We decided to drive by car as we wanted to go via coimbatore. When Maalu paaki and Degaluru kaaka accompanied, Srishan was all the more delighted. We reached coimbatore by evening and then met our relatives. Then we stayed there overnight and left the next day thinking we could cover Aliyaar dam before climbing uphill. Srishan was excited becoz we had told him that he could go on boat, horse ride , and also to the park. When we were short of time, we decided to cut the Aliyar trip and go straight to Ooty. It was very nostalgic for me as I was visiting Ooty almost after 12 years. Second, I wanted to go to my school, my X place of residence and get more nostalgic. We checked in at Clubmahindra, as we had confirmed accomodation. Had our lunch and then after relaxing for a while, we left to the Lake. We asked the local automan, and he said we can take either an auto or have a walk. But walk seemed a little late to book a boat. We took the auto, and Srishan was very delighted. Once reaching the boat house, he saw the motor boat, peddle boat and the Row boat. He wanted to go on a boat, he kept asking us " dhotunaa thonaanaaa" When we got the ticket for a Row boat, we explained him how a row boat should be operated to sail on water. He liked that very much, he enjoyed for few minutes, then asked "Srishan yoying thannanaaanaaa" meaning Srishan rowing pannalaamaa??

I said, the rows are very heavy, and srishan has to grow big to lift them. For now appa will do. He then imitated how his appa did rowing and also enjoyed the scenic beauty.
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Then he also wanted to go for a horse ride, and he was particular on a white one. But somebody else took white, so he has his turn on a brown, with much hype given by his father ( :P illati avan climb pannirukka maataan ).He enjoyed the horse ride thoroughly and refused to get down. 

We came back taking a bus to the busstand, had a tea at a local aavin shop and then a brief walk led us back to the Resort. There was bonfire and some games were hosted by the CMH organisers for the holiday activities. I took Srishan there, and he was silently watching the crowd. When they played some loud music, he started to ask me to take him elsewhere. Then we came back to the restaurant and had a sumptuous dinner ( buffet). CMH is known for exotic items, and desserts. Then we went to sleep. The rooms are like row houses, and each one has a dry kitchenette and a neat washroom. We had the fantastic view of the race course from our resort, making the stay all the more delightful. Rather , the busstand, racecourse, and part of Ooty was seen from the resort. My x residence was quite close to this place ( say 2 kms) and i could have walked all the way. But did not find time for that. The very next morning, we were surprised to see two horses in front of our room. One Black and one Brown, both looked good. Srishan was all the more excited, and since he was familiar with a brown horse, this time he asked me for a brown horse ( dhown hosla thonanaa) in his own style. I told him that the brown horse has not had its breakfast, and so we will take the black horse. Initially he hesitated, but then found that Black horse was also equally interesting to take a ride. This time around I accompanied him on the horse ride. Then we had breakfast and then went to Doddabetta, the tallest peak in South India. We walked further down at Doddabetta for a good warmup after a heavy breakfast. Srishan was all the more enthusiastic to walk along, After a considerable walk, he simply sat down at the nearby parapet.and rested for a few seconds before we continued. Then we took some snaps We also went to the tea estate/museum, where we saw the making of Tea and purchased some tea packs. Also we bought some homemade chocholates. Then we came back to the resort and had lunch. In the evening we wanted to go to the children's park. It was  a big mistake, instead we could have gone to the lake and enjoyed at the park there.  In the children's park, all the equipments were old, and not maintained properly. Also we were promised a toy train ride for 7 rounds, but the operator took us only 5 rounds. and we had to fight for two more. Then we saw that the lake was just a mile away and started walking towards lake, thinking that we can get back and take the car. It was more than a kilometer, and it was getting darker. We could have made a boat ride again, had we skipped the children's park. Alas, the boat ride was also closed. Srishan enjoyed some bubbles and then we came back all the way to the children's park where we had parked the car. Then we came back to the resort and felt that the extra walk was tiresome. Then after dinner we hit the bed. The next day we had breakfast and then went to the bottanical garden. We stopped at my school entrance and took some snaps, and i was all the more nostalgic.Then at the botanical garden, Srishan enjoyed running around, trying to rollover but just posin,enjoyed bubble blowing....

Then we came back and had lunch at resort and then left towards mysore cherishing a memorable trip.