My trip to Coonoor - series
Introduction - how we started.
CHAPTER -1, OUR SECOND DAY.
on the 3rd of Jan, Friday 2020 we left for Coonoor, our flight was at 9:30 am in the morning , it was a 3 and a half hour flight , and then a half an hour drive up the mountain because Coonoor is in the Nilgiris, the Nilgiris is a mountain in coimbatore, on Nilgiris foothills is a city called Metapullayaan, as I had said , Coonoor is a half an hour drive up the mountains , half an hour later we reached the hotel and unpacked , that was most of our first day, but then we ate an early dinner , we had konjy crispy chicken and mushroom mac and cheese.
Images of our first day-
At the south Indian restaurant
At the south Indian restaurant
At the airport
When we came home-4
When we came home 3-
When we came home 2-
Images of our first day-
when we came home-1.
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NILGIRIS AND SOUTH INDIA
Do you know why the Nilgiris are called the Nilgiris?, it is because these toweringly high mountains are so high that on the very top the clouds rest on the mountains, that makes them look greyish blue that is one reason why, but there is another, on the mountains grow these beautiful flowers called Strawmbellanthus, these flowers are the prettiest of blue, that is also why the Nilgiris are called the Nilgiris.
Did you know what the word Nilgiris means? it means blue mountains.
Did you know what the word Nilgiris means? it means blue mountains.
Did you know what the south Indian food is?, it's a specialty dish called sambar idli/dosa, on our journey we had lunch , we had sambar idli and dosa with curry rice and tamarind rice.
CHAPTER -1, OUR SECOND DAY.
4th of JAN, Saturday 2020 we went to see the tea-estate and saw how tea is produced, plucked and made, gradually through our tour done by mr Jhonson, we learnt the 6 methods of making tea , which are plucking, weathering, rolling, oxidyzing, sifting and packing. Another fact is that if you take the thinnest of leaves and make them into tea when you taste it you will notice that it tastes quite strong, but with the thickest of tea leaves you will notice it tastes very light, the name of the tea factory and tea estate is Glendale, it is 150 years old, it is surrounded by thousands of tea-estates, tribals live near the tea estates and pluck the tea for Glendale to make it into drinkable tea .
The tea estate attracts wildlife such as bears, birds and snakes.
That was the official end of our second day.
CHAPTER 2- OUR THIRD DAY-
We got dressed and went somewhere, Somewhere i will tell you about in this blogpost...
First stop! Wellington Gymkhana club.. (I tell you the food is the worst!) We looked around and it had this cool golf course which Papa refused to play in... Anyways, We stayed there for a while until we went somewhere else.
CHAPTER 2- OUR THIRD DAY (PART 2)-
The tea estate attracts wildlife such as bears, birds and snakes.
That was the official end of our second day.
CHAPTER 2- OUR THIRD DAY-
We got dressed and went somewhere, Somewhere i will tell you about in this blogpost...
First stop! Wellington Gymkhana club.. (I tell you the food is the worst!) We looked around and it had this cool golf course which Papa refused to play in... Anyways, We stayed there for a while until we went somewhere else.
CHAPTER 2- OUR THIRD DAY (PART 2)-
We Went to Defence Staff College (DSSC).. People From 27 Different Countries study at the school
We learnt a lot, We watched a short movie about the college. And even took a tour of the college, we even took pictures with the statues of soldiers, you can see them below-
Here are some fun facts about DSSC-
1- Did you know!! The logo was presented by K.N Patel
2- The Madras regimental war cry was "Veer Madrasi Adi Kollu! Adi Kollu! Adi Kollu!"
3-A Madrasi Soldier's Dialogue-" I Don't Stop When I am Tired, I Stop When I Am Done."
I will continue About Day Three Part Three in Season 2- My Trip To Coonoor