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Ooty in Season - A Fine Spectacle

Yes, I seem to have taken a rather long time to write a post and much longer to write this one. My impending trip to Kodai has got me in the mood to relive my last vacation. S and I are suckers for the hills and we are the happiest when we sit watching the rolling mists and the fine rain, with a cup of hot tea and hot hot bajjis to give us company. And somewhere in that heady mix, our rambling talks about our future plans to retire in the hills, also figure. Well...that, like my post, is definitely a long time coming. So where was I? Yep...my last vacation. When the summer sun beat down on us mercilessly in May 2012, we decided to pack our bags and set off to Ooty - the Queen of Hills and all that. The only deviation from our regular vacation was that we were visiting Ooty during its peak season. In other words, for S and I, a time when million tourists flock the place and all the things that come with them - plastic, noise, nosiness and a general negating of the pristine surround