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We had to attend a wedding at Coimbatore which was on a Friday (23rd Aug). We knew about this wedding sometime back and we were happy that we will be going to Coimbatore which is surrounded by a lot of hill stations. Our initial plan was to go to one of those places, with Munnar and Parambikulam/topslip on top of our list.
But all our hopes were ruined as I suddenly got a heap of deliverable (workload) and even taking that Friday Off was a great effort. So with just Saturday and Sunday left we didn’t have time for any real trip and decided to just drive back through Coonoor/Ooty/Mudumalai/Bandipur, with a night halt at Ooty. Booked a suite online with TTDC for Saturday.
We left Coimbatore around 6:30 am and proceeded to Metupalayam, where we had our breakfast (the hotel was on the right side of the road. Forgot the name of the hotel, but it had a car parking facility just opposite to the hotel. And the food was decent.) From Metupalayam as we go towards the mountain, there is a fork, where the left goes to Coonoor and the right to Kotagiri. We took the right to go through Kotagiri. That is a longer route and but with less traffic.
But all our hopes were ruined as I suddenly got a heap of deliverable (workload) and even taking that Friday Off was a great effort. So with just Saturday and Sunday left we didn’t have time for any real trip and decided to just drive back through Coonoor/Ooty/Mudumalai/Bandipur, with a night halt at Ooty. Booked a suite online with TTDC for Saturday.
We left Coimbatore around 6:30 am and proceeded to Metupalayam, where we had our breakfast (the hotel was on the right side of the road. Forgot the name of the hotel, but it had a car parking facility just opposite to the hotel. And the food was decent.) From Metupalayam as we go towards the mountain, there is a fork, where the left goes to Coonoor and the right to Kotagiri. We took the right to go through Kotagiri. That is a longer route and but with less traffic.