Fort Kochi

A very short and quick visit to Fort Kochi and Mattancherry. Its a very historic place and famous for Jew streets, churches, old style homes & buildings, beeches etc. Best place for street photographers. 

Its less than an hour drive from the city and a good place to hang out. You can see many foreigners there from all over the world, some of them are permeant resident there. Fort Kochi is also a common shooting location for many Malayalam films.

Mysoore, Ooty & Connor

Had a wonderful drive to Ooty via Mysoore during the Diwali long weekend, Last Diwali it was Mumbai trip. From ooty we drove to "Connoor" 15km away from Ooty & stayed there. Connoor is also a hilly area similar to ooty but neater and less crowded compared to Ooty.

Got so many good photos, here are few.

St. Philomena's Church & Famous Tipu's Palace in Mysoore

On the way to Ooty early morning from Mysoore. We went via the wonderful Bandipur forest, but didn't stop anywhere to take photos.

The famous 36 Hair pins road to reach Ooty. Can use only 1st or 2nd gear for climbing down, it was that steep.

Botanical Garden,Ooty                      Identically constructed houses in Ooty

 

Towards Lamb's rock, Connoor. This is near thick forest area which happened to be a famous film shooting location also.

Sim's park Connor              

Near Dolphin Nose, Connoor   

Mumbai

Visited the big city, the most populous city in India and 4th in the world. So you can see crowd and crowd all over the city, around 60lacs of people travel in local trains everyday. Mumbai is on the west coast side, It is the business capital of India and is also the capital of Indian Film industry -Bollywood .

                          Taj Hotel, Mumbai                             Marine Drive, Mumbai

                                      Bandstand, Mumbai         Haji Ali, Mumbai

                                Mumbai City                                    Haji Ali, Mumbai

                            Sea view, Mumbai                              Pagoda, Mumbai

Pagoda, Mumbai

Pondichery

Pondichery is a Union Territory in Tamil Nadu district & an eastern coastal area. It was the French Capital in India till independence, so the roads and buildings in the main town still gives you the feel of a french colony. The place is very hot & sunny. Food is the best thing in Pndichery, you get a variety of good european dishes. There are beaches, good hotels & guest houses nearby to stay.

We went via Vellore taking NH46 which is about 350km and returned via NH66 which was 298km. But the NH66 was in very bad condition so recommending the first route. It took about 6Hrs each way. Here are some photos.