Starting into the Western Ghats
Here we stop for a chai in the market town of Oothu. Hotel Johnson looks like a superb spot.
Oothu
Gum tree shola
Milan standing in front of the Bear Shola Falls
Milan and me at Bear Shola Falls
Vattakanal Falls
Overlooking the valley
Waiting for a chai while on our almost reaching the Dolphin's Nose
On the climb back to the falls
An Asian pear orchard is to my right clinging to the edge.
A 500 year old tree way down there.
Our Inn is down this street
Kodai Lake
This is all I get to see of the Carlton Hotel and its 5 star rating.
Kodaikanal Boat Club Canteen
Lotus
Chapel in the Kodaikanal International School grounds
I won't say what all the buildings are because I will be wrong. I believe this the library downstairs.
Dorm rooms
Music practice rooms (Piano)
Administrative Building, front entrance. The school was founded in 1901. This building was a hotel and purchased for the school with 16 students the first year. It used to be known as the Kodaikanal American School.
Valley View
Pillar Rocks
Hydrangeas as high as an elephant's eye, or is it thigh.
Green coconut milk
Crowds heading to the lookout over the valley
Tibetan stalls on the edge of the lake
Culvert boys
Row, row...
Abandon ship!
Finding the driest spot
This one didn't make it. Into the lotus may be the quickest way to heaven.
Selling corn which is heated over a charcoal fire. The woman is spinning a homemade air pump for the fire.
Wet and beautiful
