Tuesday we said goodbye to Dholes Den and the Bandipur National Park. We drove through the three consecutive tiger reserves (no sign of tigers from the car) to the Blue Mountains that we have been admiring for the last three days. The way up the mountain was a narrow winding road with 36 hair pin turns, they were numbered. Thankfully we got a new driver for this part of the trip. Manny drove the road slowly and carefully, not attempting to pass every car in our path like the rest of the vehicles on the road. The views along the road were stunning. At the top we came to a town called Ooty, referred to as a hill station. The town is not much to look at, but the location is fabulous. We caught a train in Ooty for a ride through the mountains. The train was very slow, so we had plenty of time to enjoy the experience. The boys hung their heads out the window for most of the ride. Manny made the drive to Coonoor in about twenty minutes, it took us an hour by train! We all enjoyed the train diversion. Then we hopped back in the car for the drive down the other side of the mountain. Our final drive of the day took twice as long as we expected because of evening traffic in the towns. We arrived at Shenbaga Vilaasam at 8:00 pm, tired and very hungry.
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