Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Ooty India - Globetrotting Diaries

Let's go all the way to India this time!
Ooty is a beautiful hill station located in the Niliri Hills in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town's is known for beautiful Tea estates, agriculture, spices, medicines and beautiful scenery.

The Beautiful Scenery...



Old Hut...

Bison Crossing the Road...
 The Town...

St. Stephen's Church

  Ooty Lake...


 The Lovely Tea Gardens Filled With Clouds....dreamy...


Distant Waterfall...
 Monkeys!...

Ooty’s Rose garden is the largest rose garden in India, having more than 20,000 varieties of Roses...






This is one amazing, wonderful & unique thing, The Thread Garden in Ooty is a marvelous display of artificial plants and flowers made entirely from thread, canvas and floral wire! Everything in here is made by hand with absolutely no use of any machinery. We were totally mesmerized by it!

The Thread Garden...



The showed us a sample of how it is done...
 Unbelievable! Isn't it?...











We also visited a Tea Factory!...


Fresh Tea Leaves...

  The Benefits...
The Process...




 The Outcome...
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11 comments:

  1. DuniOctober 23, 2013 at 9:54 PM

    Beautiful scenery! I would love to visit the Rose gardens some day :)

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  2. mi+ed designOctober 23, 2013 at 11:14 PM

    Oh wow, I was there! I loved the rose garden and the tea scenery

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  3. 2justByouOctober 23, 2013 at 11:48 PM

    There's a bison in the road! The thread garden sounds AMAZING. I'd love to visit there one day. I had fun "visiting" Ooty today with you. =0)

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    1. byTheArtBugOctober 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM

      Yes! Actually it was a reserved forest area, that's why! Thread garden was really amazing so different, unfortunately many people don't even know about it!

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  4. opianOctober 24, 2013 at 12:17 AM

    It makes me want to go there !

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  5. Splendid Little StarsOctober 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM

    What a fabulous post! Ooty looks beautiful! I can't get over the Thread Garden. How amazing!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Sheryl HastingsOctober 24, 2013 at 8:14 AM

    What beautiful photos! I'd love to visit a tea factory because I'm a serious tea drinker!

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  7. hopeandjoyhomeOctober 24, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    So cool! Not the India you usually see.You had me at tea and roses!

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  8. Your Invisible CrownOctober 25, 2013 at 4:45 AM

    Wondering if the church is equally gorgeous on the inside.

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  9. UnknownOctober 25, 2013 at 7:10 PM

    Wow! Truly remarkable photos!

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