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...

Dubai - Globetrotting Diaries

Well I have to say that Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is really a modern city. We enjoyed seeing the amazing high Skyscrapers,also the desert atmosphere was kind of cool, especially the Arabian castle like houses! It was a short 1 day trip, but we have to plan another long visit, as there is a lot more to see!

A few interesting facts:-

• The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads up the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
• Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects and sports events.
• The city has become symbolic for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, such as the world's tallest Burj Khalifa, now by far the world's tallest building at 829.8 m (2,722 ft), also adding the ambitious development projects including man-made islands &  hotels.
• As of 2012, Dubai is the 22nd most expensive city in the world, and the most expensive city in the Middle East.
• Dubai has been called the "shopping capital of the Middle East". Dubai alone has more than 70 shopping malls, including the world's largest shopping mall, Dubai Mall.
• On Valentine's Day 2013, the Dubai Miracle Garden, a 72,000-square meter flower garden, opened in Dubailand. It is currently the world's largest flower garden. When complete it will have 45 million flowers with re-use of waste water through drip irrigation.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

City from Far...

Burj Khalifa...Almost appears to disappear in the Sky...

A Night Shot...

Skyscrapers...

The Roads...

Atlantis The Palm...

Burj al Arab...

And of course..The Luxury Cars!...