At the beginning of the year, we went up to Coonoor, the less noisy and crowded brother of Ooty. The idea was to work during the days and spend time walking, photographing and meeting friends in the mornings and evenings.
Coonoor and the Nilgiris are renowned for their tea. However, most tea gardens in the area where we stayed had turned fallow, so the owners had sold them off for housing and other redevelopment. On one such plot was our little cabin. While our part of the area had become a spread out housing project, there were plenty of tea gardens on the other side of the road that neatly bisected the small valley.
After a week or so in the cabin, we went over to a friends beautiful place a little above Coonoor. There was much good company, delicious food and long walks in the woods nearby.
We also drove upto Ooty one day for lunch, and on the way back, stopped at the beautiful Fernhill Palace for a coffee.
