Our trip to Ooty and the surrounding Nilgiri Mountains this past weekend was fun, refreshing and
an adventure on numerous counts. Leaving from our apartments at 6 am, we hopped
in several Jeeps and made our way up into the beautiful, green hills.
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| Beautiful green hills! |
We stopped in Ooty just for breakfast and a quick visit to a
Toda tribal village, where we were able to see several Toda temples and ask
some questions about the Toda’s religion and culture.
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| Toda village in the Nilgiris |
We then
continued back down the mountain to the wildlife and tiger reserve at
Mudhumalai, and our students had incredibly high hopes for an opportunity to
ride an elephant! We went to a camp for elephants at the reserve and watched
the elephants there being fed, and saw lots of monkeys, warthogs and a few
elephants.
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| ISPeas on safari! |
Sunday, we visited a tea estate and another village of
tribal people, this group belonging to the Kurumba tribe. We asked questions,
observed (and participated in!) a traditional dance and shared a snack of bread
and jam with them before hopping back into the Jeeps and venturing back down
the mountain to Coimbatore.
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| Some of the members of our group listening to our tour guide at the tea estate |
This week, we’ll post more in
detail about the tea plantation, our experiences in the tribal villages and our
wildlife safari. Stay tuned!
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| Elephant! |
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