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| The Unesco Protected Mountain Train that climbs to more than 4000 metres as it makes its way from Mettupayalam to Ooty in Tamil Nadu |
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| The tiny steam engine chugs along through lush forests, 23 tunnels and I can't remember how many bridges. |
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| Just several hundred metres high at this point, the town of Mettupayalam lies in the distant valley. |
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| The train stops for toilet breaks but, more importantly, to get a greasing and more water to create the steam. |
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| Yours truly, hanging on to a stationary train! |
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| Another tunnel |
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| The oddest things made me nostalgic. Runneymede Station! |
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| Lush vegetation and tea plantations |
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| The hotel in Ooty where I crashed for the night |
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| Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the background, Ooty |
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| Government Offices in a former colonial estate |
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| An intriguing white pine in the Ooty Botanical Gardens |
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| Me posing in auto-rickshaw parked at the Botanical Gardens |
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| The colonial gate house entrance to the Botanical Gardens |
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| The canon - a reminder of the past |
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| Homesick at the smallest things - the toy train (steam train) stops at Runneymede and I cannot resist taking a picture. |
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