In February, a bunch of the research associates from the Centre for Micro Finance Research piled into trains to slowly make their way to Ooty to behold the scenic lands, get away from the hectic life of research, and generally have something to write about…. This video was made mostly using Picasa’s video option, though I had to use Vegas to add the sound. These photos are from the very slow “Toy Train” ride that we took for the last 6 hours of our 17 hour or so journey….
The “Toy Train” takes 6 hours to go about 40 kilometers (25 miles) and crawls its way up a steep mountain. Along the way you get to see lots of scenic meandering flowing creeks and tea-plantations scaling the mountain slopes. The train is super old-fashioned (I guess because of the old-school tracks) and spews out all this super black soot any time that it starts to struggle. Unfortunately, there were people who were guarding the roof access, and we weren’t even able to open the doors in our train car to sit outside…. Maybe some other time.
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Ooty…. Ooh! Tea!
In February, a bunch of the research associates from the Centre for Micro Finance Research piled into trains to slowly make their way to Ooty to behold the scenic lands, get away from the hectic life of research, and generally have something to write about…. This video was made mostly using Picasa’s video option, though I had to use Vegas to add the sound. These photos are from the very slow “Toy Train” ride that we took for the last 6 hours of our 17 hour or so journey….
Toy train to Ooty
The “Toy Train” takes 6 hours to go about 40 kilometers (25 miles) and crawls its way up a steep mountain. Along the way you get to see lots of scenic meandering flowing creeks and tea-plantations scaling the mountain slopes. The train is super old-fashioned (I guess because of the old-school tracks) and spews out all this super black soot any time that it starts to struggle. Unfortunately, there were people who were guarding the roof access, and we weren’t even able to open the doors in our train car to sit outside…. Maybe some other time.
There is a photo gallery too.
No related posts.