Off to Mudumalai and Ooty

Okay everyone check out this website - Da- all you have to do is put the cursor on it and click.

http://www.jungleretreat.com/

Then click on rooms and tarriffs and click on the bamboo hut.

This is where I'm staying Friday night March 21st in the Bamboo hut. I must be out of my mind. I'm not even sure this hut has a toilet in it -it's probably just a hole in the ground if there is one.

So the plan is on Friday at 7am my driver and I go off to Mudamalai and that will take about 5-6 hours. The activity guide will be at the lodge around 2pm and I hope to go on a nature walk for about 2 hours or so. And I'll see about going to the elephant camp.

Then on Saturday it's off to Ooty - that will take about 3 hours on that crazy road with all the hairpin turns. And I'll stay in Ooty Saturday night. There's a Tibetan Marketplace open on Sunday so I'll check that out and then figure I'll leave to come back to Bangalore around noon on Sunday.

The trip back from Ooty is going to be a killer - it's around 8 hours and I'm sure I'll be bored out of my freaking mind. I mean there are only so many personal I can ask my driver :) and believe me I've already asked him a lot.

BTW - I have a new driver because Manu got into an accident with me in the car about 3 weeks after I arrived. I didn't even ask to have him removed but apparently the company thought they should do that. Then they sent me a series of drivers who were very unreliable so I basically had a fit and then they sent me my current driver who is prompt, courteous and a really nice guy. The other day I asked him if he ever watched American movies and he said he liked Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky movies :)

Okay next blog will after my trip with pictures. Bet y'all can't wait.