OOTY: a travelogue

We, the students from Sree Narayana Training College Poochakkal went to ooty on October 8th 2015. This trip was planned as a part of my B.Ed

curriculum. And also the main aim of this tour is to give guidance to us about how to conduct a tour programme in the school where we are going to appointed as teachers. For this we selected the marvelous and beautiful place

OOTY to conduct our tour…………………………

We, the 90 students started our journey on 8th evening 7.30 with our principal Bibby teacher, sangeetha teacher, susan teacher, sino sir and other non teaching staffs.

Basically it was a two night and one day tour. We went by ‘oneness’ bus. On the way we had so many unexpected experience. Our travelling was

through so many hairpin bends. Wow… that was amazing and also terrible experience…. Located in Tamilnadu, Ooty is a beautiful hill station atop

Nilgiri hills. Situated at an altitude of about 2500 meters , Ooty with its lush green scenic beauty , lofty mountains , vast expanse of tea estates is a

favoured tourist spot. Endowed with a wholesome climate , Ooty is an ideal destination for people seeking to while away some time close to nature.

We set off for Ooty in the morning of Saturday and reached a hotel for accommodation. After freshening up the first place we paid to visit to was the Tea factories in Ooty. There are so many tea factories in Ooty and we

visited one of them . It was a learning experience to see through the processing of tea manufacturing. First of all fine leaves are collected by tea

workers and then they are put through a machine to make into smooth paste. Thereafter, the moist paste of tea leaves are dried and redused to raw tea powder. Then they are processed through different graders which would determine the quality of the tea leaves. After that they are packaged and made ready for sale. Different flavours of tea are sold in the factory itself like honey tea, chocolate tea, strong tea and so on. Also , ooty is known for

homemade chocolates which are really yummy in taste.

After visiting the tea factory we went to Ooty Lake. It is extending to an area of 65 acres. It is another popular attraction of Nilgiri Hills. This lake is

basically an artificial lake built by a British collector of erstwhile Ooty in

1824. Set amidst groves of Eucalyptus trees, the lake has house boats parked along the bank where you may reside for the night. Further, a train line

running along the embankment is an added attraction. You may take pleasure trip across the lake via speed boats or paddle boats. After watching

the beauty of the lake I maked some shoppings there.

After that we paid to visit was the Botanical Garden. Spread over 55 acres of land , Botanical Garden is one of the most popular attractions of Ooty. The

garden displays some rare species of trees including cork tree, monkey puzzle tree, fossilized tree. Besides, the garden compartmentalized into 6

different sections including New Garden, conservatory, Fountain Terrace and Nurseries boast of ferns , bushes, orchids and flower beds . We spent

some wonderful moments in the garden with my friends. We took so many photos from there. It was the most memorable experience in that days.

After Botanical Garden, we went around the town of Ooty in search of bag shops. After that l found a shop and bought a beautiful hand bag for my

sister. And also I bought so many special items available in Ooty like chocolate, Ooty carrot, hand fan, key chains, bangles etc.

THE MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN MY B.Ed LIFE………………………..!!!!!!!!!!

I NEVER... NEVER..NEVER... FORGET THIS………….