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Intense

  • Writer: pac
    pac
  • May 12
  • 1 min read

Mysuru (previously Mysore), Sunday 11th May.

 

Travelling in India is an intense experience. I can understand how some folk who’ve never been here could be put off by that intensity – the crowds, the noise, the traffic. And then there's the colours, an altogether different sort of intensity. All being well I plan to write a bit more about that later.


But for now I'm simply going to record a few travelogue-ish photos of Ooty and the journey to Mysuru. Commentary will have to wait...


First stop at Ooty was Doddabetta peak, a popular (and crowded, would you believe) lookout spot over the town. It started with Janet befriending a couple of the local cops:


Then we had a wander around the Government Botanical Gardens ( and I did rather like the flash office of the Assistant Director):


Next, Ooty Lake, a man-made structure very popular with the locals, and a bonus viewing of a dance competition:


And finally a visit to the Ooty Rose Garden, a most amazing, peaceful complex in the centre of the intense town:


This morning we made the 4-hour drive from Ooty to Mysuru, through many twists and turns and a lovely stretch through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (no Tigers seen, but lots of other animals):

 

And a drive through a eucalypt forest which would be at home in Australia’s South-West:

 

More on Mysuru tomorrow ...

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Peter Campbell is a traveller, photographer, author, and occasional business advisor.  He lives on Wadandi boodja (country) in the south-west corner of Western Australia. The Wadandi (Saltwater people) are the traditional owners of land upon which Peter lives with his wife Janet and Golden Retriever puppy Harper. He lives in a peaceful rural setting surrounded by tall trees and in the company of kangaroos and parrots and kookaburras alongside the Indian and Great Southern oceans.  He can be contacted at this email address.

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