Leaving Ooty

We left Ooty about 10:30a after a casual morning of having breakfast and packing up. We needed to be in Bandipur by 1:30p. We took a different route out of Ooty which took us by some different sights and eventually a waterfall.

Annika was starting to complain of car sickness from all the twisty windy mountain roads and it just so happened that when we were looking for a place to pull over there was a "photo point". We got out and saw a large, dry, brown hill in front of us with lots of people walking up and down. As we started to walk a man came forward and asked if we'd like to take a horse instead. Annika had been asking to ride a horse the whole time we were in Ooty so I agreed.

Eventually Auggie got over his fear and asked to join his sister on the horse.


There were bus loads of people at the top and most of them seemed interested in the kids. They would run up to Annika on the horse and have their friends take a photo.


Back on the trail after the "photo point" we drove by a car accident. I'm shocked we didn't see more considering how people drive in the middle of the road on these narrow twisty roads and have no idea what's coming around the next bend.

Then we made it to Pykara Falls




Nice way to break up the drive to Bandipur