Cool Cool Ooty, Wow what a experience we had in Ooty, it was rush to Ooty, no body had the knowledge that i was taking them to Ooty, only the day before i reached kovai , i informed my Sister and parents about my plan.
We started early in the next day morning, i had been to kovai before for small period in the span of three years. I have not gone to Ooty even once then, just because i wanted to go to Ooty only by the 150 year old Jungle Queen (Steam engine train).
it was my eager to go to Ooty through the Jungle Queen we started early by 4.00 am in the morning from Sulur, reached Thottabetta by 5.30, unfortunately my ticket for first class A/c was not confirmed and fortunately, since we were there at 5.30, we got seat in un-reserved compartment. We occupied the window seats.
Jungle Queen started by 7.10 in the morning after the Nilgiris reached thottabetta. it was a long journey 4.30 hrs in total. Jungle queen stopped in many location to fill up the water. It was very good experience travelling in that train, Wow you will enjoy the nature a lot and the train, Since it is a steam engive whenever the train enters a cave you have to close the windows else you will wet for sometime with the heat generated from the Steam engine.
You must have heard lot about the Jungle Queen, She travels steap in the hills, with the unique clip like track, which it holds to climp through the Hill.
