Day 17, Ooty

Good nights rest after extended travel days. This is the view outside our bedroom at the Homestay

It’s a cool 16-21c today, with a light breeze

First stop St Stephen’s Church, lots of inscriptions of 30-something officers dying on hunting trips and similar fates around 150yrs ago

View from Doddabetta peak… the highest point in Ooty district – a little misty perhaps?

We then went down the hill to the Ooty Tea Factory and Chocolate Factory

Drying
The tea “fermenter” gently roasting the green leaves to turn black
Various stages of sifting and grading machines

On to Moddy’s chocolate emporium for some excellent churros and hot chocolate

Very hot Chai

After that, via another ATM, !!! we went to the Botanical Gardens, a green oasis in the middle of India!

Ooty Lake