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· Travel
Part 1 of South India, 2019
A group of colleagues flies from Singapore to Bengaluru for a wedding, jokes the whole way, sits through a long traditional ceremony and waits more than an hour for a plate of mutton.
· Travel
Part 2 of South India, 2019
A hired car, four colleagues and one very full day, from Tipu Sultan's Srirangapatna and Chamundi Hill to a wax museum, St Philomena's Cathedral, Mysore Palace and Brindavan Gardens, followed by a wedding reception in Bengaluru.
· Travel
Part 3 of South India, 2019
Travelling on alone, I take an early bus from Bengaluru through the forest to Ooty, check into a quiet cottage and get a fright when the lights go out on the first night.
· Travel
Part 4 of South India, 2019
A day on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, riding the toy train from Ooty down to Coonoor and back, with a walk in Sim's Park and a full guided tour of the Highfield Tea Factory.
· Travel
Part 5 of South India, 2019
On my last day in Ooty, a hotel driver takes me to pine forests, open grassy hills and Pykara, the kind of scenery I remembered from 1990s Bollywood films, before the bus back to Bengaluru and the flight home.
