Some Things About Coonoor

Coonoor is about 1770 metres higher, and 30 degrees cooler, than steamy, tropical Chennai by the sea. Here are some things about it:


it has fallen leaves that look like autumn


red tile roofs are everywhere - even on the churches


you can wear a wool shawl in the evening


it has beef stalls


mist rises up from the valleys


there are tea plantations everywhere, even in the town


(okay, you can see this in Chennai too:) a cow with horns still bright after the Pongal festival


you can walk for ten minutes and reach the forest



it has monkeys.

4 comments:

Joel said...

I'd hate to live in a place with monkeys running around. I bet they're worse than blue jays.

Ramesh Gandhi said...

You're right - and they're bigger than blue jays, too. They swing from your cable tv cable and spoil the reception, and run off with anything shiny. And they're not at all endearing...

Unknown said...

Beautiful.

Lucy said...

Wonderful and various set of photos, thank you!