Udhagamandalam: When will the Nilgiris be put on the air map of India?

Earlier, prospective beneficiaries had justified the demand for an air link by stating that an internationally renowned hill station like Udhagamandalam should have such a facility.

Now even the middle class people have joined the chorus. Their contention was that such a facility would do a world of good for tourism and be a life saver during medical emergencies.

While the Mettupalayam-Ooty-Gudalur highway, which has served the Nilgiris for several decades, has of late become increasingly undependable on account of natural calamities, the alternative Mettupalayam-Kotagiri-Ooty highway was under tremendous pressure.


Tourist attraction

The Nilgiris Mountain Railway connecting Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam was a major tourist attraction but it cannot serve the purpose of foreign and domestic tourists who are not able to spare much time.
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Labels: link nilgiris by air, nilgiris, ooty

Favourite destination for honeymoon:
While freezing wind during mornings and late evenings making it tough for people in north India to stay in open for too long, they honeymooners visiting Manali in Himachal Pradesh are having a truly gala experience here.

With large number of marriages solemnised this season, honeymooners are thronging the scenic snow-clad Manali to enjoy wonderful and everlasting conjugal moments.

This time a record number of newly wed couples have arrived at the hill resort of Manali.
Newlywed couples also visited the nearby religious places and offered prayers during their memorable vacation in Manali.
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The Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC) will roll out a luxury tourist train on the lines of the "Palace on Wheels" in the Karnataka circuit in association with the Tourism Department by October.

This would be the first such train to be introduced in South India
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Snaps by Sandeep Shastry
Sandeep is my Email friend went to manali with family for year end 06 & had a good time in Manali & Kulu. here are some of the snaps from his photo album.

Anjali-Mahadev- Path way


Castle-Naggar


Solang Valley


Sun set - Manali


Way to Anjali Mahadev temple


Vishno devi temple


Snow View

Labels: Hill stations, kullu manali, kulu manali, manali photos, snow hills

The below snaps are by Muralidhar, my friend who recently visited Shimla on Dec31st.
They had a blast in Shimla & Manali.
More pictures to come....

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With cold wave sweeping across the valley and temperature dipping below normal, the world famous Dal Lake here is freezing, though slowly.
The frozen parts of the lake continue to attract large number of tourists and locals as the minimum temperature continues four degrees below the normal of minus two for the month of January.
Children were throwing stones, papers, and breaking the thin ice sheets on peripheries of the lake.
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Its been 10 days since i blogged.
had a break since i went to Vizag.
Hope i will start with some good news & articles about the hill stations from today or 2moro.
As previously decided not to publish any posts during my break as i want to spend time with family, friends etc, i stick to that.
So what els, i think this blog is getting steady traffic & in couple of days i wanna make it more by various ways.
Came to delhi today night at 8:00 pm & feeling change in climate as it is pretty cold & i am enjoying it.