Monday, September 10, 2012

More From My Trip...

Our Hotel was on the other side of the mountain so on the way down we stopped to stretch our legs.  The veiw was beautiful and I found a large rock to sit on, right on the edge looking down.  (I know, big shock there! ;)


On the other side was a 'Jungle'.  That is what they call it here.  I usually picture a rainforest when someone says jungle but this jungle is more like bush... here is a pic. from the road.


 I took this picture in the early morning from the roof of our hotel.  The clouds were soooo pretty over the mountains!  You can also see the jungle.


When we were getting ready to leave for our day in Ooty, we saw some monkeys up in a tree at the Hotel!


Here is a working elephant.




This is a Banyan Tree, my favorite kind of tree here in India.  Doesn't it look sooo cool?!


More monkeys.  They were everywhere along the roadside!



In this picture you can see all the tiered gardens.


This is a grove of Eucalyptus trees. 


This is one of the old churches we visited in Ooty.


This is what it looked like on the inside...


There were people selling fresh produce everywhere!  I thought this was a neat pic.


Well, that's all for now!  But I still have lots more pics. to post so make sure to check back!  :)



Sunday, September 9, 2012

Ooty & Mysore Trip...

Well, this weekend I, along with 4 others, took a trip to Ooty (which is up in the mountains) and a place called Mysore.  We left Thurs. afternoon and came back Sat. night.  It was sooooo fun!  I got to have a lot of new experiences so it will take a couple posts to tell them all!
My favorite thing of the whole trip was going up and down the mountain.  The drive was FULL of REAL hairpin turns which I thought were really cool!  And it was sooooo COLD!  I have been used to humid 90-100 degree days and up there was probably about 50!  I can't imagine how cold I will  be in Dec.!  Brrrrr!  :(

Here is a view on the way up...


Here is a picture of one of the signs as we climbed up.


This was our driver and guide.  He was a lot of fun and did a great job.


Another view... the clouds were really neat. They would cover the top of the mountain one minute and then be way above it the next.


It was neat to see monkeys all along the roadside wanting a hand out.  


This is written in Tamil, the language of the state I am in.  Isn't it pretty?


Another sign.



Half way up, there was a beautiful waterfall but it was full of trash.  :(


When we reached the top,  there were tiered gardens of vegetables and... tea everywhere!  This is a picture of a 'Tea Garden'.  They have a lot of them there.


This is a closer look at one.


Here are the houses on the side of the mountain.





More pictures to come!  :)


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Kids Having Fun

 




 
A girl made me this necklace made out of a coconut leaf!  I thought it was REALLY cool!



Monday, September 3, 2012

Wildlife & Flowers

Thought you all would like to see some more wildlife and flowers!
 










Friday, August 31, 2012

Random...


 
This girl had a Brithday yesterday so she got to dress up for school!  She looked so cute!


 
 
 
Saw this on Pinterest yesterday and thought true this is!  I don't know about you but I treat the Bible like cake way too often!



Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Kids & Creatures

We played frisbie yesterday, that was fun.
 
 
This boy is SO funny!  He makes me smile all the time!

 
Just got home grom school.

 
Snack time...

 
Here are the two new animals I got to see the other day!
A baby scorpion!  First time for me to see one in the 'wild'...  Do you see it in the crack there?

 
And this lizard!  Just sitting there!  It was sooooo cool!!!