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Aug 31st, 2008, 22:56
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| Amateur Human Being  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pune, India
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| Chennai to Ooty Hi Everyone, Could anyone tell me what is the quickest way to go from Chennai to Ooty? Thanks |
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Aug 31st, 2008, 23:09
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Walk. Err.... ok, seriously  ...Train to Metupalayam and car from there. It is possible to take the 'toy train', but it takes much longer than by car. Hmmm... Closest airport, anybody? Mysore doesn't have one, I don't think. I don't suppose you'd gain anything by flying to Bangalore... |
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Aug 31st, 2008, 23:45
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| xxx  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mumbai
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| The closest airport to Ooty is Coimbatore-CJB and car from there [under 4hrs], that would be the quickest, but definitely not the cheapest way. |
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Sep 1st, 2008, 00:07
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Thanks for the correction. So one could do it in around six hours? That's a lot quicker than an overnight train |
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Sep 1st, 2008, 11:58
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| xxx Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mumbai
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Seriously though, yes, if your car awaits you at the airport and your driver knows the side roads to avoid the main Mettupalayam road traffic, you could be there in under 4hrs from CJB airport at Pilamedu. Via Coonoor that is. Via Kothagiri is slightly longer distance wise, but ever so much more scenic and with considerably less traffic. | |
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Sep 1st, 2008, 12:19
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| Amateur Human Being Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pune, India
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| Quote:
 But this is for a friend in Chennai and wants to meet up with me in Wellington. I'll be coming in from Mysore by bus. supplementary question - how many hours by road from Coimbatore to Wellington? 2 hrs or so? | |
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Sep 1st, 2008, 13:05
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| xxx Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mumbai
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Sep 3rd, 2008, 22:40
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| Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: U.K.
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| Hi all, I did Coimbatore to Ooty 3 weeks ago in under two hours by Car. The road is very good and quite fast till you hit the bendy bits about half way there. |
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Sep 3rd, 2008, 23:13
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| xxx Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mumbai
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| Under 2 hours is really good. That means the roads are really good and no landslides this season. Excellent news and hope the roads remain that way in Jan - our usual time to visit. |
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Sep 3rd, 2008, 23:31
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| Amateur Human Being Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pune, India
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| Thanks everyone |
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