A trip filled with full of joy and enthusiasm for the students of class 8. It was a trip to the king of hill stations, Ooty and to its neighbouring village Coonoor. The first day of the fun trip Feb. 28, 2008 began when the students took their journey by train .Full of games, dancing and singing.
The students went off to sleep by 11’o’ clock but nobody slept- may be dreaming of ‘how its going to be?’.
Next day morning everybody’s face was filled with the dawn of enjoyment! We were taken to Ooty by bus. While in bus our eyes taught us about the beautiful gift of nature that we admired all through our trip.
After breakfast in the hotel, we boarded the bus and at the first we saw was the steep pine forest and then the famed movie shooting spot and later the Pykara dam and the falls. The fresh and chill water attracted us towards it. But we were cautious not to be overjoyed at the water place!
After a quick meal, we went to Doddabedda peak. Then to the botanical garden. That night everybody dozed off to a sound sleep.
On the last day of the trip we saw Dolphin nose – the edge of the mountain resembles a Dolphin’s nose. The Lamb’s Rock was next. In Ketty Valley, we had a good view of Ooty on the right side and Coonoor on the left side and saw some tribal huts through telescopes.
Then we moved to the tea estates. There we enjoyed watching monkeys grabbing eatables from one another.
Then we swiftly went to Sims Park. It is a replica of half of botanical garden. There we purchased rose plants and some croutons. Next day everybody returned home safe and sound. This was really a trip to enjoy, learn and it is a new exposure for everybody.
Sughanya, Thanga Gomathi, Ramya, Subadra, Mohan and their team: of friends said it was really a good trip. Though it was for only two days.
C.G Latha, Sujatha, Uma Thyagarajan and Chitra, the teachers who accompanied the students expressed a different view “We were free from this pollution-full Chennai and stayed for a couple of days in plastic free Ooty.”
Isn’t that a nice note about the fun ‘n’ learn trip?