During out stay in Kothagiri, we drove
to the Dolphin’s nose - a popular places of interest near Coonoor, on the
Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu. It is an awesome viewpoint with a panoramic
view of the vast expanse of the Blue Mountains, but to our great disappointment,
the entire view was concealed by blanket of mist by that time. Dolphin’s Nose (click here to see how it look exactly) is an enormous rock formation
that is entirely unique and the protruding rock formation looks exactly like
what it is named after, a dolphin’s nose.
Well over 1,000 meter above sea
level, the spectacular spot is 10 km from Coonoor. But for me the best part of
visit to this viewpoint was within the way in itself. The narrow road to the dolphin’s nose was mysterious
since surrounded by mist; the road expands to the lush green tea estates and
encloses to thick vegetation and trees produces a sense of passing rain-forest. The
most fascinating on this route was, the small streams or natural springs creating
mini waterfalls and winding roads making each and every turn exciting.
Coonoor-Dolphin's Nose road passing through fog
As it was time of summer vacation,
the vehicles were frequent on either side missing bumper kisses at narrow escapes.
We couldn't stop anywhere on the road to take photos or spent time on views, except
for few seconds on the mini falls (see below). Wading through mist and traffic, we
end at the view point and waited sometime for unveil of beautiful view hidden
by mist scarf. But the beauty beneath doesn't seem to respond a bit rather hold
her blanket too tight and unwilling to wake up from sleep even it was suppose
to be noon. J
The cousins, who accompany us, had
been to this place few times and familiar with views, pointed on certain things
but it was a clear picture of white to me. While on a clear day, one could see
the awe inspiring Catherine Falls with its continuing stream several thousand
meters below. There were row of shops near the viewpoint, offering variety of Teas,
Homemade chocolates and fancy things… the ambiance of mist and tea plantation was
inspiring to have our share of cheers via Tea. I ever tasted tea out of regular
one and ginger tea, but like you expect I haven’t tried anything out of usual.
On our way back and again wading
though the mist and traffic, we though to check the other two spots - Law’s
Fall and Lamb’s Rock - taking the cross road, but someone instructed us that these
places too experience similar mist, so it’s not worth visiting at that time. We drove to
Coonoor for lunch, before back to Kothagiri.
Roadblock: Coonoor - Dolphin's Nose road missed in mist |
12 comments:
the fog is truly beautiful and mysterious! the falls are gorgeous, of course!
Never heard of this place, but it looks so beautiful with the mist... So its damous for hone made chocolates!!!
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wow...great snaps too
If there is so much fog, I wonder how they get the mood to do any work. I will keep sleeping continuously in such a climate :P
Destination Infinity
Oh wow! Those roads wrapped in mist look so beautiful! Wonderful captures :)
Hi There, I'm back after a big birthday week. Trying to catch up a little on my blogging.
Your fog (mist) reminded me of last Wednesday when George and I were on the Blue Ridge Parkway getting ready to do some hiking to see some waterfalls... The FOG on that mountain looked just liked your photos... We had trouble even seeing the cars in front of us.....
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Betsy
Awesome, Jeevan. I am in love with your travel notes! :D
I have always love foggy environment. It always maintains a mysterious atmosphere. The splendour of the place is well highlighted through the pictures. Beauty is around us, all the time. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful shots from your trip. Even in my recent trip it was full of mist to some extent.
superb.
karthik+amma
Beautiful photos. I always love fog photos. Thank you for sharing.
beauty!
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