“My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I’ll not be knowing,
Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take,
No matter where it’s going.”
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay (The Selected Poetry)
Our family loves train trips. It is such a relaxing and fun way to travel. One of our most memorable train trips was on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, India. We travelled between Mettupalayam and Coonoor on this tiny toy train. The twenty eight kilometres to Coonoor is very steep with lots of tunnels. This route has some of the steepest railway track in the whole of Asia. The open carriages allowed us to chat to others and my boys shared some morning tea with some new-found friends!
To get a feel for this wonderful way to travel please have a look at the adorable clip below from the Indian movie “Dil Se”. This clip was shot on the top of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway…enjoy!
Wonderful in every way! Thank you very much!
Thank you Buffalo Tom Peabody 🙂 trains are so cool and everyone can relax as no-one has to drive!!
What refreshing pics Lakshmi!
–Deepa
Thank you Deepa 🙂 Have you travelled on this railway? Thank you for dropping by ~ Lakshmi x
Not the Nilgiri ones. Have travelled in the Kalka ones up North
I must look that up 🙂 sounds like fun ~ Lakshmi x
Yes, the North is another beauty. A different one at that.
As luck would have it, Jayanta is currently in Shimla. Has promised to bring me back photos and blog material 🙂
Great 🙂 I’ll look forward to your post 🙂
🙂
Perfect shots Lakshmi:)
Thank you Vishal…have a great day…
Beautiful photos, Lakshmi!! …and love Shahrukh in that clip haha 😀 x
Isn’t the clip such perfect happiness! Have a great day 🙂 Lakshmi x
Hi thanks for stopping by…Awesome blog….really love the content you have posted!..looking forward to following your posts…
Namaste Sarath ~ thank you for dropping by too. I’m glad I found your blog 🙂 Lakshmi