A different location this weekend

There may be no long-term change on the GPS for a while, but there will be a short-term one this weekend. Tonight, I'm off to the picturesque town of Ooty (actually it is Udhagamandalam, but the British couldn't make it past Ootacumund, and this in turn led to its common nickname Ooty).

I am meeting a friend at the bottom of the Nilgiri hills, and we are going to travel up in the scenic Nilgiri Mountain Railway, which was conferred the status of a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005. I haven't done this train journey since I was a kid, and my friend, being an American fairly new to these parts, has never done this trip, so we anticipate a fun time for all.

If the photos turn out well, I'll post them here next week.

I hope everyone else enjoys their own weekends.

Movement on the GPS

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...but I'm not leaving on a jet plane.

I'm off to Bangalore tonight with the singles and I will be back on Sunday morning. A good time is anticipated by all, even though the weather forecast for our destination is rain tomorrow and more the following day.

The only drawback is that I'm going to miss the start of Liverpool's Champions League campaign tonight as I'll be on the train to Bangalore, and the miss of their English Premier League (EPL) campaign as I'll be on the train from Bangalore. As they usually do better when I'm not watching as opposed to when I am cheering them on, I should be okay.

See you later.