Quick stop in Ooty

After taking a series of trains, Jalsaimer to Jodhpur, Jodhpur to Ahemebad, Ahemebad to Mumbai the 24 hours from Mumbai to Calicut, then a bus, jeep, bus, rickshaw......we finally made it back to Ooty..where it seemed the monsoon hit early!
We took the scooters up to the new girls home one day to do a bit of demolition, meanwhile the rains had turned the only road going home, literally into a river. We had to ride down the hill in a foot of water, praying we didnt fall into a pot hole, which there are plenty. There was a total block of traffic so after a quick scout decided to take the scooter onto the shopfront walk. Rode a bit like maniacs for a while and then had to get it back onto the road. Dave made me get off and push, knee deep in freezing muddy water I might add, until we got the bike going again. It was only afterwards when I commented about my cold feet...and wern't his feet cold, that I found out he'd never even gotten into the water. Apparently he was 'supporting' the bike from the sidewalk!! Well needless to say, especially as Dave left his only two jumpers locked in the cottage at the top of the 'river', we both now have colds!

Another fun thing happened in Ooty- 40 teenagers from Hebron came to Farley on a field trip. We made 2 huge tubs of bread dough, each kid got some and wrapped it around the end of a stick, cooked it over the fire, then filled it with a number of tasty options. They loved it although I wish I had a taperecorder to play back some of the classic conversations about dying in the woods and how to act around girls!
The rain held off long enough to have dinner but the plan to sleep in the woods had to be scrapped. The next day, Dave and Travis and I led some games for them all. That was a ton of fun and we got invited back to the boys dorm that week to watch ManU play Liverpool.
Theres also talk of hanging out there more when we get back.