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Bangalore to Ooty - via Madumalai National Park

AMONG THE FOOTHILLS –  UNWINDING ALONG WINDING TRAILS   Madumalai National Park offers a drive through the mist, sunrise from amidst the Nilgiri mountain ranges, and maybe some time with the big cats and the giants of the jungle. A trip planned for the weekend in your new pair of wheel, adds new songs to your humming list and good humour into your daily gig. You require to look occupied at work even as the tell tale smile might be difficult to wipe off your face. Life comes down to being a constant countdown to the trip.   On the Road: Bangalore - Mysore Cutting the distance in the late afternoon directly from work, in frenzied anticipation of the holidays ahead of us, we raced to leave the sleeping city behind, before the evening traffic sets in. Shouting over the blaring music blaring, the city passed us by in a blur of evening colour. Stopping only for the toll plazas, we reached the fringes of the city taking every newly built bypasses to cut throu...