Bank Of India Holiday Home Ooty

Last week I found myself in Ooty in an unexpected turn of events... A friend had suggested a family trip bcoz their child was feeling totally isolated n gloomy after his grandfather's death.The poor child had been very much attached to his grandfather who had passed away after a brief illness.He badly needed a break n his parents felt  that a trip to some nice place would boost his spirits..n so I agreed to accompany them though I was worried about how my infant son would cope with the weather.

                             I too was fed up with this office n Home n back to office routine.Lonely weekends with hubby busy with work had my nerves standing on an end.Only the kids were a relief.As luck would have it something went awry with the Online Hotel booking and we were told that no rooms were available just a day before we were to leave.I had pestered myself into a holiday  mood n wasnt going to Give up...so I deceided to give luck a chance and called up the person concerned with booking our official Holiday home at Ooty. Strangely, luck was on my side(!!!! you have to book a holiday home one month in advance!!!) and I got 2 rooms booked just a day before our journey was to begin. 

           But the friend who had made this plan backed out n another couple accompanied us. I had forgotten to take a copy of the address of Our Bank of India Holiday home and hubby was fuming when I told him that.

But of course I remembered that the place was called "Mahalaxmi" and that it was near the ATC theatre at Ooty.Still hubby was reluctant to leave on the strength of such a feeble location  map....I frantically searched the net for some info but I met dead ends all the time...I called up a colleague and he said that it was located opposite the race course.Hubby believed him.I felt annoyed.

                                               5 AM found us in near the race course and I managed to persuade the rest of the gang to drive near the ATC theatre complex.I suggested that the Holiday home must be above the Theatre n was laughed at saying there was nothing there. We spent about 20 mins browsing bylanes and asking strangers for directions with no result.We were near the YWCA and still no sign of the Bank of India Holiday home! We came back to the theatre complex and asked a person  standing at the nearby bus stop for the way.He told us to go staright back turn left after the ATC .We went thru the bylane and saw "Bank Of India " painted on some stones on the left side  like in the pic below... Actually it turned out that this place  was located almost directly above the ATC..!

Once more we took a left turn and right in front of us was the Holiday Home!!! I felt relieved bcoz everyone had begun to think that such a place must have existed in my imagination!!!! So here comes the pic of the junction where u come in from Coonoor...

When u r coming frm the ATC side coonoor is to ur right as seen....

While coming frm coonoor turn left from here and u will find a traffic signal..turn right  n go forward  n u will  reach  the ATC theatre complex....

This is the ATC theatre complex....Badly needs a makeover...could hardly make out the ATC ...  While going towards the holiday home u will find the ATC theatre on ur left n race  course on the right....

Junction before ATC

One of the landmarks...

Sri Shantivijai girls school...

 Now thats my little girl posing for photos at the Holiday home.....

The Garden

I just hope this would be of help to atleast some of you hoping to stay at Bank Of India's Holiday home at Ooty....This post was born out of sheer frustration at not being able to locate this place on the net.....

View of the racecourse fom the Holiday home....



So everyone ..Have a nice time.........................