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Aug 14, 2006

Royal Retreat

It has been about 15 months with ITC - my first "big company stint". And thanks to my really big company I have had the opportunity to be pampered right royally. Here are some pictures of St. Margaret's - ITC's Holiday Home in Ooty. Its a 8-9 acres property nestled amidst the hills. Mrs. Babu - the caretaker ably manages the property with her 8 member staff. Here are some snapshots of the same.

This is the South Wing that we occupied. The property has 4 such wings. North and South wings are double bedroomed while the other two are single bedroomed.

The South Wing opens into a sitting area completely replenished with fireplace et al. Just outside this sitting room is the lawn shown in the above picture. Straight down you can walk into the first of the two bedrooms. On the right is the drawing cum dining hall.

This is the drawing room area. It has a fireplace and a TV. On the other end of the room is the dining room shown below.

This is the dining area. It need not be mentioned that all the cutlery sets have the Welcomgroup logo. A word about the cook Shiju. We tried all kinds of fares, extreme south, continental, north Indian and even Chinese, but Shiju came on tops each time. At 75 bucks a plate you get rice, chappatis, a non veg item, 2 vegetable dishes, deserts, soups and dal.

This is the first of the two bedrooms. At one corner is this cute little baby cot. June is yet not used to sleep alone so Mashi did the needful and used it as her bed. The rest of the room shown below is neat and tight.

We made up a nice fire in the fireplace. It was extremely cold and thus it helped. This bedroom leads into the much bigger second bedroom.

The second bedroom is kingsize. And the attached bath is equipped with a grand bathtub. It has a nice window which overlooks the backyard where Maggie (the dog shown above) and the two other dogs have their kennel.

This is the driveway. We can see the gate at the distant. Behind me is the garden and the portico. 2 gardeners work through the day to maintain the entire area.

This is the main gate. The shot was taken while we were leaving the guest house. It was an extremely nice break and I plan to be back there again. Thanks ITC.

8 comments:

rama said...

Hullo! Glad to have discovered your blog. Look forward to savouring the archive contents. I'd also like to invite you to visit the Calcutta photoblog I started recently at Cuckoo's Call. Best, rama

Anonymous said...

Brings back memories of our years in tea estates of Assam!!!!

Shuv said...

onek din gaadi aatke aache ei station e..aage badho bondhu..

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Anonymous said...

How wonderful to read this post. I stayed there as a child and have fond memories of the guest house. Thanks for the photos too!