salam alaykum.

alhamdulillah. alhamdulillah, Allah still give me this chance to spread good words for islam, insyaAllah. and alhamdulillah, Allah still preserve this blog after months of no news and alhamdulillah, thanks for visiting. may this blog still give you what's the best for you, insyaAllah.

i wanna share my ooty trip. it was such a gift for us when diwali in india turned to be on saturday! and there was one day holiday for karnataka state during friday. so, alhamdulillah, we got 3 full days of holidays. yeay! normally in india, you'll never get it unless during semester break or at the end of the year.

so, i wanna to make full use of my holidays doing something beneficial rather than staying in home doing  nothing and just browsing the net. so, i joined my 2 friends to ooty. alhamdulillah.

ooty was very natural. i mean, very nature-ish. masyaAllah. the serenity you can get there can put you into sweet dreams and good night! it was cold, exactly we came during the coldest season in ooty, during september to november. i still remember before the trip, i hope that i can get some ibrah from this trip. because before the trip, i was quite stress and blanked and etc. so, i had quite a high expectations on this trip. (read: high)

on the night when we're gonna ride a bus, i still cant accept that we will be taking a seater bus. i never take a seater for an overnight bus, because i knew it's gonna be stress and tiring. but still, Allah had better plans for me. so, my friend unintended bought the seater sit although we can get sleeper one at the same price and much more comfortable! since we went there as a trio, so, i got my seat next to a young man. who slept very soundly with a comforter around him. and it was quite packed, and yeah, all negative things. and alhamdulillah, i managed to sleep although my bag dropped on the floor and cause much noise to waking people up. and we arrived mysore around 7am.

our driver came to fetch us. after introducing himself and some stories, we knew that he is a Christian, not a Hindhu. so, he doesnt celebrate diwali, of course!

"my festival is during december. christmas!" wilson said to us.

we took a car because it will be much easier for us to walk around here and there, so, here i am, sitting next to wilson, as a co-driver. (just joking). the journey from mysore to ooty took around 4 hours. ooty is located in tamil nadu state, not karnataka. so, we will be crossing the border in the national park. it is also one of the famous station hills in south india. (the highest altitude)

talking about nature, on our way to ooty, we found ibrah. first, i'll let the pictures do its job. :)

morning, mysore!

the drive started

and we had a very south indian breakfast. vada, dosa, and hot coffee.

trying to get best shot, but..

trying black and white with red hue. well, it works, maybe?

and the view of countryside came

indian in life. with animals.

and me, trying to look pro. with sony nex

goats came by,

then, the cows blocked our way

more countryside as we're getting near to the hills

and welcome to the national park. situated in the border between karnataka and tamil nadu.

doe, a deer

one of the reserve camp

welcome to tamil nadu!

we want to see the tiger, but it didnt want to see us.

sorry, my face just got too big

now, we're at the top. almost~

while i want to take this pic, this man suddenly frozed and i smiled. he didnt give back.

oh, i love this shot. broken car.

see, see. fogs!

and finally, we reached ooty town. alhamdulillah. i'll update later. :) insyaAllah.