India 20120804 de Kochi a Coimbatore

trajecte ebn cotxe des de Cochin a la costa fins a Combatore on s'agafa el tren de muntanya que du fins a Ooty Coimbatore (pronounced [kɔəjmbaːʈɔrɪ]), also known as Kovai, pronounced [kɔʋaːəj] ( listen)), is the second largest city [9][10][11] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the 15th largest urban agglomeration in India with a metropolitan population of over 2 million.[12] It is a major commercial centre and has often been referred to as the "Manchester of South India". The Coimbatore region has been ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas, the later Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire and the Madurai Nayaks and is believed to have been named after a chieftain called Koyan. In the 17th century, the city became a part of the Kingdom of Mysore and remained so until its conquest by the British East India Company in 1799. The history of modern Coimbatore, however, dates from the 1930s, when the city grew rapidly capitalizing on a textile boom. Since then, the city has witnessed steady growth fueled by its favourable soil, climate and political and economic conditions. Coimbatore is situated in the west of Tamil Nadu, bordering the state of Kerala. It is surrounded by the Western Ghats mountain range on the West and North, with reserve forests and the (Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve) on the northern side. http://wikitravel.org/en/Kochi http://wikitravel.org/en/Ooty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore