Nostalgia for the Raj

The 20-hairpin bend ascent to Yercaud is dotted with lovers on bikes, and monkeys. On approaching the top you see the vast expanse of Salem below; the highways lined with amber sodium-vapour lights and the city spotted with star-like white fluorescent lamps. Come here in the morning and you'll see the Stanley Reservoir shimmering in the sunshine, like molten gold splashed in the valley. (got a dozen threat calls after this one)