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A Xin walking game

The Figure of 8

A Coonoor walking game — 8 stations, 8 what-ifs, 1 tea flight

Walk the loop. Answer the what-if at each station. Save the code each time. When you have 8 codes, complete the 8 here — bring your XIN8- code to Xin Coonoor for your tea flight.

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The route
Walk the 8. Cross the middle. Come back.

A gentle two-loop route through Coonoor — about 2 km end-to-end, ~60 min at a Sunday pace. Answer any station in any order; the map fills up as you go.

1Bedford Circle2Coonoor Rly Station3Sim's Park Gate4The Vegetable Market5Upper Loop Tea Stall6The Viewpoint7The School Gate8Xin Coonoor · BedfordSTART →← HOME
≈ 2 km loop≈ 60 min at a Sunday paceAnswer any order; the map fills up as you goTap a number to jump to that station ↓
Station 01 of 8
Bedford Circle

What if the Nilgiris became India's first truly plastic-free district?

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Station 02 of 8
Coonoor Railway Station

What if the Nilgiri Mountain Railway told a new story at every station?

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Station 03 of 8
Sim's Park Gate

What if the shola forests and grasslands could be regrown, patch by patch?

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Station 04 of 8
The Vegetable Market

What if Coonoor's markets became the Nilgiris' living classroom?

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Station 05 of 8
Upper Loop Tea Stall

What if Nilgiri tea had names and faces, like fine wine?

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Station 06 of 8
The Viewpoint

What if the hills had a dark-sky sanctuary for stargazing?

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Station 07 of 8
The School Gate

What if every boarding school in the hills adopted one village?

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Station 08 of 8
Xin Coonoor · Bedford

What if Ooty's winter homeless never spent a cold night outside again?

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The reward
A tea flight for two · your name on the Wall of 8
The Wall of 8

Every one who walked the loop.

Tap a name to read their eight ideas.

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