Hi there.. Dont get confused, its about a day i spent outside away from my home.
Let me first tell you the preface to this 'day out'.
I wanted to fill an entrance exam form. The timings of the form submission was clashing with the office timings. Hence, i decided that i will fill the form online. I prepared everything needed, like Demand Draft, a passport size photo etc. I even filled the form. At the time of pressing the 'submit' button, i dont know what happened with my dear friend 'computer', the page got refreshed. and i didnt get the page of which i needed to take printout. It is said that luck is like toilet paper, it runs out when u need it the most. This was one of that time. I tried to submit form once again, but the site gave an error saying this DD is already registered, cant proceed. This thing got onto my nerves and it pressed my panic button. I called home and told my big bro to make new DD, but luck had already run out (dont remember toilet paper, remember the meaning of the saying) This time the DD was not properly made. Bang... One more shock given by my luck.
I had no other option but to go to the center, pay the cash and take new form (to be filled manually... [:(] ) Again same thing, office timing clash, hence i decided i will go on saturday. To go that center, i have to go one main bus stand then from there i have to catch another bus. I dont know what had i done bad with my luck, but this time there was a li'l more.. I reached main bus stand (approx an hour away from my home) and just to be sure, i called to the office of the form filling center. Bang... The center was closed on the saturday. But, i thanked god for making me call there first, otherwise i would have reached there at the center to see the closed shutter.
Now that my luck denied me entry to the form submission center on saturday, i decided to trade with the luck once more. This time on a office holiday. Deciding this, i spent rest of the saturday roaming around.
Thankfully, tuesday was my office holiday. That day morning i called up the center and checked. To my surprise, it was gonna be open that day, that too from morning 9 to evening 5:30. Full office timing... Thinking that at least today my work will be finished, i got ready as early as possible. Went to main bus stand, another problem! I didnt know which bus goes to that center. This always happens with me, i leave home to go somewhere, but i dont know which bus to take, how to go etc. These are the times when you know the importance of a friend who knows all the routes and numbers of the buses. I quickly called up a friend and asked which bus to take. He told me to take one bus (Dont remember the bus number now. Will ask him once again if i need to go again...) Finally i reached the destination stop.
Now as the trend goes, this center also has a huge campus. I dont why, but all the big institutes like to possess a gr8 big campus. It took me about 20-25 minutes to search for the gate to enter the institute. And as the other trend goes, the people walking around also dont know the entrance. When they say that they dont know it, i feel like i am waling in a harry potter story searching for a building whose entrance is hidden magically. Anyway i found one small entrance and doubting whether i will leave from same entrance, i entered the center. Now it was the time to look for the exact location of the form submission building. Again my treasure hunt began, but i had one more guy with me on the way. He asked me, looking at the small back pack i was carrying, is it ok to fold your form? I said i dont know, i am yet to get the form. At this, the boy stunned me by saying that they stopped distributing on friday only. From a distance i heard 'Bang...' (Luck waala) Confused, i called my friend who filled the form in some other institute on saturday, he said, bro dont worry that was last day of filling form online. I sighed in relief and booed my luck for the false bang.
After some 10 minutes of the treausure hunt i got the building i wanted to enter. I went in and had to come out within 10 mins. At the form counter they told us to go to a bank in campus and get a DD of 1000/- Ah, another treasure hunt... I went in direction shown by the security guard. In the first bank, standing in long queue, i asked the person just ahead of me, how much time will it take to get the DD. He said. cant you look at the queue? It will definitely take another 2-3 hrs. I was not a mood to waste that much time, so i just came out and searched for the second bank. It was just 5 minutes walk from this first bank, but still all the people seemed to like this bank, coz the second bank was deserted and i finished my work there in about 15 mins. Then afterwards while leaving the campus, i saw the guy standing in front of me in line going towards the building to buy the form...
After i got the DD form bank, i went back to form submission center, bought the form and started filling it. Then it struck to my mind, i had forgot the pencil. And it is needed for filling some sections of the form. This time, i asked for help from the person seating right next to me. In return of his favour, i helped him in getting glue from other person. And to conclude this favouring business, he then gave me a lift till one of the mall i wanted to go to. I thought this was the end of my adventure for the day. I roamed in the mall, bought gift for my friend and left. Then from there i caught a bus, came to same main bus stand, caught another bus to my home. After boarding the second bus, i relized that i had to buy few things, those my roomies had told me to. Cursing myself, i got down at the Big Bazaar, but Bangs of my luck were still remaining. For the first time in my life, i saw the shopping mall closed. This time cursing my luck i boarded another bus which takes me to my home. Once i got down there, i called up my room partner to tell that i didnt get the things which he wanted. Then he just told me, its ok, but bring dinner in parcel for me..
I went to nearby hotel and ordered what he had told me to. There after thinking of the bill, i remembered that because of the complete day's adventure, i didnt have a penny in my wallet. I told the hotel manager politely that go ahead with the order i will just go and take money from ATM right across the road. He said, he wont. What if i dont come back? Feeling a li'l offended, i argued, i m just going across the road, you can keep an eye on me if you want. To my this answer, he just smiled. 'Why do some people are in such a good leg-pulling mood when you are damn tired and in a shitty mood?' I thought...
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
My first BMTC ride...
there are many things in life that happen for first time. and this event 'first time' has a special significance. it makes a way into not only our memories, but also in our compartment of special moments. i had my first official BMTC ride yesterday. official in sense i didnt know the vital stats like which bus i had to catch, from which stop to catch etc. i wanted to go to my sister's place. she had told me where to come, but how to go there from my place; she didnt know. so i had to call a few friends of mine which know a good deal about travelling by BMTC and had been living in bangalore for past few years.
the main twist in the story was, i was going to start the journey from an area, about which i knew nothing. i sometimes wonder, that why i have to do such foolish things. like going to roam and landing up at a place from which, to return i have to take help of either a friend or of an auto rikshaw. i was wondering that yesterday also, to tell u frankly. anyway, i had gone there to take gift for a friend. from there i was planning to come back to a stop which i know, and from which i was sure that at least i ll get a bus back to home.(thats if i dont get a bus to go ahead)
i had almost decided to go back, but rains poured over my decision.it wasnt heavy rain, the rain had just started. because of this, my friend forced me to go to next stop from which she was sure that i ll get bus to go further.(she was sure, i wasnt) i boarded in bus. told stop name which i had memorised by utmost difficulty.(here names are like that only. they ll test ur pronounciation and memorisation skills every now and then...) i also requested the conductor to tell me when the stop comes. now i dont know what was goin on in his mind, or maybe he was busy so he forgot to tell me when my stop came. i heard a man who was just getting down say my stop's name.(i have forgotten the name. who ll rememeber that after one day also?) but the time till i reached the door, it was already closed and bus had started. i said to conductor that i want to get down. he just replied 'so?'. so, i have to wait for next stop to arrive.
i got down at next stop, thinking that i ll catch another bus back to that stop; i crossed the road only to realise that the road which i was now standing on was one-way. now u can imagine how much i wud have cursed the conductor. rain was a li'l bit more than what u can call drizzle. in these conditions i had walk back to my stop. i had read in a book that one should never walk on unknown road without asking directions. so i kept asking where the stop is. one man said right across the road, where i just saw one public toilet. i guess he heard me wrong. i went ahead and asked another person. that person said just go a li'l ahead, cross the road and u ll be at that stop. being happy that i finally reached the stop, i went ahead. once there, i asked a security guard whether i ll get bus to go ahead to my sis's place. he said u ll get at a stop behind. i asked the above stop name, the guard said thats the stop, u left it behind.
until this time rain had started pouring its heart out. i started my walk back to the designated stop. when i reached there, i realised that the stop was right in front of the building in front of which the man was standing. the man who told me to go a li'l ahead and to cross the road. i had no time to go shout on him, coz there was already a bus there. i just asked a person sitting inside whether the bus goes to k.r.pura (such a short and sweet name. kaash all names were like this...) he said yes and without listening further i jumped inside.he was telling me further that the bus doesnt go to station, and the area to which i wanted to go. then i asked conductor to tell me a stop to get down to take another bus.(my bus no. 3 in single journey...) he told me get down at a stop, i didnt hear the name properly let alone memorising it. so i told another person sitting inside to tell me when my stop comes.
now in between this telling to tell me wala confusion, i remembered my sis had told me something like tin factory on phone. i enquired about that. so now i had two choices to get down at. and in process of selecting the stop from these two, i again missed the stop (stops this time) and went ahead. but fortunately this road was not a one way. i went on other side, and this time i asked properly, what my sis had told me to ask and caught a bus. it was something like channasandra (.......) finally i was in right bus. then i got down at the stop and called my sis. her husband then came to pick me up at the stop.
i was thinking about the experience afterwards. it was not at all a bad experience. just imagine, u dont know how to go, but u have to go. there is no way u can find out exactly how to go, the rain is coming down. and all u get is information is how to go to next step of the journey. so u dont know what will be there in the next step of journey. so unpredictable life! have u ever experienced it? try to do it. its good to have all experiences. and i bet u ll love it, just like any other 'first experiences'. and then u ll be ready to go anywhere, even if u dont know how to go. this first experience will help in boosting ur confidence.
so dont just keep reading the blog. think of such opportunity to enjoy life.
next time u come back on blog, i hope u must have at least thought of experiencing this...
the main twist in the story was, i was going to start the journey from an area, about which i knew nothing. i sometimes wonder, that why i have to do such foolish things. like going to roam and landing up at a place from which, to return i have to take help of either a friend or of an auto rikshaw. i was wondering that yesterday also, to tell u frankly. anyway, i had gone there to take gift for a friend. from there i was planning to come back to a stop which i know, and from which i was sure that at least i ll get a bus back to home.(thats if i dont get a bus to go ahead)
i had almost decided to go back, but rains poured over my decision.it wasnt heavy rain, the rain had just started. because of this, my friend forced me to go to next stop from which she was sure that i ll get bus to go further.(she was sure, i wasnt) i boarded in bus. told stop name which i had memorised by utmost difficulty.(here names are like that only. they ll test ur pronounciation and memorisation skills every now and then...) i also requested the conductor to tell me when the stop comes. now i dont know what was goin on in his mind, or maybe he was busy so he forgot to tell me when my stop came. i heard a man who was just getting down say my stop's name.(i have forgotten the name. who ll rememeber that after one day also?) but the time till i reached the door, it was already closed and bus had started. i said to conductor that i want to get down. he just replied 'so?'. so, i have to wait for next stop to arrive.
i got down at next stop, thinking that i ll catch another bus back to that stop; i crossed the road only to realise that the road which i was now standing on was one-way. now u can imagine how much i wud have cursed the conductor. rain was a li'l bit more than what u can call drizzle. in these conditions i had walk back to my stop. i had read in a book that one should never walk on unknown road without asking directions. so i kept asking where the stop is. one man said right across the road, where i just saw one public toilet. i guess he heard me wrong. i went ahead and asked another person. that person said just go a li'l ahead, cross the road and u ll be at that stop. being happy that i finally reached the stop, i went ahead. once there, i asked a security guard whether i ll get bus to go ahead to my sis's place. he said u ll get at a stop behind. i asked the above stop name, the guard said thats the stop, u left it behind.
until this time rain had started pouring its heart out. i started my walk back to the designated stop. when i reached there, i realised that the stop was right in front of the building in front of which the man was standing. the man who told me to go a li'l ahead and to cross the road. i had no time to go shout on him, coz there was already a bus there. i just asked a person sitting inside whether the bus goes to k.r.pura (such a short and sweet name. kaash all names were like this...) he said yes and without listening further i jumped inside.he was telling me further that the bus doesnt go to station, and the area to which i wanted to go. then i asked conductor to tell me a stop to get down to take another bus.(my bus no. 3 in single journey...) he told me get down at a stop, i didnt hear the name properly let alone memorising it. so i told another person sitting inside to tell me when my stop comes.
now in between this telling to tell me wala confusion, i remembered my sis had told me something like tin factory on phone. i enquired about that. so now i had two choices to get down at. and in process of selecting the stop from these two, i again missed the stop (stops this time) and went ahead. but fortunately this road was not a one way. i went on other side, and this time i asked properly, what my sis had told me to ask and caught a bus. it was something like channasandra (.......) finally i was in right bus. then i got down at the stop and called my sis. her husband then came to pick me up at the stop.
i was thinking about the experience afterwards. it was not at all a bad experience. just imagine, u dont know how to go, but u have to go. there is no way u can find out exactly how to go, the rain is coming down. and all u get is information is how to go to next step of the journey. so u dont know what will be there in the next step of journey. so unpredictable life! have u ever experienced it? try to do it. its good to have all experiences. and i bet u ll love it, just like any other 'first experiences'. and then u ll be ready to go anywhere, even if u dont know how to go. this first experience will help in boosting ur confidence.
so dont just keep reading the blog. think of such opportunity to enjoy life.
next time u come back on blog, i hope u must have at least thought of experiencing this...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
MadeMyTrip!!! Part 2
Hi again...
now comes the two third of my trip. this was the part when we enjoyed the most. as told in previous blog, after kodai kanal we went to tekkady. arguably (should write 'un' before this word) the worst place in my trip.
the day we just entered kerala, was a 'band' day. all shops were closed, and because of that, we had to pay 1300/- as entry fee (which is just 750/- on normal day. now if u r a CAT aspirant, please find the realstion of these two entities and tell me. it ll really helpful...) after paying 'taxes' we moved ahead towards the tekkady, which is a wild life sanctuary. we were just about to enter but a guard there told us that the boat ride for which the place 'famous' (i didnt even know the name of the place to tell u frankly) is completely full. and we wont get any ticket. so frustrated, we went ahead to take lunch. but there also, because of 'the day' the hotel was full and we were not supposed to get any food for next hour. again frustrated we thought of moving ahead to munnar. there also we were faced with problem. someone told that we wont be allowed to enter munnar until late evening. more frustration. (now u know why i said 'un'arguably worst place of trip.) we took about turn and entered tekkady.
once there, we saw a loooooooooong queue for buying boat tickets. cursing the guard who told us that tickets are sold out, we stood in line. but the line was not that unpleasant, because of someone standing in front of us in the line. (we were all guys, so u know what made us stand still in the line) after some efforts we got 7 tickets and it made one of us not to come for the ride.
boat ride was not at all bad, same way it wasnt not that good also. (for a ticket of 100/-) they say animals come to drink water, that time we can see them from the boat. but i think the animals were already done with there thurst. not a single animal was visible for almost entire ride. at last while returning back we got a glimpse of some animals. all other time we were watching wild things (yeah not animals, :D ) i have a lot of videos, but wont update here. a li'l sensored stuff...
a small word - if u have limited time, then its advisable to skip tekkady.
we left the tekkady after having some food, then we again entered the previous restaurant. our time was turning back to normal, we got food with normal delay. then we left towards munnar. in between driver wanted some food, so we stopped and to give him company, we had tea. (some photo session again...)
there was no obstacle to stop, as a man had mentioned before. this time, the trip started to become a li'l traditional. we started singing and playing antakshari. so the ride towards the munnar was comparatively smooth. (except some of the bumps on the road) we reached munnar at about 11:00 - 11:30. it was very cold out there. again we started house hunt. finally we got a cottage. now the food hunt begun. it was late, almost all shops were closed. but we managed to get our hands on some food. then at cottage we finished the food and slowly dozed off while watching the TV.
next day morning, as the owner had promised that we ll get hot water how muchever we want; we didnt get a single drop of hot water. we just washed face and left the cottage to see all the points. first was the tea estates. we romed freely in the estates doing all photo session and all, till the rakhwaldar came running and scolded us. till then we had already taken a few pics.
after a session of photo shoot we left tea estate and wnt to see dam. it was dam(n) good. at least to take pics... the water was very deep, while taking one pic we all were standing on the wall. we were so afraid to look down that we just finished taking photo as soon as possible and came down from wall. while taking photo also we were holding each other. we also bought some home-made chocolates there and finished there only. (record time :- 3min 42sec. just a guess of time. didnt measure by stopwatch)
then the most exciting part of the trip. speed boating. this one was just too good. the boats were so fast, that we had to do video shooting to capture the speed of boat. but the ride was too good. water splashing all over as boat rushed forward, or while turning and even while stopping.
then there was a echo point. thats the first echo point i have ever seen having a lake and boating. we kept wondering why that point was called echo point. there was no echo at all. not even as much as we get on cellphone network. as there was nothin to do anything there, so again we did some photo shoot.
next point was a shooting spot. there we did shooting. we do what the point tells to do. at echo point we tried to get echo, but the nature didnt respond. so we did photo shooting. ekdum filmi eshtyle...
next stop was a point called something like 'top mountain' or 'top point' (dont remember exactly) which is the highest point on kochi-munnar road. the weather here was pleasant. nothing else extra ordinary. just another point where u can stay just looking at mountains, admiring their beauty. and time will just pass by...
now was the time to visit last and most awaited point. a falls. i again dont remember the name. extremely sorry for that. the main reason is, when we reached there we were just thinking of going in falls. no one even thought of asking the name of falls...
from there, we came back to bangalore. 3 day trip, for which planning was done for almost half a month came to an end. thats all. if u want more information on exact route and all the details of places to go, u r looking at wrong place. search google!
now comes the two third of my trip. this was the part when we enjoyed the most. as told in previous blog, after kodai kanal we went to tekkady. arguably (should write 'un' before this word) the worst place in my trip.
the day we just entered kerala, was a 'band' day. all shops were closed, and because of that, we had to pay 1300/- as entry fee (which is just 750/- on normal day. now if u r a CAT aspirant, please find the realstion of these two entities and tell me. it ll really helpful...) after paying 'taxes' we moved ahead towards the tekkady, which is a wild life sanctuary. we were just about to enter but a guard there told us that the boat ride for which the place 'famous' (i didnt even know the name of the place to tell u frankly) is completely full. and we wont get any ticket. so frustrated, we went ahead to take lunch. but there also, because of 'the day' the hotel was full and we were not supposed to get any food for next hour. again frustrated we thought of moving ahead to munnar. there also we were faced with problem. someone told that we wont be allowed to enter munnar until late evening. more frustration. (now u know why i said 'un'arguably worst place of trip.) we took about turn and entered tekkady.
once there, we saw a loooooooooong queue for buying boat tickets. cursing the guard who told us that tickets are sold out, we stood in line. but the line was not that unpleasant, because of someone standing in front of us in the line. (we were all guys, so u know what made us stand still in the line) after some efforts we got 7 tickets and it made one of us not to come for the ride.
boat ride was not at all bad, same way it wasnt not that good also. (for a ticket of 100/-) they say animals come to drink water, that time we can see them from the boat. but i think the animals were already done with there thurst. not a single animal was visible for almost entire ride. at last while returning back we got a glimpse of some animals. all other time we were watching wild things (yeah not animals, :D ) i have a lot of videos, but wont update here. a li'l sensored stuff...a small word - if u have limited time, then its advisable to skip tekkady.
we left the tekkady after having some food, then we again entered the previous restaurant. our time was turning back to normal, we got food with normal delay. then we left towards munnar. in between driver wanted some food, so we stopped and to give him company, we had tea. (some photo session again...)
there was no obstacle to stop, as a man had mentioned before. this time, the trip started to become a li'l traditional. we started singing and playing antakshari. so the ride towards the munnar was comparatively smooth. (except some of the bumps on the road) we reached munnar at about 11:00 - 11:30. it was very cold out there. again we started house hunt. finally we got a cottage. now the food hunt begun. it was late, almost all shops were closed. but we managed to get our hands on some food. then at cottage we finished the food and slowly dozed off while watching the TV.
next day morning, as the owner had promised that we ll get hot water how muchever we want; we didnt get a single drop of hot water. we just washed face and left the cottage to see all the points. first was the tea estates. we romed freely in the estates doing all photo session and all, till the rakhwaldar came running and scolded us. till then we had already taken a few pics.
after a session of photo shoot we left tea estate and wnt to see dam. it was dam(n) good. at least to take pics... the water was very deep, while taking one pic we all were standing on the wall. we were so afraid to look down that we just finished taking photo as soon as possible and came down from wall. while taking photo also we were holding each other. we also bought some home-made chocolates there and finished there only. (record time :- 3min 42sec. just a guess of time. didnt measure by stopwatch)then the most exciting part of the trip. speed boating. this one was just too good. the boats were so fast, that we had to do video shooting to capture the speed of boat. but the ride was too good. water splashing all over as boat rushed forward, or while turning and even while stopping.
then there was a echo point. thats the first echo point i have ever seen having a lake and boating. we kept wondering why that point was called echo point. there was no echo at all. not even as much as we get on cellphone network. as there was nothin to do anything there, so again we did some photo shoot.
next point was a shooting spot. there we did shooting. we do what the point tells to do. at echo point we tried to get echo, but the nature didnt respond. so we did photo shooting. ekdum filmi eshtyle...
next stop was a point called something like 'top mountain' or 'top point' (dont remember exactly) which is the highest point on kochi-munnar road. the weather here was pleasant. nothing else extra ordinary. just another point where u can stay just looking at mountains, admiring their beauty. and time will just pass by...
now was the time to visit last and most awaited point. a falls. i again dont remember the name. extremely sorry for that. the main reason is, when we reached there we were just thinking of going in falls. no one even thought of asking the name of falls...from there, we came back to bangalore. 3 day trip, for which planning was done for almost half a month came to an end. thats all. if u want more information on exact route and all the details of places to go, u r looking at wrong place. search google!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
MadeMyTrip!!!
Hi again...
earlier this month, on dates 1st to 4th, i went to a trip with my roomies. i wud like to share my experience.
we planned to go to munnar-tekkady-kodai kanal. planning part was superbly done. we were planning for a 4 day trip. but it took us about half a month to plan everything. but i shud say that i dont have much authority to say how tough the planning was, coz i joined planning team for last two days only. after everything was decided about the route (which i knew least about), places to stay (which i knew almost 50%) and places to be visited (number of which, after i entered the planning committee got reduced to one-third); we started to finalize on the way to go there. after much thought (just to say, we decided this in an hour ONLY) we decided to go by private vehicle. we visited a few travels offices here in bangalore, then decided one travels (do i have to tell on what basis?)
we left bangalore on friday night.i dont know what was goin on in the driver's mind. i think he had decided to turn our journey upside down. literally... he took us to kodai kanal first. anyway, we reached kodai kanal at around 11 in morning (or shud i say afternoon? naah, for me its morning. holiday yaar) then we searched for a cottage, took wash and all and then started searching for the basic need of mankind-food! and by good grace of god we found a good hotel just near our cottage. we ordered Rs.75 wala thali. it was UNLIMITED north indian thali. i ll give u the description of what all and how much we ate, some other time. for now i ll just tell that we entered the hotel at about 3 and left at about 4:30.
then we went and watched some points in kodai kanal. one of which was a shooting spot. that time i understood that the jungle they show in movies, is just a portion of land having a li'l dense mass of trees.
anyway, then we went forward to a rather high point. when we arrived there, it was almost clean and having good visibility; but within five to ten mins clouds started closing in on us to reduce vivibilty to almost 30% (cant help talking in %'s, that shows that engg has started flowing in my blood now. god help me!) it was a pleasant site though. we did some photo session there (which sure is a unsaid rule of trip!)
then we went ahead. now we arrived at a lake, in which we were supposed to do boating. but unfortunately (maybe fortunately), there was rush so we were not able to do boating. hence, we moved ahead.
then we went along a path known as 'coaker's walk'. spelling is right, its coaker's. there also, as mentioned earlier - photo session... then we had masala tea and we came back to cottage. there we spent about an hour.
we then went to a lake. frankly speaking that was the best part of stay at kodai kanal. we sat there along the shore, all six of us having masala tea (yeah, again!) after having the refreshing tea, we went back to cottage and had another refreshing thing. obviously SLEEP!!!
next day morning, we left the cottage and went on for tekkady. on the way we went to 'silver cascade water falls'. falls were good, if they had allowed us in; it wud have been awesome!
ok then, this was one third of my trip. now u can imagine how much we enjoyed... remaining two third, next blog. until then, alta la vista...
earlier this month, on dates 1st to 4th, i went to a trip with my roomies. i wud like to share my experience.
we planned to go to munnar-tekkady-kodai kanal. planning part was superbly done. we were planning for a 4 day trip. but it took us about half a month to plan everything. but i shud say that i dont have much authority to say how tough the planning was, coz i joined planning team for last two days only. after everything was decided about the route (which i knew least about), places to stay (which i knew almost 50%) and places to be visited (number of which, after i entered the planning committee got reduced to one-third); we started to finalize on the way to go there. after much thought (just to say, we decided this in an hour ONLY) we decided to go by private vehicle. we visited a few travels offices here in bangalore, then decided one travels (do i have to tell on what basis?)
we left bangalore on friday night.i dont know what was goin on in the driver's mind. i think he had decided to turn our journey upside down. literally... he took us to kodai kanal first. anyway, we reached kodai kanal at around 11 in morning (or shud i say afternoon? naah, for me its morning. holiday yaar) then we searched for a cottage, took wash and all and then started searching for the basic need of mankind-food! and by good grace of god we found a good hotel just near our cottage. we ordered Rs.75 wala thali. it was UNLIMITED north indian thali. i ll give u the description of what all and how much we ate, some other time. for now i ll just tell that we entered the hotel at about 3 and left at about 4:30.
then we went and watched some points in kodai kanal. one of which was a shooting spot. that time i understood that the jungle they show in movies, is just a portion of land having a li'l dense mass of trees. 
anyway, then we went forward to a rather high point. when we arrived there, it was almost clean and having good visibility; but within five to ten mins clouds started closing in on us to reduce vivibilty to almost 30% (cant help talking in %'s, that shows that engg has started flowing in my blood now. god help me!) it was a pleasant site though. we did some photo session there (which sure is a unsaid rule of trip!)
then we went ahead. now we arrived at a lake, in which we were supposed to do boating. but unfortunately (maybe fortunately), there was rush so we were not able to do boating. hence, we moved ahead.
then we went along a path known as 'coaker's walk'. spelling is right, its coaker's. there also, as mentioned earlier - photo session... then we had masala tea and we came back to cottage. there we spent about an hour.
we then went to a lake. frankly speaking that was the best part of stay at kodai kanal. we sat there along the shore, all six of us having masala tea (yeah, again!) after having the refreshing tea, we went back to cottage and had another refreshing thing. obviously SLEEP!!!
next day morning, we left the cottage and went on for tekkady. on the way we went to 'silver cascade water falls'. falls were good, if they had allowed us in; it wud have been awesome!ok then, this was one third of my trip. now u can imagine how much we enjoyed... remaining two third, next blog. until then, alta la vista...
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