I love sleeping.Who doesn't??There in Chennai I used to sleep nearly naked under the fan revolving at top speed.Whereas in Kodaikanal,I slept under a warm blanket in a super comfortable mattress.(Though the nearly naked part remained constant:-) )
At 8a.m she tried to wake me up.She always tries,but all her attempts go in vain!! Though I can't disclose what she did,cause there is no parental advisory rating in this blog....I did wake up this time.Much more alert and with senses on hyperactive mode..hehe.In between our home work session,the darned phone rang to inform us that it was already 9 and we had to check out.Damnation!!! Calculations swirled in my mind before I spoke (20 more minutes),banged the phone down and raced to finish what was already in motion!:-)
Since it was the last morning here we went window shopping.Brunch at CCD cost us more than 600bucks!!But Maddy was already tired since yesterday's marathon walk but still we went cycling again!!
This time I admit I got a better cycle.Breaks worked alright,there was even a horn.A couple of monkeys decided to check Maddy's purse while we were spending some cozy romantic moments in the shade of a tree.Not before long,a thought of tandoor entered her mind and there she was,crunching,tearing,biting,nibbling,chewing her chicken!We spend the afternoon in an awesome park where one kid won't let me play with his football!Kids these days,am telling you!!They come straight from hell!!Maddy would forever remember her time there(no it was for some completely different reason...hehe....ask her).
We ate whatever we could get our hands on.From roasted corn to vanilla icecreams,from jhaalmuris to sugar candies,nothing was spared!Time to say saiyonara beaconed and we made our way to the bus stand.I din't wanna leave!!Nevertheless,everything comes to an end one day.We just have to make sure we make the ending perfect!
Kodaikanal trip is over but we have pics and memories to last a life time.
Anyways,today's FL quote is
"You laugh at me cause I am different.Well I laugh at you cause you are all the SAME!!"
Love you all
Saiyonara
P.S-I pray with all my heart for the healthy recovery of Nushrath's Mom.
Hey folks. First of all lemme say it out loud. Hill stations rock big time! Big big time! I have been to Ooty, shillong, darjeeling, gangtok, bomdila, tawang and finally this time made it to Kodaikanal. What a place!
Me and Maddy on our self-proclaimmed second honeymoon! The first 8 hours of the journey were too pathetic! But the last three had our hearts in our throats! By 8 o clock in the morning we reached. The climate was/is fantastic! Chennai heat can go to hell! Though the bus tickets already burned a gaping hole in our pockets and signs of going over budget loomed over us like bad omens, we were the least bit worried. What we didn't realise was that this was their peak season! Got the first taste of disaster when we couldn't fine any hotel rooms. Those which were available were way beyond affordable range! Luckily, we found one! And boy o boy! I fell in love with that hotel! The weather takes the fatigue away and you will find a spring in your step everytime. We showered, fooled around in the mighty bed, did some homework :) and then went sightseeing! Kodaikanal is famous for its falls and caves! Though we were floored by the falls, the caves were a tad dissapointing.
And then there was a trekking! Poor maddy nearly collapsed! I doubt she walked as much her entire life as she did that day! She's sure she lost a couple of kilos (nice excuse to avoid going for walks once we return). I thought I knew that gal completely until the last few days dropped some shockers! Her love for chicken is aeons greater than her love for me! After having a huge piece of tandoor and nans for dinner, she asked, 'baby, can we order another full tandoor and parcel it???' Holy Moly! Is it a stomach or a well???
Lols. And aah! We went cycling by the lake! I am a newbie while she is a pro! I have some handling issues and the cycle moves everyway but straight! And Maddy is of the opinion that it turns in that direction where there are chicks cycling!
Night comes early at hill stations. We were supossed to watch a movie together. Maddy's idea, I said 'cool'. Even before 10 minutes passed she was fast asleep with her head on my chest! Aww I so so so love her!
Day one over! A couple alone in a hill station! It doesn't get anymore romantic than this! Trust me!
Signing off now folks
Oh yea! Today's FL quote of the day -
"People who give flying kisses.............are hopelessly LAZY!"
18th May '09
hey people....how you doing. Me in HAVELOCK....as i said before this is the bestest place on earth.
Anyways woke up as early as 4a.m....showered, shaved and finally everyone was ready to go....Packed my suitcase with my stuff....sadly left the laptop at the hotel itself...coz its no point taking evrything as we had to return in 2 days.....finally reached the jetty...and there was this huge ship....yea, its a ship this time...M.V North Passage.....anchored and ready to sail to the end of the world. Our destination was Havelock Island by the way....it was a 2 and a half hours of sailing into the chartered waters....We went inside and settled down in the passenger cabin....where i could see all those excited faces jumping here and about within the ship....Soon me and my sis were a part of those wild group...lol....Strolled here and there...went to the bunkers.....tried to enter the captain's room a minute before he chewed my head off....bloody pirate!!!!!! Went upstairs into the open and boy oh boy!!!!! what a breathtaking view!!!!!!!! People were posing for cameras left, right and center... Now this was what i called sailing...way better than those godforsaken smelly dinghys!!!!!!!! Finally at around 9a.m we reached HAVELOCK! Our guide was waiting for us in a gypsy....and we left for our hotel....IT WAS A COTAGE RESORT....woohooo with their own beach....i was jumping like a maniac....
Hmmm......had breakfast and then slept til 12....to make up for the sleep lost in the last two days. Had lunch and then roamed about here and there....the guide came again at around 2p.m and off we went to the Radhanagar Beach....now guys....this beach was voted the best beach in the world by TIME magazine.....Once we reached.....my God....it was beautiful.....palm trees all around, silver sand.....you could walk about 3oo metres into the water till you are neck deep and yet can see your feet clearly....i loved it....i am loving it here....fishes roamed between my legs....saw clown fish right near my face....(if you watched FINDING NEMO....then you know what a clown fish is).....hell this was better than discovery channel.....Bathed, swam, floated for hours till sunset. You bet....i thoroughly enjoyed....will post the pics as soon as i reach home....
Came back after sunset....mom and sis visited the market while i searched for internet....kno what!!!!! i was online for 90 mins and they charged me 200 bucks!!!!!! blasphemous!!!!!!!! lol....man o' man you guys better be jealous!!!!!
okay guys....gotta go now....see you all real soon....buhbye....
Hakuna Matata
17th May '09
hey mates...
phew what a day!!!!!!!! woke up at 3 a.m. can you believe it?? yea i showered too....no hot water mind you!!!!! by 4 a.m...we were all ready and trooped into the Sumo!!! the driver said there will be another family with us...so we have to adjust!!!! He didn't mention how much we had to adjust!!!!!!! In stormed a family of 7...into the Sumo...and not one was below 25.....me and my sis had to squeeze ourselves into the front seat grumbling and cursing. We were going to Baratang... its an island where you will find the Jarawa tribals... And thus began our 2 hour journey into the land of the unknown.....up and down the road we went....scanning the treetops for tribals with bows and arrows. And then the driver had the brains to tell us that they live in huts like normal people....Wanted to bash his head right into the windscreen.....mostly for crumbling my fantasy.... sadly not one of the famous tribals decided to give a guest appearance on the road we were travelling. So we safely reached the jetty from where we were supossed to take a dinghy to another jetty.
We boarded the second dinghy and off we went.....now the speed of the dinghy was such that even the laziest fish found on earth could overtake it!!!! The punishment lasted for 2 hours. Finally we stopped in the middle of the ocean!!!!!!!!! We boarded jet boats and off we went into the mangroves....Now this part was super awesome....the whole area was flooded with mangroves. Even saw crocodiles lazing around in the swamp.....(now this was too much...lol). Got down and hiked for about 1 km in search of limestone caves....it was nothing earth shattering, but the road through which we hiked was worth everything....Made a few friends on the way, so it was pretty fun.
Returned to the jetty at around 1p.m.....our driver was waiting....grining like an oaf!!!! The next stop was a MUD Volcano. Aye...you heard it right....volcano that spewed mud!!!!!!! It was such a dissapointment though....I expected something like Mount Fiji.....instead it looked like a seventh grader's science experiment!!!! But there's good news....on the way back....we met those elusive tribals on the road....all of them were stark naked...the boys, the kids, the girlsssss....i couldn't stop gawking at them...clicked about a zillion photos from the car...even though it was prohibited...lol. A few of them indeed had bows and arrows....Hah!!!!! take that! you arrogant driver!!!!!!! ahh...satisfied with the trip...only the bikini babes left now.....Reached back to the hotel at around 6....
the night was uneventful....everybody had to sleep early....coz the alarm was fixed at 4a.m again.
Oh....i was looking forward to it...
Now am in HAVELOCK.....the best best best place on earth....the only problem here is communication with the outside world.....my Vodafone doesn't work here....internet is rare and the slowest in the world....still i enjoyed today...will post it tomorrow guys....
Signing off now....Love you all....
Hakuna Matata
P.S Rose...sent you an email...check it out
16th May '09
Hellow frenz....how you doin'?
Day 4 was super boring...i was kinda glad actually....was too tired for anything...!!! There were these local sightseeings.... so woke up at around 8 and slowed lazed our way out....the first place we visited was again...the Cellular jail....but this time we actually got to see the prisons, the clock tower, the hangman room etc....creepy yaar.....parts of the jail is destroyed...so only half of it is still standing.....amd it still gives me the creeps....
the 2nd stop was even more boring...an Aquarium complex....yes i admit...saw a lot of unknown species...err...fishes....but that doesn't justify the amount of crap i was getting every passing second....my sis, on the other hand, was completely on a different orbit...she was determined to find an yet unknown species of fish and name it after her.....judging by the pace and excitment and frenzy and whatever...she was going through!!!!
The third stop...gosh i didn't even went inside...it was some kind of history musuem or some wacky stuff like that.....where you can find neanderthal skeletons and all...Bleh!!! who wants to look at them...Watch Night at the Musuem instead...:P.....so my dad and mom and sis ventured in...while i lazed in the cool ac wind in the car!!!....lol.... They returned quite soon though....it happens when they don't heed my warnings...lol....
The final stop was a saw mill!!! now that was pretty good compared to the rest.....its 125 years old and still working...chop! chop! i liked the place....the building was partially destroyed during bombings.....but they managed to repair everything and keep the mill going....it wasn't even past noon and we returned...the silly driver promised it will be shopping time in the evening.....hell...what was i suposed to do????.....so in the evening mom and all went out....and i watched Manchester United vs Arsenal.....guys...ManUtd are the champions yet again...lets paint the town red.....!!!!!!! okays...enough...came out again to the cafe.....blogged for about 3 hours... dinner was chow again...m tired of chinese....but there is nothing else in this darned town!!
hmm...dats it....will keep it short....
signing off now...
15th May '09
hellow mates....this is Freelancer...with his daily dose of crap. okay the day started at 7a.m when dad literally threw me off the bed and my sis screaming 'its getting late'. that was my first memory of the day. Everyone got dressed up and ready by 8....i was the last one to wake up. Ok the itinery said something about island trip thingy and boy, i was excited. Dad asked me to pack my swimming shorts and i was grinning like a fool when he said that...Finally!!! Snorkelling, here i come!
By 9.30 we each had tickets and reached the jetty where there was a huge and fierce and beautiful and white-ish ship. And as you guessed we didn't board that one!!! Nay our vessel was a dingy, old, creaking double decker ferry...err...a...float actually...But we had a captain that would have put Jack Sparrow to shame with his speeches.... Thus our voyage began into the unknown with the skies threatening to open up once again...i was more worried about ending up at the bottom of the ocean before we reached. The first island we reached is known as ROSS island (not ROSE...gulabo...hehe). okay this was the capital of Andaman before Port Blair...most of the buildings that included the Church, the barracks of the EIC as well as the Japanese when they captured this island in WWII....are destroyed by the tsunami...now no one lives there except a feew deers and antelops....and boy o boy...weren't they preety!!!! the beach there is A.W.E.S.O.M.E (it is pronounced awesome...:P)....blueish greenish water! As we had just about 1 hour in that island...we hurriedly returned back to our boat...err...ship...or whateva!
the 2nd stop was Viper Island....its under the tourism department now...there used to b two jails for men and women who fought against the British before the cellular jail was built.....the place is a gem of an island....but badly ravaged by the tsunami. I was really really hoping for cannibal hunting.....but couldn't find a single clue that they lived or existed....*sigh*
the last and final stop....NORTH BAY Island. Now this is what i was waiting for....as soon as we reached the shore i changed into my swimming shorts and jumped into the ice cold water....bliss...i was neck deep in the water but still coud see my feet clearly....my sis was practically drunk in euphoria....mom braved herself to let the water atleast wallop past her knees...lol. There's a bit of bad news though...no snorkelling!!!! they saw some crocks early in the morning...and it was not safe to give a visit to the corals at that time....its okay...not a big deal for me...coz i still have two days at HAVELOCK.....woohooo... Finally at around 4p.m when everybody got tired...Jack Sparrow decided to take us back.....i slept all the way.....reached at about 6p.m....no more programs for the night. I finished reading Twilight...yet again....Ordered chicken biryani for dinner and man...they disappointed me....Biryani of Chennai is much better....still anyways..end of another day....
signing off now....
14th May '09
hey people...how's life? Gosh am tired today.... Anways woke up as early as 5 in the morning....had a flight at 9....you see.... Breakfast was a sorry affair....there was nothing in the hotel...except tea! Reached airport in time and checked in without any hassles....the weather was good...the spirits were high...but err....the condition of the plane was not what you would call by looking at it...the SAFEST!!! darned JETLITE! God knows where Dad got those tickets...
bleh!! the hostesses don't even wear skirts...only sarees...gah! what's the use of flying if you don't get to see legs! Ate whatever was available in the flight without glancing at the rates...i knew they would loot eventually...what's the point in looking at the rates? So finally the plane did manage to land at the Veer Savarkar airport in Port Blair....and we were officially in the Andamans...*waits to hear the claps*
Now the first thing that greeted us...was the lashing rain! i didn't know whether to curse God or hail him. I didn't want the 40 degrees heat....neither did i want the stupid water leaking from the clouds......Dad's contact came with a van and we happily bundled inside. Now i had such big, nice, sweet dreams about me lounging around in the beach, appreciating skimpily clad blondes and redheads and even indians enjoying in the sea....but as always am the unluckiest person on earth!!! Dad trooped us all into a so-so hotel right in the middle of the city! I was totally gobsmacked......i wasn't prepared for this at al. Okay...lets just forget the blondes and the bikinis... i just wanted a hotel nearer to the sea! Nay...that was not to be...
Sightseeing began at around 3p.m.....the rain stopped as early as it could...The first place we visited was Corbyn's beach.....Now that's a lovely beach with palm trees all around it.....no waves....water crystal blue and green. Its just about 7 kms from the capital. Not many people were there though...mostly because it was nearing twilight and also coz of the noon rain....2 or 3 couples were loitering in the beach and judging by the looks on their faces they were probably going to make out later in the beach and didn't approve of the unwanted company (us...to be specific)....ahh.....bliss for them. The 2nd stop we made was at a SCIENCE Center.....Now that was kid stuff....Still at 50, dad had the heart of a young cub and sprinted around with my sis....
The last stop was the CELLULAR JAIL....also known as the infamous kala-pani during the British regime. It had an open air auditorium where we all gathered....the place gave me the creeps....they had a sound-and lights thingy that told the history of the jail and the revolutionaries...of the hangings......and it literally gave me goosebumps all through the time i was there. Nevertheless i loved it....Dad got hyper-emotional and kept glaring at me whenever i talked with sis while the show was going on.
Came back to the hotel and watched IPL.....had chowmein for dinner...i kno i am tired with these chinese stuff....but didn't know of any nice hotels yet...that's it mates...The first day in Andamans didn't turn up too bad...despite the lack of babes in bikinis....*sigh*
Signing off now....cheerio
Hakuna Matata
P.S 1) clicked lots of pics...but my silly sis left the data cable at home...so will upload it once am safely home....lol
2) kaj....lol...u made me a frog....lol...thanx btw
3) rose...kabhi kabar fone on kar lena chahiye
13th May '09
Prologue- this is a continuation of MDR
Lol...13th was the beginning of a new adventure, mishap, fun, excitement, everything else that kick started my morbid boring life....So woke up as early as i could.....and immediately logged on to TWL...hehe.....in short the first half of the day was boring....fast forward to 2p.m....had just one hour to pass before leaving and my bro decided to play ps2!!!! lol...so we played...beat him hands down...though he might protest over moral issues...lol...
Bhabi wasn't home yet so was not able to bid her farewell....and thus i left....with excitement in my eyes...bro's bring-me lists in my pocket and innocence in my heart... i left the room only to wait and search for those damn autos!!! i forgot it was election day in chennai....finally got a half-sleepy cretin to drive me to the airport.....dumbass woke up enough to charge me 150 bucks for a 15 minute ride....bleh!!!
Got my ticket and lol...the receptionist asked which seat i would prefer....lol...i gave her a non-commital look and just shrugged as if am a frequent flyer...lol....added aisle seat by the way....she gave me weird look...lol...
didn't know that we have to pay to access wireless internet at the airport...bloody hell...i fidgeted with my lappy for nearly half an hour for it...finally boarded my flight...the air hostesses were cute...lol....and reached kolkata by 8...
yep...Kolkata is the first destination......met my parents and my weird sis.....bonded...lol....taught her how to play ps2....hehe...finally went out to have dinner somewhere out. (reason- the hotel was crappy)..... yea i kno...full of shitheads.....anyways...came back and crashed...
Now...guess what am in Andaman...in a cafe...wid my sis...who is trying to make out heads and tails of this blogging thingy...lol...c yu around folks...
cheerio....
Hakuna Matata
P.S| me off for sightseeing...Pratsie and Ms.R wanted pics.....aur gulabo...reply karna mail ka...
