Trip to A'bad - Pune

Marriage: the most important and wonderful thing after birth to happen to the individual !!
One of my best friend and roommate for past so many years, and a wonderful person, Amit decided to tie the knot ASA he saw preeti in arranged function.
Result : we were summoned in no time to attend his marriage on 16th June.. and WE WERE THERE !!
The journey which started from home at 6:30PM in Bangalore on 14th night ended at 10 PM the next day in A'bad. The journey covered in Rick to Train to Bus to Rick again !! :P:D
I clicked loads of pics in d journey and that was the sole reason I loved my journey and wasn't that tired after 28 hours of cont. journey compared to Shuchi who accompanied me.
We got ready in an hours time and went to attend the Sangeet Program and dinner at the wedding venue.

Everybody is in dancing mood in the Sangeet Program.














It was a pleasant meet with him after such a long time, and also got to meet all d juniors from college who came to attend his wedding. Nice meet !!
Ppl were still in mood and were dancing to the popular tunes and DulheRaaja too joined them. ( He is very sporty in that manner )
The next day, clicked all-d-way smiling DulheRaja, attended his Baarat, danced a lil... and overall N'joyed the marriage and left A'bad at the stroke of 12 in d night for Pune.

A Smiling DulheRaja...

















Mere yaar ki shaadi hai.. naachana to banataa hai













Tied for Eternity.













Wish Shuchi's family, Prasad's father and newly Wed.













Reached Pune early in d morning, its the same as it was a year before when I left Pune. Not a single thing changed. Even the potholes on the roads are at the same location. We called the friend where we were supposed to go. His cell was OFF. Called his roomie, he was away too. Called my friend again on his other number, (5:30AM in d morning), his brother picked it up and told me that the Friend is also at his native place, Nashik, and now sleeping. All in his home tried to wake him up, but the newly-wed Friend refused to get up from his bed ;). So, we were outside his flat ... restless... trying to find a place for freshning ourselves :(

Then I called my other friends living nearby, (They too were in dead sleep.. and Vishwas (Rahul's Roomie) answered only after calling them continuously for 4-5 times). At Rahul's place, spend time for couple of hours, went to one of other friends from there to collect his bike *CBZ* for the day for me. Then called Bhau *Ulhaas*. It was nice meeting him.. and felt great hearing that he is a proud father now :))) Had * Poha* (Such a huge break from Uttapa/Idli/Wada sambaar) in a breakfast. Had two... as I knew I can't have it again in near future :((.

Then... The journey started to meet other friends in town. My lil sis is there, so first went to meet her in Deccan. Picked her up and went to Shri's ( He is currently in US..after his MS, working) place staightaway. His mother and father welcomed me, and it was very nice to talk to them after such a long time. Then took my sis to some other places and dropped her back to her hostel to meet to other friends. Called Prashant (and asked him to call otehrs) to CrossWord at 12. By that time, went to Kirti's place to meet her (as she had to go out and couldn't come to crossword). Thnx for the cold water she served in such a hot weather of Pune !! After half an hour and lotsa gupshup at her place, I said saayonara to her and left for CrossWord. 12 ka 1 ho gaya.. and still Sango aka Prashant ya kisi aur ka koi pataa nahi :( ( Prashant never keeps his time and I hate to wait for latecomers :x ). By the time, I went in crossword and checked some books, refreshed myself. I love Pune's crossword more than Bangie's. It was nice when I seen Sango after such a long time. Same smiling person, same excuse of traffic for being late.. !! We TPed at Crossword, clicked some pics.. called some other frends... and so came Ritesh, Sachin, Dinesh, Tushar. We moved to "Durga", a spot famous for its Egg-Bhurjee and Cold coffee. Thts the best hangout place in Kothrud, had 2 cold coffees for myself as I miss it a lot. called Prashant, who is in India currently. He also came, felt so nice to meet old classmate after such a long time. Then, it was already past 2 and I need to go back, pack my bags and leave for Airport. So, after that, I tata-byed all... and left for my place. An hour of TP at home with Rahul and frends... and den back on d way to Airport :))
He he he... On Airport, I met my best senior,Prashant (who ragged me in my FE Engg.), surprised a lot when he introduced me to his better half !! He promised me (or I made him promise me.. same diff u c :P) dinner at his place, I m still waiting ;))

The journey Ended within a couple of hours and we were back to Bangie... !!
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My Mysore Trip !!

1. The Bangalore-Mysore Road. Anybody inn for a bike ride on this road on any of the coming weekends?? [:)]

2. The Shrirangapattanam Temple. As always, crowded. Its one of those old monuments which still stand tall !! :))) The archetectural work is too good !!

3. Mysore Palace : No. 1 Palace in the world, 1 hour was not sufficient to see this marvellous structure, constructed for 15 years at teh cost of 27 lakhs around 1915. Mysore King hired one Civil Engr. from London for this civil excellance to build.

4. Temple at Chamudi Hills: At some 3K height from sea level, its a b'ful journey to the Hills. Nice place which gives a better view of Mysore from atop.

5, This Mahishasura was killed by the Godess Chamundi. Outside the temple, MahishaSura Looks so dashing, no?? :P:D

6. Mom feeding Prasadam to a roadside cow.

7. Some kind of ... I dunnoo.. wht was dat.. outside temple. Religious India .. u c :P:D

8. Clouds but no rain is the best weather to step into the arms of mother nature. Clicked while going atop Hills.

9. Mysore City with all greenery around and skyfull of clouds to make it more B'ful !!

10. Proof that all other pics are clicked by me. Myself, in front of the temple.

11. The two towers: Ohh no.. not Lord of D Rings series. This Peaceful and silent church in the heart of Mysore is also a major tourist attraction. :))


12. Brindavan Garden in(or better called outside) Mysore. B'ful landscaped garden which is famous for its muscial fountains, is the biggest tourist attraction.


13. Trying to catch the dancing fountains.




Overall, I found Mysore a too good irrestible tourist stop. Get a break.... and be there for a while !!

My Singapore Trip

I have just been to Singapore (The beautiful and Loveliest City I ever visited).
Though I studied a lil before going and once reached in Singapore, spent all my time ( just 4 days) travelling within the city and walking around the main famous spots fot shopping and all.

1. Money Money Maney !!
Sab isake aage peeche hi daud rahe hai... and Dollars are always in demand, u c !! [:P]











2. Those who have seen the Heaven are always clouded and all that in Mahabharat and Ramayana, heres a glimpse thru my window from Airplane !!










3. Singapore City in d morning, from Atop !!













4. My Plane from inside. (Dunno Why, but there always a looooooongggg Q for a single restroom that all these ppl share [:P] )











5. Singapore Airport (The best !!)
International Airport ho to aisa ho... ki bass !!












6. Travellators and Elevators help u walk as little as U can through the real Biggggg Singapore Airport !!











7. Fountain inside the Airport. The interior decoration and maintenance of such a big facility is really admirable !!

















8. This Airport has two terminals and theres a SKY Train to travel between these two terminals if you don't want to walk down a little.











9. I found this "Out of walls" class teaching interesing !! Madam(so b'ful na) teaching her Nanhe-Munhe students !!











10. Sentosa Island: Major tourist attraction in Singapore. It consumes teh full day with two many things two see around the island. It has its own buses to roam around between different points of island. A Very very well managed place. This is a beach View where I ahve been. Pic taken from the "southermost point of Asia Continent" !!






11. I have been to Dolphins Show and it was good... some lucky few audinces got a chance to get close to dolphins [:P]











12. (Above Ground) MRT Railway Station. Please dont stand crossing that Yellow Line. and Everybody follows the notice [:)]
Singapore is also known as the Fine City for its huge fines for any rule-breaking!!









13. (UnderGround ) MRT Station : Inside View. The strategically placed signboards make ur life a lot lot easier. And u dont spend time in asking "bhaai saahab, ye area kahan hai.. and kaise jaana hai??"









14. Singapore City from Atop the Tower. Click on d image for a better magnified view.












15. Singapore Houses.... cute and spacious and greenery around !!












16. Spacious Roads makes driving a fun. But be careful from camera zones before speeding up that accelerator. I dint hear a single horn in 4 days of stay there of which maximum time spent roaming around. Too Cool, aint it?










17. It rains everyday there, but drainage system is such that U wont find a water lakes/potholes on d roads. Shot taken from inside my office.











18. Around my Office Campus View. IBM/Honeywell, and otehr big companies have offices there. Most of the structures are made up of Glass, So it just looks b'ful. And this weather adds to the colors !! [:)]









19. B'ful landscapes on the roads makes the journey just N'joyable !!












20. Boat Quay Area. Its not a river actually. The sea water comes into the city backwards and there they developed this Boat Quay area. Nice restaurents around and good hangout place.










21. I liked the snap and teh building.













22. Ministry of Sound, currently the best pub in the City. I danced here till morning and then directly went to hotel and dereafter to office. Still, dint feel like I was tired. Thats the kind of environment and feel u get out of this pub !! N'joyed to the fulll here !!!!!!!!








23. The pic was taken at 11:30 and it was as good as empty by that time. After midnight, there wasn't a place to set ur foot f'get to walk around and move for beers around the bar. But.. its just classic experience !!









24. OK, I have been to an aquarium too. heres a shark for u. I found lotsssa Marathi ppl around there and felt like home when I met an old couple who was from hometown Nanded !!










25. Cancer : Dunno.... but mera unase kabhi dhang se jamataa hi nahi !!

Trip to Hebbe Falls !!

Hebbe falls and Kemmangundi, residing to west of bangalore and around 300Km from here are famous as a honeymoon spot. Lotsa greenery, landscaped gardens and long long silver oak wood jungle make it a real beauty to watch out and ideal hill station destination for couples.
We made a quick decision on friday night for the trip and left banagalore on saturday night after dinner.
The journey started with all josh... masti in d van ... dancing ... singing all d fun until the driver fumed at us to stop all this in d van as he got irritated by banagalore traffic and to add to it, we were the dancing in d van like madd!! Anyways, we reached a village near to Kemmangundi at around 3:30 and it was too early and bad road to go to the place. So, parked our van outside one medical store and thought of sleeping for sometime there in d van. But, All tp and no sleeping, also made happy the medical shop owner by buying lotsa cadburys from him at such an odd hour [:P]. Re-Started the journey to Kemmangundi and reached there by 5:30am. Nobody was awake there at the guest house, nothing was visible till the sun started rising slowly, the nature around was looking beutiful, all bathed in the golden sunrays.











This is the site of the place from the rooftop of the guest house.

Got refreshed ourselves there in d guest house where one of us f'got his wallet in d restroom (change f'got to lost/stolen), just for kahaani me twist and a lil panic amongst us. But, we were soon normal and headed towards the hebbe falls now. Van reached to the midpoint and d rest of the journey was to be done by walking all d way to falls. The journey started gr8 and soon we divided into the parts depending on how fast/slow we were walking. It was a lovely/dusty/long walk to falls thru jungle. The constant background noise of falls made us feel like we are always near to it (later we found out that this noise is from small streams and small waterfalls on d way).













Ok, here I found one love-making couple in d jungle red handed!!

We walked thru lotsa red dust until our shoes had all d coatings of red. We crossed few streams where we need to remove the shoes and rest of d journey bare-foot. It was fun. I even spotted one elphant on d way. Anyways reached falls soon, bathed there for around an hour under fall. Posing naked (not literally) under fall for camera, is so much fun.. [:P] and we all were like enjoying it like heaven. some got bruised on slippery rocks and hurt themselves too. But then, lifes all about enjoying the moments and not bothering about the small small accidents.

Too good a trip... must been a lifetime of journey where we hardly slept for saturday and still felt so much refreshed at the end of teh journey!!!
Thnx to our driver, he knew about this place and where to go and where to stay for how much time, so it helped a lot, too!! and Thnx to Karthick for translating drivers tamil to our hindi [:P] and planning this trip out. Thnx to all who made it to the trip thru their busy schedules of work and burdon. But afterall, its so releiving to go outta city traffic and back into the arms of nature!!! Certainly better than hanging out at same old forum/MG/Brigade and dining to those costly tasteless restaurents !!

for more pics, check out my Flickr Album.