Mumbai witnessed the heaviest rainfall of the season on 30th June; everyone compared it with the rainfall which Mumbaikars’ witnessed on 26th July’05. But don’t worry; I was far away from this trouble.
When the people around the city were being troubled by those rains, we were enjoying them in theGhats of Lonavala… I know it’s bad to put things like this; but actually I’m happy about the fact that I wasn’t in Mumbai else I wouldn’t have got anything to eat, had to live without electricity for the whole day and would have faced many other such problems… Anyways jokes apart, I felt bad too for the people who faced such difficulties due to the rains…
After six long months of Alibaug Trip, we had another trip… Trip to Lonavala. This time Tammy was our event manager and I really liked the last line of his invitation cum registration mail “NOTE: No end time cancellations will be entertained :D”.
Eight of us (Anshul S, Bhavana, Rakhi, Niraj, Nishant, Smita, Tammy & I) packed our bags and were filled with loads of excitement & enthusiasm to enjoy the trip. This time we managed to leave on time…
I forgot to mentioned, on this trip Ms. Rakhi appointed me as her PA… (For all those who don’t know the meaning of PA, it means Personal Assistant.) My duty was to open the car door, hold her umbrella and take care of her bag… But till date I haven’t received the remuneration for the same… All the readers, kindly request her to pay my wages soon… :)
I was surprised to know that Niraj had made Bread – Omlette for everyone before coming and it was really very delicious… He also brought other readymade snacks but no one seemed interested in them… After coming back from the trip, Tammy and I decided that the title “Husband Material” suits Niraj perfectly…
On the way to our destination, we halted atFood Plaza Amby Valley City
On our way back from there, we stopped at one of the points; it was damn cold there… Heavy rains were accompanied by chilly and gusty winds, so we all were shivering from cold… All of us stood in a circle, with all the five umbrellas in such a position so that they cover each one of us; it was a similar scene, where Greek warriors cover themselves with their Shields so as to protect themselves from the enemies’ arrows… Later after having tea and bhajiya, we (only the guys) even danced in the rain… It was fabulous dancing there and then I understood the meaning of the saying, “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain...”
From there we moved to another point. Actually we never asked the names of these points since we were busy in enjoying… That place was something sort of a dam or a reservoir (there was a wall, which was around 15 feet high and water was falling from it), you may call it anything but it was amazing… We had a lovely time under the waterfall… We sat on the river side, had some cold drink there…;) Later we climbed to the top of that wall and came down, that too in one piece. Then came the most memorable moment of the trip… We stood in the space between that wall and falling water… Trying to get there was also an exercise; the force of water which I felt on my body wasn’t less than 100 or 200 KgF (Kilogram Force). Once I went inside, I never wanted to come out; when we shouted something there, we were able to hear to our own resonating voice… Actually it’s impossible to describe the feelings which I had then… It was an experience of the lifetime…
After this we moved towards Bushy Dam, but our hard luck due to rains we weren’t able to enjoy much there… Even though our own Fantasy Man & Fantasy Woman went up to the dam and came back. Then we came back to Lonavala and had lunch there… There only we came to know that it’s raining heavily in Mumbai and water had logged in many parts of the city…
Finally we left Lonavala around 6 in the evening, with lot of memories to carry along, for the lifetime…
When the people around the city were being troubled by those rains, we were enjoying them in the
After six long months of Alibaug Trip, we had another trip… Trip to Lonavala. This time Tammy was our event manager and I really liked the last line of his invitation cum registration mail “NOTE: No end time cancellations will be entertained :D”.
Eight of us (Anshul S, Bhavana, Rakhi, Niraj, Nishant, Smita, Tammy & I) packed our bags and were filled with loads of excitement & enthusiasm to enjoy the trip. This time we managed to leave on time…
I forgot to mentioned, on this trip Ms. Rakhi appointed me as her PA… (For all those who don’t know the meaning of PA, it means Personal Assistant.) My duty was to open the car door, hold her umbrella and take care of her bag… But till date I haven’t received the remuneration for the same… All the readers, kindly request her to pay my wages soon… :)
I was surprised to know that Niraj had made Bread – Omlette for everyone before coming and it was really very delicious… He also brought other readymade snacks but no one seemed interested in them… After coming back from the trip, Tammy and I decided that the title “Husband Material” suits Niraj perfectly…On the way to our destination, we halted at
On our way back from there, we stopped at one of the points; it was damn cold there… Heavy rains were accompanied by chilly and gusty winds, so we all were shivering from cold… All of us stood in a circle, with all the five umbrellas in such a position so that they cover each one of us; it was a similar scene, where Greek warriors cover themselves with their Shields so as to protect themselves from the enemies’ arrows… Later after having tea and bhajiya, we (only the guys) even danced in the rain… It was fabulous dancing there and then I understood the meaning of the saying, “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain...”
From there we moved to another point. Actually we never asked the names of these points since we were busy in enjoying… That place was something sort of a dam or a reservoir (there was a wall, which was around 15 feet high and water was falling from it), you may call it anything but it was amazing… We had a lovely time under the waterfall… We sat on the river side, had some cold drink there…;) Later we climbed to the top of that wall and came down, that too in one piece. Then came the most memorable moment of the trip… We stood in the space between that wall and falling water… Trying to get there was also an exercise; the force of water which I felt on my body wasn’t less than 100 or 200 KgF (Kilogram Force). Once I went inside, I never wanted to come out; when we shouted something there, we were able to hear to our own resonating voice… Actually it’s impossible to describe the feelings which I had then… It was an experience of the lifetime…
After this we moved towards Bushy Dam, but our hard luck due to rains we weren’t able to enjoy much there… Even though our own Fantasy Man & Fantasy Woman went up to the dam and came back. Then we came back to Lonavala and had lunch there… There only we came to know that it’s raining heavily in Mumbai and water had logged in many parts of the city…
Finally we left Lonavala around 6 in the evening, with lot of memories to carry along, for the lifetime…
5 comments:
hey anshul..
nice one..
waise i was supposed to write it.. well i will very shortly...
you forgot the most imp part of the trip... jo hum sab ladikiyon ke ghar pe phone karke batane wale the... .
ki ye sab MUJRA dekhne ka shouk bhi rakhti hain ... [;)]
and rakhi plz... this is unfair..anshul ko usi ROZI to milni hi chahiye..[:D]
and yes niraj is 2nd PATI material..
but you are not that smart ki tum ye bolke apna naam change karloge..
you were, you are and you will be 1st PATI MATERIAL OF OURT BATCH 711. [:P]
wow! the pics are gr8
ur post made me feel i'll miss something if i dont go there right away!
dood... tune toh pictures aur writings se dil ki tamanna poori kar di...
i love rains and the monsoon season is my favourite in mumbai...
hoping to join you guys for such a trip next year :)
one of my deepest regrets remain that i was in surat for 4 years and never made it to lonavala.
u jst made dat feelin stronger.
:)
Hi dear,
after a long time..but it feels good to read abt your trip..
i simply love rains..and have a dep desire to experience Mumbai rains atleast ones..
Take care
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