My India Trip

17 Feb 2010

Was the most hectic day in my life......
i was busy...oh my god tell me about it.....
i went to the bank....i went to so many places.....last minute shopping....finishing my work and task.....fuuuhhhh
if i think about it now....mmmm still fresh on my mind.
Came home late....my packing was 1/2 way done....ahahahah my mum was tensed!!!
My bro story was another funny thing....he not even touched his travelling bag yet
tomorrow morning we are flying man.....
While packing...my fren Jaya came....my uncle and family came....so after tat i managed to finish packing....mmmmm abit relax then.
To release the tense i and bro went to McDonald in the middle of nite....u know wat time? mmm its 2.30am. We bought some stuff to eat..... then i went to hit the bed....but my eyes doesnt listen to me....wht shall i do ? Wake up again and check it out wht my bro doing....he was watching football while packing....he is another nut....ooopppsss make sure he is not reading tis.

18 Feb 2010

Abt 4am i bath get ready...check all the things once again...passports...i hv 6 passports with me....because the other day i went to get the visas for all of them. so everything was gud final checklist was done. Great!!!!

I wore blue tops with jeans...white sembonia shoe. My mum pink n black colour blouse and as usual my bro as simple as he could. The flight was at 7.40 am. So we hv to be there at least 2 hrs early. So we move around 5am and reached there 5.35am. My uncle, aunt, her sis, yoghan were there waiting for us. They came by taxi. Then my aunt, tanushaa also were there. Once reached there....as usual full of excitement...hugging each other. My periamma also was there finally. So i went to the service counter to seek assistance for my aunt. She need wheelchair. Once i check in the baggage for everyone....then proceed to departure hall. My bro and uncle went to duty free shops to grap things...guess wht..u shld know!! Waiting for the flight was the another excitement...once get in...busy taking pictures. I sit at the aisle...the place i always like to sit. Beside me was my periamma n pradeep...at the back was my mum, tanushaa and citi. opposite seat was my uncle, aunt and yoghan. All seated. Looks happy. Cheerful especially tanu and yoghan.

Take off and landed steadily at Tiruchirappalli Airport. Its a new airport...look nice. But they shld improve in their service...make it a bit speedy guys.

My uncle was waited outside...happy to see him. Greeted him and proceed to the 12 seater traveller van.

The tour Started......

Day 1 (18 - 02 - 2010)
I and my periamma seated at the 2nd row...tat was our place...decided today itself...no one can cop cop the place.....sorry ah :). All excited plus little bit of tiredness because of the immigration officers. U know wht they hv stopped my mum and periamma because they have carried some gold jewelleries....hahahahaha u can see the 2 sis face...pucat siut. I was there wit them to explain and rescue them...:) Finally was ok....the lady officers just check the jewelleries...maybe checking the designs...hahaha.

We are heading to the nearest hotel for lunch break. It was our first taali meal. Ever silver plate with cute cute small silver bowl surrounded the plate. There we have rasam (indian soup), yoghurt, sambar (dhall curry), vegetable mix (2-3 types), sweets n pickles. Ok first they will serve small capati...then go by rice, papadam and so on. It was delicious. Shld see Tanu's face...very excited. She loved tis kinda food. Then ice cream time...hahahah i love it. Served banana and bida (betel leave n nut with some sweet stuff wrapped together) I swallowed it...thou i scared i will be mabuk...hahaha but luckily not...i was steady. It was fun...new things. After the lunch....uncle selvam, aunt n her sis together with dinesh (india uncle's son) went to Chennai by car. We proceed our journey to Madurai.

Tirchy is such a busy town. The weather was hot n dry. On the way we saw lots of things....beautiful scenaries, cow, goat, rock hills, farmers, paddy fields, plantations, tender coconuts. The highway was good. I slept in a half way...so i donno wat happened. When i open my eyes again...i saw all of the are sleeping....but not the driver of course. We stopped for awhile to drink tender coconut.....emmm doesn't taste gud...very flat taste. Guys take 5....u know wat i mean? Ok then journey starts once again....on the way the uncle showed us the elephant rock hill. It was such a long rock hill looks like and elephant in sleeping position...mmm not sleeping but sitting position. We took a snap of it. At last we reach MADURAI.

MADURAI - is known as great temple town in south india....it is best for jasmine flower (Madurai malli)...yes it is. It has Meenakshi Amman Temple. Has a rich heritage cultural from the tamil era...and ruled by pandyan king. We hv relatives in Madurai...my mom's father (my grandfather) born here in madurai. It was a busy town like Trichy...masive traffic jam. Horn every where "Please Horn". We check in hotel....its one of my uncle's fren hotel. Once get in the room...u know wat i did? Jump into the bed....hahahah...i, tanu and yoghan did tat. After had bath...felt very tired. Had dinner inside the room. It was tiffin...dosa, poratha (small version of roti canai) stuffs like tat. As i told earlier...i'm tired...pls let me sleep...see you tomorrow. Gud nite. Hv a sweet dream....:)

Day 2 (19 - 02 - 2010)

Hi Gud morning....feel fresh now. had a good sleep..even though i woke up by the sound of snoring...hahahaha from the person beside me. Shhhh i'm not going to tell who is tat. I myself donno whether i snore or not. Go mandi faster faster...today 1st agenda was going to temple Meenakshi Amman Temple. I decided to wear mustard colour saree. I like tis saree. Breakfast ordered to the room...eat...drank water (aquafina). Then we took auto (3 wheel vehicle) to the temple. It is Friday morning so lot of devotees are there...nice environment at the first look. As we enter in the temple....it was so noisy....loud...people every where...queing. Sorry to say....i start to hate to see some people/workers attitute. Shouting...yelling....using bad words....pushing the devotees...excuse me tis is temple not a wet market...tat was the impression/thoughts came to my mind. Not even a second they started to push me and my bro and using harsh words....as though we are going to steal the statue inside...i'm really sorry to say tis...actually i mean it. I coudn't stand there anymore to see the senario....i came out and back to hotel. Had lunch at one of the hotel nearby....again we choosed taali meal. It was nice. U know wht i hv no mood to write now...because i'm upset think abt the temple service. After lunch back to hotel n relax. Evening relatives came to see us in the hotel. So we went out to send them back. On the way we had our dinner.

Day 3 (20 -02 - 10)

Today is the third day. Uncle has something important things to do. So we decided to stay another day in Madurai. We decided to go to village to visit relatives. Before reach village we went to Alagar palace. Its Meenakshi's brother palace and temple. Went there forawhile only. On the way..paddy fields, birds, small ponds, ladies carrying water pots...farmers working hard, cows, goats, tall coconut trees....sugar cane...its really beautifull. The caring and loving they hv shown was so touched. I miss my relatives. They were so lovely. Back to hotel in the evening. Had dinner, talk talk talk then sleep.

Day 4 (21 - 02 - 10)

Morning...wake up mandi mandi....feel fresh..again order breakfast from room...then makan makan minum minum. Get ready to move. Yeahhhhh happy today we are going to Theni, Kambam. On the way...oh my god full of beautifull sceneries.

It was so good. We stopped at one place to drink tender coconut. Mmmm sooo tasty and gud. Love it. Take pictures...back to on the road. Stopped for lunch at Kambam. Then proceed again.....stopped at grapes orchard. Eventhou the weather is too hot but we did enjoyed. Took some shots it was picturesque. The grapes look so yummy...tempted to bite it. And i did....shhhhh. Then start again...it was a long journey. I slept and wake up again..still travelling...abit tired. We reach Kerala border. Kerala looks like Malaysia more a less. Its greeny..coconut trees...rubber estates. I feel like i'm in kampung forawhile....ya the journey was like tat.

We went to Thekkady not for the boat ride but for sight seeing. We walk in the pathway given...besides a big big trees....spices plants. As usual snap there n here. Before we reach Kumarakom....we gone thru such a thrilling journey...hahaha its thrilling for my mum actually. Its a hilly road.

Next to be continue........