Went to Mahabaleshwar on Monday with college frnds. Don't be surprised to read tht this was my first visit to Mahabaleshwar. More surprise... i found it not worth of another visit. But probably the reasons might be tht the climate was not cool as it is most of the times (atleast thts wht i have heard) n also after seeing amazing hill stations like Shimla, Shillong, Darjeeling n Dalhousie... Mahabaleshwar didn't seem like a 'to chill out' place. Add to it paying the taxes all along the road.. it is bullshit. Pollution tax, toll for crossing frm Pune to Old M'shwar, again for crossing frm Old M'shwar to New M'shwar, vehicle tax (also include rate per head count)... boy oh boy!! How come ppl visit this place 2-3 times a month? Luckily Tushar had been around here many times (25 or 26.. omg), so he knew which points to visit... though at many times near a bifurcation he used to look in one dirn n point to the other one. Anyways had a good time on Tabletop where we got to sit in a giant wheel. It was exhilarating especially when it had no safety harness n locking rods. Had to clutch the sides of the basket... wooohhoooo!!! Will post pics in a few days.
Since AnonymousBlogger is full of praise for my reviews here is another one.... lol. Seems my company is bent to take me on outings coz went to Bashos' for celebrating one more successful project completion (i m now working on a small 15 day project.. maybe another party in offing). Bashos' is located in Koregaon Park way ahead from Burger King. The name comes frm a great Haiku poet (if u follow Veggiebabe's blog u will know wht a Haiku is). It is more famous for the hookas they serve rather than the food. If i had known this earlier i would have stuck to my lunchbox. Anyways, the food was good there. I hate smoking (n smokers too), but since the hookas were non-tobacco gave it a try. We have to inhale flavoured steam n exhale it ... wht the hell is so innovative in this. If u have had cold then u already did this ... putting a towel on ur head. So the result was tht the hooka really pissed me n now I dislike smoking more. Bashos' serve around 10 flavours of hooka n only one flavour of icecream... tht is bad. U will understand this if u are an avid lover of icecreams. Posted some pics so tht u get a -sniff- of wht we inhaled there.
Heartfelt condolences for all the relatives of the victims in the New Delhi blasts. Outgoing Chief Justice Of India R.C.Lahoti in his outgoing speech said "India lacks the political will to fight against terrorism. Has anyone thought why America wasn't attacked again after 9/11. We have to learn something." One of my fav teachers Prof. B.G.Kulkarni passed away last week. Also, my frnd Saurabh's gr'mother passed away. May their souls rest in peace.
Tomorrow India take on Srilanka in the 4th cricket one day match in this very city n I m not able to get my hands on tickets of any price. May the best team (read India) win n the spectators get to see Sachin n Sehwag kick the asses of the islanders.
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