Return of the Dragon

How does it feel when one is enjoying getting drenched in a waterfall and all the cameras are kept back in the rooms coz of heavy rains (so sorry that the pics of the nice time are not clicked) and then how does one feel when all cams are pointing towards him coz he has been asked to do a stupid thing (ofcourse wont be showing those pics)? Have been in both positions in this trip still i can say that we had a nice time. Not very nice like the last one coz had many dropouts at the last moment for various reasons but still the strength was 29. We started off on Friday night with the bus coming late as usual and then after a couple of delays from our side under the pretext of clicking pics we finally started off towards Amboli. The next morning .. mmmm.. lets say dawn coz the sun was yet to peep above the horizon we stopped somewhere in the middle of the road. The silence of the nature was a bit frightening after the pandemonium in the bus for almost the entire night. After a long time I saw the sun rising and real cool breeze blowing gently in the face. Somewhere far off it might have rained coz the breeze was carrying a faint smell of moist soil. After a photo session there of our dishevelled hair we moved ahead and reached the hotel. After choosing rooms n groups to stay with, everybody freshened up and it was decided to go to the nearest waterfalls after having breakfast. The nearest one was just 3 kms away so we decided to walk instead of taking the bus so that the driver will also catch sleep after driving the whole night. It was bright and sunny outside so we all hit the road talking and playing forgetting that at a diversion we need to ask for directions. So after going on for about 2-3 kms it dawned upon us that we were walking in the wrong direction and as if to add to that the heavens opened and down came the rain. So after hurrying to the hotels the cameras and wallets were tucked away and we all now completely wet n shivering headed to the right direction. The waterfall was awesome and i also accidentally banged my head against a rock. After a tiring walk back (it was ghat section) we merrily had lunch and later some dozed off while some of us indulged in a game of cards. Late in the evening, the campfire organising group tried very hard to light up the fire from the woods which were by now wet and the rains had stopped for a while but it was all misty and it was very hard to see even a few yards ahead. So after a few unsuccessful attempts the flames leaped into the air and some of our wicked minds started spinning tales of ghosts. 2 girls started reciting hanuman chalisa.. lollzz. The rains came to their rescue so all moved into one of the rooms but the stories didnt stop and people who were laughing before had a horrible time going back to their rooms and sleeping.. he he. I was very sleepy and went to sleep otherwise i had some nice plans to take the ghost stories further into real life. Anyways, next time..

On Sunday morning, we had planned to go to the Radhanagari forest but due the heavy rains the sanctuary was closed. So we went to fort Panhala and another waterfall (it was not allowed to enter in it) instead and later finished it off with the Mahalakshmi temple at Kolhapur in the night. At 12:30 in the night we were at the milestone which read Pune 77 kms. We were not aware that the Katraj ghat was closed coz a tanker had got stuck in the tunnel and we were caught in a line of stranded vehicles on either side of the tunnel. At around 4:30 the bus was slowly trudging towards a milestone which read Pune 70 kms. The traffic was diverted and then we reached the office at 10 in the morning from where all went back to their homes to meet again in few hours for work and enjoying the pics n videos. There are 842 pics and around 500 Mb videos. Don’t worry wont be uploading all those but will surely upload a few by the next weekend. Meanwhile here is one of the pics..

I have switched to beta blogger. If you are still on the old blogger and want to migrate, it is easy.. just sign into blogger and under your edit profile section in dashboard there is a link which takes to Learn More about Beta Blogger. You just need a gmail account, so go ahead and switch to it coz I have heard that beta blogger users can’t comment on old blogs. Sorry for the late update, no replies to the comments on earlier posts n less visits on your blogs.. will be back in action soon. Have a gr8 time all of you..