The Trip!!

Hmm.. It was this real peaceful afternoon in ooty.. We planned to make a trip to the Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary. We called up the travels n then came the car and the driver (cum a chatterbox guide);). On the way he told us that we were some 2500 feet above sea level n to reach that sanctuary we had to go down all that… Hmm.. Sounded simple enough… During the start of the trip we were just roaming about ooty to get out of it. First on the way he showed us The area inhabited by a local tribe called the Todas who apparently consider dairy as their deity, saw their huts on the way very peculiar indeed… Then guess what in between tribe sightings and potato plantations he showed us the King Khan’s and Mallya’s house… was able to steal a glimpse of the Khan holiday villa (guess this was the closest I could get) Anyway basically humungous and apparently the Mallya residence has a helipad to it…Whoa!! Jus awesome rite… people have huge parking lots and if close to sea maybe some small boat parking spots (wonder what they are called) but this guy had a helipad…cool!!But this was just the sunny starting of the trip… then as we went along did he tell us we had a whopping 36 hairpin bends!!! 36!!! Man was terribly shocked…:O
And as we started the descend my heart was like jumping here n there and as the hair pin bends approached man. Bet u felt like my heart was like mobile ringing in vibe mode!!
And then there were these boards showing how many down and how many more to go!!
Kept my countdown strong… But at time it was like 2 hairpin bends continuously its like jumping on parallel roads… and the thing was amazingly shocking was the terrific ease with which he made the turn and even kept showing us around even when a huge lorry came up from the other side… and these roads being not the 4 laner expressways. Bet u it was a seriously stiff turn… Wow!! Seriously admiration for them jus swelled up in me… they definitely make awesome drivers…I can’t even think of walking on such steep edgeless roads and these people… omg!! Terrific!!
Once we reached ground level seriously felt great… survived it!! Yippee!!
But even the sanctuary was kind of a flop story for us… didn’t catch sight of any tigers or anything but a hell a lot of deer (damn cute aren’t they). But the greenery was breathtaking… u get the feeling of staying in such a place all around u greenery almost zero pollution…ahh… bliss… but then sense knocks u into awakening and even the end of the trip…
But then don’t forget we have the whole trip back to be covered. God!!! 36 hairpin bends again!!!! :((
When we reached back felt great and a whole lot happier after seeing all this you actually realize humans aren’t the only things on earth we own the earth as much as the fellow animals… but are the as happy as us… definitely a question to ponder upon….

Not a child's play!!

My first ever-driving class (I mean the first ever on the road one), I was so so excited about it… As I reached the driving center I was in all smiles… the excitement really reached a great height, and I just kept smiling at everyone, looked as if I had just come back from a heavy course on smile therapy… As I told the counter fellow that this was my first class (and theory class was overJ yippee), he went to call the instructor and told him about it being my first… Guess what! The instructor really got furious and started saying ‘how the hell in the first class itself I make her go onto the crowed heavy-traffic-ridden roads, she’ll get tensed, she’ll have to come earlier’ you bet man, I was really broken but then the counter fellow was like, its ok jus take her today from tomorrow onwards ill tell her to come earlier… that fellow then told me to come by 6 the next day!! I was like ‘whaaat!!’ but guess they were right in their place also… By now the excitement had come back… wow.. I’m at last going to drive hurray!! As I got into the car and started I was so very excited I guess I forgot that it’s the first ever time I’m doing this and thankfully so, nervousness and fear didn’t occupy me.. After the successful drive (mainly because he always had the steering wheel in his control;)) as we reached back he said ‘Aren’t you scared of driving on these roads at all?’ the sudden timing of the question took me by shock and all I could manage was a flimsy smileJ…Then guess what he said ‘I guess its okay you can come at anytime from tomorrow’ you guessed it right I was in my 7th heaven of delight…
Now 7 classes and 35kms since the first day all excitement has died down… just go for class out of practice… I was hardly given full control of the car which mad me madder (is there such a word) I thought all this was a kids game and he should give me total control… today when all of a sudden he stopped helping I was totally caught unaware… the car just kept swerving totally out of control, tried changing gear without pressing down the clutch, did some nonsense n suddenly the car stopped in the middle of the road, heavy horns and abuses from other fellow drivers… oops suddenly the car made a sudden change from a well trained pet to a totally untamed wild animal!!! Sad… guess it’s not as easy as it seems… my salute to all the drivers in the world!!