Long time , no blog. Guilty as charged....
Seems like ages since Day3 in Chaweng. There were a few more days in Thailand followed by a couple of weeks in India and a couple of weeks in Japan hence. So much has happened since, that the very thought of sitting and bloggin all of that without missing details actually puts one off.
When you sit to recall a really hectic vacation, a month later, chronology is something that's hard to stick to or recall.The memories that remain are not the mundane that you recall at the end of the day, but stuff that's gonna stay with you for a long long time to come.
Some random snapshots from the rest of the days of the vacation.....
I gulped half the Gulf of Thailand and was at the risk of becoming the first drowning incident in the history of snorkelling with a Life jacket on.Frankly I hate any activity that gets me to part with my beloved spectacles, and given that I lose all motor abilities in a water body where my feet do not touch the floor, I am reduced to clenching and unclenching my butt muscles at random frequencies to convince myself that I am still in control of the situation .. but anyways , a visit to the Emerald Lake a while later made up for that. Thailand is really full of nice surprises where sometimes the wares turn out better than advertised. Angthong Marine National park is one of em.....
A long walk on a beach in Lamai,with the occasional gust of sea breeze giving you the chills when you are sweating buckets, and the sun set ambience, sitting on a few craggy boulders, watching the sea mindlessly break itself against the rocks...
Walking on the beach, you have a very thin band to walk comfortably on. If you walk too close to the sea, you go all squishy squishy in the wet sand.. Fun for sometime, but gets to you... You walk too far away, your feet sink right into the sand, no traction, lots of shells to prick your feet.. The beach ..like life...has this small zone .. nice, warm yet cool, compact stretch where you can make the perfect footprint..... And like the beach, Life aint a straight line.......
Another memory that has stayed is a random act of kindness that only travelling can give you a chance to experience. We were waiting on the Pier to catch a boat on our way to Patpong from the Grand Palace, where we asked a bloke in a uniform standing there, the number of the ferry which would get us there. The Thai Navy dude actually paid for our tickets, the next thing we know.... He told us he had a daughter who was 5 years old and that he likes playing with her on weekends....
I haven't met her, but I can almost imagine, how sweet she probably looks......
India was a really draining two week vacation this time round... Covered a bunch of places I`d been meaning to cover..or uncover....
But there are some places, you just just cant seem to reach... However well connected the road,however quick your steed, however strong your will..... Ran into a couple of em.... Another day,another time...
Anyways drinking beer from a huge burette was a first for me.. That was in Leopold in Mumbai. Music was too 1980s to write about.
Usha's wedding and an old boys(and gals) meet in Mumbai was pretty good fun.
Managed a solo climb to Lohagad fort in Lonavala. The view from the top is worth the 9 km climb from Malavli railway station. The trek was something I really needed to do to clear my head. There is a certain catharsis in this whole business of trekking .. It does not solve any problems but gives you a much needed break from em. 18km in 3.5 hours was bliss.
Btw dont go to Khandala if it aint been raining for sometime yet.. Not worth it....
Last weekend was spent communing with nature ,climbing the 45th highest peak in Japan(for those going Thbbt!thhbbt! Snicker! ... Byatches! the inclination is not a function of the height:)) )
Will put up a detailed write up on that in the next blog.
Ciao
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