enjoying myself

The Picnic

well........ my last post seem to hv created sm flutters in the company. sum people found it too mushy-mushy , a few did complain tht they did not get enuf space on the post n others simply enjoyed it.

went to nainital with my Netman team members ( ok....... ex-team members) this weekend. hv started spending my weekends outside delhi lately n my mom has threatened to cut-off my 'ration-pani' at home if the same trend continues........ :) trip seemed a great idea to escape the scorching heat of summers in delhi. but the main objective fr me was to spend sm more quality time with my frnds of the company. so we a grp of seven- vani, mona, archana, rohit, vikas, somnath n myself, hired a qualis n set off. uttar pradesh's roads r in a pathetic state n its a real torture to label them as 'highways'. we did manage to avoid any major accident though there were all varieties of vehicles on the highway frm bullock carts to rickshaw drivers n it was really difficult to miss them on roads deprived of basic facilities like street light n dividers.......


we reached nainital arnd 1 am in night n then the real fun began. we immediately got mobbed by a grp of touts, each offering us to get a better deal fr the hotel n sight-seeing. after a lot of wrangling we did manage to zero in on a decent hotel. the roads in the city looked deserted n i just wondered whether this place has lost its charm fr the tourists. but later on i found out tht all the hotels were nearly packed to capacity n we were lucky to get a decent room tht night.


the 'isolatedness' of the place vanished when i woke up in the morning. people swarming all arnd n the place seemed very lively. boating experience in naini lake was amazing n added another skill to my cv- rowing. did it very well n the boat owner said tht fr a amateur i did pretty good job. also went fr horse riding on those treacherous tracks arnd the foothills.


then we left fr Jim corbett national park. fr the ignorant, it is a big wildlife habitat in uttar pradesh. if u r lucky u can spot diff form of wildlife there - tigers, elephants, leopards, 'neel guy' n so on. we were not lucky enuf n it was difficult fr us to remain amused by antics of peacocks n 'neel guy' fr a long time.


anyways i really enjoyed the trip especially teasing both rohit n vikas n remainin members actively supported me in this cause. just want to mention one thing- planning needs to be better when u take off to these hill stations during the summer vacations.

posted by amit @ 1:23 AM