It was unusual for me to be awake watching the sun rise. Being in the afternoon shift at STC had deprived me of this pleasure. I was in the seat next to the driver's and the rest of the gang had succumbed to the movie "Welcome" and gone to sleep. I was supposed to see to it that the driver doesn't get sleepy and my 'wows' as the sun rose, duly ensured that.
As the sun rose in the pink-violet sky, the barren fields, bordered by the tall standing coconut palms formed the landscape and the mist in the sky made it seem as if a cloud had descended on the earth or maybe .... we were in heaven. And it was a gorgeous sunrise, the first of few more to come. After a lot of chit chatter, fun, sleep and eventual boredom we reached Vizag through the eastern ghats at 4 p.m. First destination was Kailasgiri which had superb views of the city and a nice little ropeway. Snap snap there and we moved on to the beach. Watched the waves from a distance, inched closer. Hardeep was the first one to get his legs wet and soon all of us were trying to save our clothes from getting drenched and Avni from getting drowned. Half an hour of fun and then we trekked our way to the hotel, dirty drenched pants rolled up and shoes in our hands. An eventful dinner with the head waiter suffering the wrath of Naiya Maiya and we went off to sleep for the day.
Early the next day we watched another glorious sunrise from the beach, saw the fishermen get their catch from the ocean went snap snap and after getting some idlis packed left off for the splendid Araku valley - the queen of the Eastern Ghats. The two hour journey to Araku was via Borra Caves, which unfortunately were not accessible to us due to APTDC strike. Nevertheless we went over to Katki waterfalls with sixteen of us in and also above the roof of one jeep. The ones in the jeep indulged in punching the bums of those on top, perched above, hanging on for dear life, we enjoyed a splendid view of the valley amidst all the screaming and shouting and singing that sixteen wild souls could do. Once there we had a gala time bathing in the waterfalls with Moiz getting in his element showing off his 'tond' body. Hardeep learnt that not just driving, running on the hills is also quite a dangerous task. After the climb and back to the waterfalls we were famished and hungry for Araku. After having Biryani we moved to the Botanical Gardens there. Tried getting as many snaps as possible there with my tired camera and then we left for Vizag late in the night. After failing to find a restaurant good enough for our dainty dames we settled for good old idli dosas and the night with some other head waiter blessing our good sense.
Final Day with the snaps .... coming up next .....
As the sun rose in the pink-violet sky, the barren fields, bordered by the tall standing coconut palms formed the landscape and the mist in the sky made it seem as if a cloud had descended on the earth or maybe .... we were in heaven. And it was a gorgeous sunrise, the first of few more to come. After a lot of chit chatter, fun, sleep and eventual boredom we reached Vizag through the eastern ghats at 4 p.m. First destination was Kailasgiri which had superb views of the city and a nice little ropeway. Snap snap there and we moved on to the beach. Watched the waves from a distance, inched closer. Hardeep was the first one to get his legs wet and soon all of us were trying to save our clothes from getting drenched and Avni from getting drowned. Half an hour of fun and then we trekked our way to the hotel, dirty drenched pants rolled up and shoes in our hands. An eventful dinner with the head waiter suffering the wrath of Naiya Maiya and we went off to sleep for the day.
Early the next day we watched another glorious sunrise from the beach, saw the fishermen get their catch from the ocean went snap snap and after getting some idlis packed left off for the splendid Araku valley - the queen of the Eastern Ghats. The two hour journey to Araku was via Borra Caves, which unfortunately were not accessible to us due to APTDC strike. Nevertheless we went over to Katki waterfalls with sixteen of us in and also above the roof of one jeep. The ones in the jeep indulged in punching the bums of those on top, perched above, hanging on for dear life, we enjoyed a splendid view of the valley amidst all the screaming and shouting and singing that sixteen wild souls could do. Once there we had a gala time bathing in the waterfalls with Moiz getting in his element showing off his 'tond' body. Hardeep learnt that not just driving, running on the hills is also quite a dangerous task. After the climb and back to the waterfalls we were famished and hungry for Araku. After having Biryani we moved to the Botanical Gardens there. Tried getting as many snaps as possible there with my tired camera and then we left for Vizag late in the night. After failing to find a restaurant good enough for our dainty dames we settled for good old idli dosas and the night with some other head waiter blessing our good sense.
Final Day with the snaps .... coming up next .....
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