Saturday, January 1, 2011

Gokarna Trip - Part I

"Shruti yet ahe ka?"
"Nahi"
"Mag me pan nahi yet".

This is the conversation we had a day before we left for the trip. We needed to book rooms for accommodation, and needed to know exact number of people. With Shruti opting out at the eleventh hour, we were just 6 people remaining, and Geeta too, now was not in.

We started planning for the trip months before, deciding to go to Lakshadweep. People were enthu then, and almost everyone wanted to come then. But we tried to estimate the expense for the trip, and it was something between 15k to 20k. So, we started moving our trip destination northward, more towards home. And somewhere someone suggested Gokarna, and then we stuck to that place.

But with the destination issue resolved, we had new issues, vacations. Me, Prasad, Rahul, and Gauri were fine with any dates. Nachiket's and Geeta's vacations complemented each other. But Nachiket finally agreed to take 2 days extra leave. So, the trip was set from 26th Dec - 28th Dec to Gokarna. But we planned horribly.

Shruti could not make it to the trip, as she had to complete some formalities/applications for MS. Geeta decided to join us as Gauri was in. Nachiket booked 2 rooms at Gokarna a day before we departed. (Thankfully, Prasad had done all the enquires, and we had to just transfer advance) With accommodations done, the only thing remained was booking return tickets. Me and Rahul booked the return tickets on 25tth afternoon online. We thought all the preparations were made, and now we could peacefully enjoy the trip. But we had a disastrous start for the trip.

Me, Rahul and Nachiket met at 8:45 Nigdi to catch a shuttle to Katraj. To my horror, I found out that the bus was only till Hubli, and there was more 4-5 hour ST bus travel to Gokarna. But the worst was yet to come. Our shuttle was supposed to pick up Gauri, Geeta and Prasad from Parihar chowk. When our shuttle left, the driver informed us that the shuttle would go directly to Katraj. There was a different shuttle that would bring Parihar chowk people to Katraj, and it had left at 8:30. And it was the last shuttle. Our bus left from Katraj to Hubli, it was almost 9:30 and the clock was ticking. But they managed to reach Katraj by 10:30. (Phew!!!). We had one of the worst tea at the hotel there, and boarded the bus only to find that our seats were the last ones. Me, Gauri, Geeta and Rahul each of us took an Avomin, and fell asleep. And after that, things finally began to look better. =).

7 comments:

Ankita Nanwani Hemnani said...

Waiting to read Part II.. :)

RahulPardeshi said...

super duper like

keep blogging !

nachya said...

Good one... Waiting for next part... Lavkar... ;)

Sanika said...

Waiting for part 2!!
LAvkar lihi :P

Unknown said...

Super cool... Waiting for the next part. :)

Suhas Mahajan said...

Guys, part II completed long back.. http://amajnash.blogspot.com/2011/01/gokarna-trip-part-ii.html

Swathi said...

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