An Escape In Search of Fresh Air
It was the first day of 6th
semester. After a long boredom semester break, With total frustration “Three
friends “ have decided to take a long break to feel the breeze out of well.
These are the ahhh? What
we call, Experiences, Memories come only by travelling. So this is one type of
memory that was rooted deep in our hearts.
So, Plans Started, Planed
as if we are on an education beneficial visit to IIT Madras, Of cource we were
benefitted with that too as well.
Tickets booked on 29thdec
2016, for howrah-chennai mail to “Detroit of Asia”, City where tradition lives
“Chennai”.
The day has come, waiting
with pocket full of cash, and fully packed luggage at Visakhapatnam, We boarded
the train at 2:45 pm(3 hours late) and the journey to find eternal joy started.
Stations passed by, passengers are coming and going but we are having our
memories with joy, As the train crosses station by station , the anxiety and
excitement are increasing immensely.
All of a sudden the Fast
moving train stopped with greater retardation, it seems like some station has
arrived “dim lights” and it was 3oclock in the morning and every one are
leaving the train we were surprised, we questioned ourselves that, why all of
them are getting down and shocked to know that the train has arrived 1 hour
early …. ‘OMG’ we thought “already 3
hours were wasted” but to our luck or whatever we were arrived an hour early.
Took all the luggage
walking on the platform, walking, walking, waking that’s what we have done for
10 minutes and finally reached a place, Some thing looks like a big multiplex.
What how can we go to a multiplex directly by train???.. Shit man that, the
station itself looks like a big shopping Mall.
Day-1(30th Dec)
Freshed up ourselves,
there in the station itself, and came out of the station. Its 9oclock in the
morning(peak time as office and school time nah!!!), So many buses are coming
and going, for every 5 secs there come a new bus , What is the use when you
don’t understand tamil. Struggled for some time and got to know by some local
guy that it would be easy and affordable to travel on metros. Glad to hear that,
we boarded a metro and reached Kasturba nagar in less than 20 minutes. We were
suggested that it would be a walk able distance from Kasturba nagar to IIT
Madras.
Finally We were at the
gate of IIT Madras , we were welcomed with a lush green cover all over our
site, and young lads like us. There we boarded the bus and reached the rooms that
we were allotted.
Day-1 Has passed locked up
the Seminar Halls , done some serious workshops and uffff done and by evening
we were totally exhausted and decided to take some rest.
Day-2(31st dec)
Woke up early in the
morning, freshed up, requested some IIT guys to give their cycles for a round
trip in the campus. It was around 400 acre campus we roamed it like we
travelled just 1 kilometre. The campus is decorated with green cover, highly
polished roads, restaurants etc…
And it was noon and
decided to go on for shopping, booked a cab on OLA(the most responsive service) and gone to a famous Pheonix Mall. Had some shopping and by
9oclock in the evening we reached Elliot’s Beach.
It was like a festival there-- families , children ,
lovers, youth, whole Chennai is at beach. It was an eye treat for us to watch all
the lights, chilled weather, and the music of rustling beach tempted to go into
the beach, but It was risky at that time. So, we enjoyed only the sight of it.
Its 11:59 in 2016, one
minute away from 2017, Every one are ready to yell those, three words “Happy
New Year”. .
Countdown started 10 9 8
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 “Cracker sounds”... Cake celebrations and finally Its 2017. Every one wished Happy New Year.
Day-3(1st
Jan)
So time to evacuate rooms
and we decided to change our Base to “Mahabalipuram”. Took a Bus at “Adhyar” to
Mahabalipuram. Fare was just 50 rupees and is around 60 km from Chennai.
Travelling on Bus via ECR road be like you are in the air.
Finally reached
“Mahabalipuram” at 2oclock in the noon and booked a room there. Got ready
ourselves and gone to see the “lord krishna’s Butter Ball”. It was a big Rock
almost circular in shape resting on an incline. What?? how can a circular
object can stay rested on an inclined plane defying gravity???. How Crazy ??
Questions are arising in my mind but there were no answers to them. Spent some
time there seen some Pandava’s caves. And moved forward to Shore temple.
The way to Shore temple
from the Butter Ball is very narrow and on both sides beautifully decorated
shops with some attractive lights arrangement to attract customers were there.
At last we took tickets to
the shore temple, cost is around 20 rupees. It looks like a park with a trimmed
grass and a bunch of trees too and at the centre of the area the shrine was
there and in the long shot we can see a long beach. The architecture looks like
temples on the temple with carved statues and the engineering looks so strong
that it can survive any natural calamities for another 1000 years. Apart from engineering
and architecture it is the most beautiful monument alive.
The closing time of the
temple is 6. So, we need to go out now. So we gone to beach spent some time
there and finally reached our rooms at 10 at night.
Day-4(2nd Jan)
Our return train was
booked on 3rd Jan at 9oclock in the evening at chennai. So we were
left with one day, So, we decided to go to “Pondicherry”.
Its a Two hour journey
from Mahabalipuram to Pondy. So we Took a Bus, 8oclock in the morning and
reached there at 10:15. First, we went
to Pondicherry Museum, there you can watch the culture and articles used at the
time French invasion. And later in the evening we went to Botanical garden good
to see it. And by evening we reached The famous “Promenade Beach”. Due to its
concrete beauty and the lights it looked great and had dinner at KFC and again
came to promenade beach and now we have seen Gandhi’s statue. And decided to sleep
there in the beach itself. To be frank you can actually sleep on the floor of
the road, not a single sand grain is visible. So, slept on a chair. We planned
to watch the sunrise at “Serenity Beach”.
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| Three Friends at serenity beach |
Day-5(The final day)
So, by 5oclock in the
morning we reached “Serenity beach”, it was one of the most beautiful beach I
have ever seen in my life. Feeling the silent cool breeze early in the morning
and simultaneously watching the sunrise be like you are flying to heaven. That
was most beautiful sight and will be registered in our hearts forever.
Gone back to mahabalipuram
and packed our luggage and reached Chennai done some shopping and returned to
railway station. Leaving all these beautiful places, and carrying all the
memories in our hearts and living with them.
Vishnu Aditya
