It has been 8 years since I finished my graduation and from then on I’ve never had an opportunity to get back together with my friends… After 8 years we had 5 out of our 8 member gang… So, it was myself, Vicky, Balaji, Sathish & Sudhir who made it to the tour… Vicky came along with his PG mates… It was like going back to college days… Don’t know if we can still behave like kids, but still we had the childish attitude in us and really had ball of a time… But people were never the same I was able to see a lot of change in their personality, Balaji has just become a father of 4 month old baby and he behaved more like a responsible family man, Vicky is back from US after a gap of 3 years to India and he found it difficult to get back to Indian life, Sudhir has become an extrovert, he has been an introvert in college days, I can see some leadership skills in Sathish, he was the one who lead and coordinated the tour… Sill we tried to go back to the ooty tour which we went when we were in our final year of graduation during 1999, still that ooty tour lives in our mind and whenever we meet we still talk how we enjoyed each and every time of it… Coming back to our kodai trip let me share some snaps…
There are lots of shops selling fruits at Kodai Road railway junction… Really admire the color of fruits, smell of the fruits and the way it is arranged…
Kodai road…
We have to buy a platform ticket, but had to search for the platform :)…
Condition of platform…
I was told the train will reach kodai road by 5.30 AM and folks woke my up by 3 AM and I reached Kodai Road station by 5 AM… On reaching there I was told train will reach only after 7.30 AM and I was made to wait for 3 long hours… Thank god I had Balaji to give me company… At last train reached Kodai Road Station by 7.45 AM…
Finally I was relieved to see the train reaching after a long wait…
From right Balaji hugging Sudhir, Vicky in stripped T-Shirt, followed by Sathish, followed by madhu with red trousers, Sunder with half trousers, at last it is Subbu…
We are always fond of roadside food… We asked for bread omlet and wondered to see them using Bun instead of bread… So, it is Bun omlet… We ate some bun omlet, veg. sandwich, ice cream’s, home made chocolates & some tomata fruit which is available only in dolphin nose… Then we started walking to Dolphin nose… This is the second time I’m visiting the place and I knew it is going to be a hard task & I really got exhausted…
Me taking a diving catch en route to dolphin nose…
Returning back to CAB which was parked some 2 KM ahead of the place… Really exhausted and I don’t have strength to even stand and pose to this snap…
These are only first days snaps and I’ve to get 2nd and 3rd day snaps from Sathish & Sudhir… Over all it has been a great reunion and don’t know if we will make it up next time… But enjoyed every moment of it…
AnandNataraj 