I just spent a awesome vacation in Dandeli :) (If you want details, go here). This was the first time I travelled as a tourist after coming back home last year - and it was so liberating! Especially the way, it happened. So, on Thursday, I was supposed to leave from campus with my friends but since I am still in the placement process, I decided not to join them. After they piled into a cab and left, I was counseled by various people trying to help me get over the disappointment (I love you guys :) ). So, by nightfall, I was all charged up with the resolve to not leave campus without a job.
Friday arrived and it was a long dry disappointing day with respect to the placement scene. One of my college friends (not on campus) actually researched the way I could reach Dandeli if I left on Friday and sent me the details by mail with the subject line directing me to open it only after I am free on Friday. So, at 2 pm, when I got back home, I saw this mail and made a million phone calls - to confirm if the weekend was free, to ask opinions and to book tickets! I tossed stuff into my suitcase and left Hyd to reach Goa by 8 pm. I reached Dandeli after a 3 hour drive through the forests and ghat region - I even saw a wild boar right in front of our cab, who very reluctantly gave way to the strange metallic contraption on wheels.
The bright starlit skies, word game, the roar of river water as it navigated through rocks, nice balmy evenings, natural jacuzzi and slacks/shorts mishaps ;) , games of Uno, sleeper class travel in good old Indian trains, kayaking, fishing - memories are made of such good stuff. Besides, I feel rejuvenated and alive after this trip. It was totally worth it. Now, to tackle the last term on campus...
PS: Stole this gem from the status message of a friend -
Oh, innocent victims of Cupid,
Remember this little verse;
To let a fool kiss you is stupid,
To let a kiss fool you is worse.
