I finally planned for pondi…Bags packed ..Cameras charged…Bike checked. Every thing in order..and we set the target to 5.00 AM for the departure. I know its too early for guy who doesnt wake up @ 8 easily.
But this time i was determined to go..prob because i will be leaving chennai soon.Not sure..Chennai bada chipku shehar hai…
As assumed we were not shaken by 10 alarms i put near my pillow.Not even for single min i realised the damn thing was trying to wake me up. Some where some body woke me up @ 6.45 AM though not so late..but almost 2 hrs late from the target , we thought doesnt really matter as we are free. By 8 we hit the roads after having the lazeez South indian breakfast @ sangeetha ( its a ethnic south indian restaurant). The excitement for this jaunt was to level so high that i ordered straight away for IDLI without even asking for Menu. I was damn clear about the route, we hit the roads and were driving beside Marina. The view was awesome. The beach looked much better and clean. It was so calm.
We were on the right track before our very own biker the confused bombay wala mallu thought we have to take a U- turn. We did. It took us another 20 mins to realise we are on a wrong track now and were on the right route.Anyways chucking all this shit , we went on back to the right route. The excitement , thrill came back and we were almost about to leave this place called chennai, suddenly some police constable asked us to stop.
I knew it was coming, the bike is from bombay and we were not having the papers, i mean the complete set. Insurance was expired and i was abusing this so-called biker who doesnt keeps the paper intact.
Anyways police sent us back. We bribed the police also. where ever you go in India Corruption follows. All thrill excitement came down as the trip that started of with so much probs was ended due to the negligence of one of the bike owner. I dont know why you cant drive a vehicle of other states??We were planning to go by bus again but I understood the omens of life which doesnt wanted us to go to PONDI tat day and we didnt.
The weekend was screwed. At night i missed buying a liquor due to money and time shortage.We ended up paying 4 times. This is a diff story can be told some other time.
Any ways I have been in to Chennai 4 past 2 yrs and has not visited pondicherry yet …my all efforts were in vain..but the spirits are high and i will visit soon…;)
Life moves on!!! 