30 Jan 2010
The last day :(We were comparitively relaxed as we were not travelling anywhere.After breakfast we had a walkthrough of the declaration to add/ modify any points we deemed necessary.After that everyone changed into traditional dresses. We all prepared for our presentations. A few champions presented what they had got for the camp representing their projects. One tribe had a skit to show their presentation and it was just amazing. After the valediction everyone started clicking pics. We were given our certificates, a mug , a CD and one information brochure from British Council. The photo session continued for long. After lunch, I came back to room by about 3 and started packing. It was a tough job mind you! At 430 or so we were supposed to start for coimbatore. This extended till 530 I guess. Finally with all the bags loaded on the bus, we sat in our respective seats and talked and sang. Eventually everyone slept off. Around 9 we stopped for Dinner at one very nice hotel (I forgot the name :( ) Me, Sohini, Godwin and Bannick talked a lot on the dinner table. Later we reached our hotel - Alankar at coimbatore. We all spoke to each other, bade goodbyes to many, scribbled each others shirts/ notebooks/ envelops and then retired to our rooms. Next morning 6 'O' clock was supposed to be the strating time for airport to reach chennai. Bannick's ticket was cancelled by mistake, Bharadwaj took a loong break before checkin, Bannick had to keep some of his cabin luggage stuff in checkin, however, after all these things, we finally boarded the flight. Having reached Chennai at 0930, we were wondering what to do. My next flight was at 1130, Angu's at 2, Shruti and Sundeep were in their hometown, Bannick, Bharadwaj and Sohini were to take a 12 'O' clock flight to Mumbai. These five decided to go to Chennai and me and angu stayed back. No place to kill time :(. And we were supposed to be at different terminals for departure. So that one hour was quite boring. But finally I boarded the flight to hyderabad, reached at around 1245, got my baggage and everything by 1 and waited for 0130 aeroexpress. And this is how my eventful, memorable journey to the blue mountains ended !!!
The last day :(We were comparitively relaxed as we were not travelling anywhere.After breakfast we had a walkthrough of the declaration to add/ modify any points we deemed necessary.After that everyone changed into traditional dresses. We all prepared for our presentations. A few champions presented what they had got for the camp representing their projects. One tribe had a skit to show their presentation and it was just amazing. After the valediction everyone started clicking pics. We were given our certificates, a mug , a CD and one information brochure from British Council. The photo session continued for long. After lunch, I came back to room by about 3 and started packing. It was a tough job mind you! At 430 or so we were supposed to start for coimbatore. This extended till 530 I guess. Finally with all the bags loaded on the bus, we sat in our respective seats and talked and sang. Eventually everyone slept off. Around 9 we stopped for Dinner at one very nice hotel (I forgot the name :( ) Me, Sohini, Godwin and Bannick talked a lot on the dinner table. Later we reached our hotel - Alankar at coimbatore. We all spoke to each other, bade goodbyes to many, scribbled each others shirts/ notebooks/ envelops and then retired to our rooms. Next morning 6 'O' clock was supposed to be the strating time for airport to reach chennai. Bannick's ticket was cancelled by mistake, Bharadwaj took a loong break before checkin, Bannick had to keep some of his cabin luggage stuff in checkin, however, after all these things, we finally boarded the flight. Having reached Chennai at 0930, we were wondering what to do. My next flight was at 1130, Angu's at 2, Shruti and Sundeep were in their hometown, Bannick, Bharadwaj and Sohini were to take a 12 'O' clock flight to Mumbai. These five decided to go to Chennai and me and angu stayed back. No place to kill time :(. And we were supposed to be at different terminals for departure. So that one hour was quite boring. But finally I boarded the flight to hyderabad, reached at around 1245, got my baggage and everything by 1 and waited for 0130 aeroexpress. And this is how my eventful, memorable journey to the blue mountains ended !!!
Dear Rachna,
ReplyDeleteI liked the memoirs a lot...and your way of presentation with the photos in between was really creative...
and ah...yes, i liked the fact that u included our views regarding the presentations..:)
Even i am inspired by u to write about the journey...hope it will be up soon..
Loads of love and good wishes...
miss you all...:)