Lonawala 14-15th June 2008

Hey mauja continues....

My old office people make loads of plans.Many say that hardly any plan materialises.But finally 1 did.Despite many problems, 1 successful plan did happen.

Saturday afternoon.Its pouring cats and dogs.Flooded roads.Mom dad saying, too much rain, chuck the plan, too many accidents happen.But moi, the great said, too much rain, even more fun.We just have to get drenched.

We were supposed to meet at Andheri station at 12.15.IST(Indian Standard Time) of course.By the time every1 gathered and we left, it was 2 pm.In case anybody wondering y so late, that's coz few people had half day office on sat.

Hanste, Khelte, Gaate, Gungunate, Khate, Peete, Photo Kheechte, Chidate, Chhedte hue we left mumbai.11 of us, with a ratio of 7:4.Mini bus tha, suhana mausam aur hamari cricket team thi.

Once we reached, we went to a tata power dam.Nobody knew what the name was. It wasnt Bushi of course.That every1 knew.....Dam wasnt that great.But it was raining.We got drenched.Had Makka(Corn). Mazaak Masti chaalu tha.

1 friend ke uncle ka bungalow tha.We thought bags rakh ke ghumne chalte hain.Thats when,mauja had begun.There were loads of bungalows.We didnt know which was the right 1.Watchman ko puch ke we finally went to it.My friend had loads of keys.We kept trying all keys.None worked.Uncle ko phone kiya.He said caretaker must have gone out, u'll break the lock.We tried and tried.But couldnt.Chori-Chakari ka kisiko experience nahi tha.Hard luck.We had to wait for the caretaker.Waited, waited, waited.Even thought of going to market and booking hotel rooms.But entire maharashtra crowd had descended(or ascended) in lonawala that weekend.It was impossible to get rooms at the last minute.So we had to wait.Some two hours later,God knows how it happened........
Someone found out, we were trying the wrong bungalow.Right 1 was 2 bungs away.....
In hindsight, good the lock didnt give away, else 11 CA ko jail ka room zaroor mil jaata.

Raat ho gayi.We went to kumar resort ka disco.I have never been to 1.As in office parties bahut hue hain.But they book the entire disc.So no outsiders allowed.But this was different.We went and saw the place.There were hardly 5-6 people besides us.So we thought chalo thik hai.That too 100 bucks per head was very cheap.Plus met another couple from our office there.Danced our hearts out.13 mein se hum 4 to itna nache ki the others had to pull us out of the disc coz the watchman would close the gates of the bungalows at 1 am.It has never happened to me before.Being pulled out by 2 people.....
1 special mention,guys did not touch drinks.I dont know whether they normally do or dont, but we had warned them against it.And they obeyed.

Ghar aake dumbsharas,cards khela,baatein ki and slept off at 3 am.Guess what...... 6.30 ko we got up.(Ask me to try that when i m at home)Got ready, photo sessions hue,nashta hua.

Off we went to Karla caves.These are caves on a hill.Caves were ok.But the climb and photo sessions were fun.

Then we planned to go to Bushi dam.But the traffic in lonawala is worse than in mumbai.It just doesnt move.Thats also because, half of mumbai is in lonawala for the weekends.Anyway no time left. Duur se dam dekha.Besides there wasnt water overflowing over the dam, which is the fun part. So we skipped that.

Next destination was tiger point.Awesome waterfall.We were under the falls for about 2-3 hours.It felt as if ice cubes were being pelted at us with strong force.Cant describe it though.You have to be there to know it.Too much fun in water.No photos unfortunately.We changed in the bus and left for the bungalow.Got stuck real bad in traffic.Had barely enough time to buy chikki, fudge and pack few sandwiches.Off to Mumbai.Nashte ke baad sidha dinner at home.Wid 1 corn in between and sandwich in the bus.

But the break was welcome.Great fun.Being with friends always rejuvenates u.1 thing which i learnt from the entire trip was........
"Boys take more time to get ready than girls do" Koi shak.....