Vishal: An eventful holiday - in Ooty

Here's the second half of the eventful holiday we went for.

A recap to Part 1.
The trip had already been quite eventful, exciting, exhilarating and what not. We had problems right from taking leave from office to getting a transport to our way to Ooty to finding a hotel room. But, at the end of it all, we overcame all the odds and were finally in our rooms taking a nice nap, the right to which we had duly earned.

Day 1.
The first day in Ooty was cut short for us. We had overslept and by the time we woke up and got ready, it was already 2 in the afternoon. We wanted to waste no more time;we didn't know any place where we could go other than the famous ROSE Garden. So, all of us thought why not start from there; we asked locals about the location. We were in for a surprise and our plans, as in 99 pc of cases, was about to fail. The locals informed us about the condition of Rose garden - There are no roses left there, please don't go, you will find nothing and will feel miserable. Although these words brought all of us in a state of shock, I could still spare of thought over the fluency in which the locals talked in HINDI. Ooty, sure had nothing in common with Chennai - How can such a cool (as in all forms of it) place be a part of Tamil Nadu, and the most prominent feature of Ooty which alienated it from the rest of Tamil Nadu was that PEOPLE KNEW HINDI.

After thinking about it for sometime, I gathered all my thoughts and came back to reality. Everyone was sad but Guru. He was still oozing with confidence (and looked completely lost). He came up with a brilliant idea of going to Kodaikanal from there to which the rest of us disagreed(We controlled ourselves and spared Guru a nice beating).

The locals told us we could go to Coonoor, not far from Ooty. But it was already 3 by that time, so we thought the better of it and tried exploring Ooty. I and Atul didn't want to miss atleast a tea at Mithun Da's hotel, so we decided we would go there. When we got the first glance at the FIVE STAR, we were sure a cup of tea is going to cost us 500 bucks minimum. So, all we did was went inside the Entry Gate, asked the driver to take a U-turn and got out of the Entry Gate's counterpart, the Exit Gate.

This day was turning into a disaster, so we thought of doing what all of us, but me, love to do - DANCE. We needed a disc for that. You would ask, How the hell are you going to find an affordable Disc in a Hill Station? Well, thankfully we did. Not quite a disc, a lounge rather, which we turned into a disc. We danced (yes me too.. get me high and I am the best dancer around, TRUE STORY); Guru, with his big rockstar hairs, danced really well (Fact - No one knows who dances better, me or Guru; I would give way to Guru - I am really pathetic at it). And then we had a Professional dancer with us, and the regulars too. We rocked, the owner gave us some two or three complimentary drinks each; and thanked us for making his LOUNGE so popular in a matter of 3 hours.

They say All's well that Ends well... Our first day, no matter how pathetic, had truly ended well and we were HAPPY about it.

Day 2.
This was the final day of our stay, we would be leaving the next day in the morning (I had to catch the train the next night). So all of us got ready by 10 and left for Coonoor. The beauty of the place kept us spell bound. We halted at many places, like the "CHAI BAGAAN" , the shops on the way to buy some famous Nilgiri Tea, the Dolphin Point, the ; we just kept travelling and appreciating the beautiful Ooty - Coonoor Scenaries.

In no time, the sun started coming down, it was around 4. We had to head back now. And thats what we did. In the middle of our return a lound noise came. Just as we were all thinking the day has been very nice, the driver told us - its the tyre. We were in no mood to let anyone, leave alone a TYRE, spoil our day. We started playing Dumb Charads in the middle of the road while the driver changed the tyre. It took him around half an hour, and the we continued on our journey. As we reached Ooty, we went to some famous park (sorry I dont remember the name). The park had a lake which added to the beauty. I felt like a romantic hero and as soon as my friends asked me to give a nice romantic pose, I grabbed Priya in my arms. I didn't notice an Aunty ji sitting and looking at me with disgust(As if I had murdered someone). I avoided her eyes and continued with the photo shoot; Priya didn't and jumped off my arms as soon as Aditi clicked the pic.

It had been a nice peaceful and a very joyful day. The trip had been special for each one of us; we came back the next day and I took the train for Chennai. On tuesday, we all went to our respective offices with some beautiful, amazing and extra ordinary memories and experiences which we knew we will cherish forever.