It was a nicely planned and very smooth trip. We had no glitches at all!
Thanks to the planning and foresigtedness of Shubham and Dheeraj.
Also Lady Luck was on our side as we got a very good cab driver who took us to fantastic n comfortable hotels,restaurants and showed us all spots in a very well organized way.
Idea of going to Tirupati cropped in my mind which was later followed by visit to Ooty as suggested by Shubham,I kept nagging him for not taking me to different places/adventures so he wanted to make the most of the opportunity and definitely it turned out to be a very nice trip.
Darshan of Balaji was pleasant with not a too long wait of which all were apprehensive.We took ticket of Rs 300.
In one or one n a half hour we got the opportunity of having the glimpse of the Almighty.What a calming n peaceful moment it was!That matter of seconds view was powerful enough to leave a long lasting impact!One ironical fact that I came across in Tirupati was that the prasad of Balaji,the famous laddoos,were being sold in black quite openly.Rs 10 coupons of laddoos could be taken in Rs 50.Anyways Tirumala was beautiful with small glittering shops selling items related to deities,worship,etc.
Ooty was good though it was sunny.But being off season rates were low and place was not too crowded.Infact timing was good enough as from April i.e just in couple of weeks the on-season would start.We went from Ooty to Conoor in a toy train.We got up early,hurried for it,striking off "Dodepetta" from our itinerary to catch the train, though the train experience did not much turn out to be worth the pain.
Conoor appeard more beautiful and scenic than ooty.We even had a tour of tea making factory,had masala tea and saw miscievious monkeys(one snatched the packet of cherry from my hand!)
All in all we had a great time and a much needed break!!!
Also today I paid my admission fee in SIBM-B.
The first stone of my MBA career is laid!!!
