Usually Sundays are not meant to wake up early and my body knows it very well. You pull it out and just in minutes, it’s back to bed. But last Sunday was a bit different. After all it was a picnic day.
For a change, woke up at 7:15(Note: without alarm :P) and the first thought that went through my mind was, scrap it and sleep, but somehow I managed to get myself off the bed and got ready. Plan was to meet at 9:30am at Panvel station and we were right on time (IST standards), just 1.5 hrs late. Meanwhile, people had a great time sleeping at airy Panvel station. As soon as auto-waala told us that the picnic spot is around 25 Kms away and that too we have to cover by auto, I thought of boarding the next train and coming back home.
The trip was very different in the sense that I knew only 1 or 2 guys out of 12 and to be safe I introduced myself to most of them to ensure that no one will kill me for any of my stupidities. As we entered, a small lake full of dirty water for boating was waiting for us with lush green sceneries around. Felt like I was entering some jungle rather than a resort. Well there was no hope left to be shattered as the heat had already spoiled everything. Resort people told us there is only one slide out there and later we came to know that there were lot more but rest of them were not worth calling a slide. You better walk over to come down and jump in water to have splash.
Finally we made to the so claimed Asia’s .. oops Mumbai’s second largest wave pool !! And the waves were no less than any tsunami. Thank god most of us were renowned swimmers and we managed ourselves the whole day. What just followed was a friend of us lost her gold ring and suddenly everyone was underwater searching for it. Somehow she managed to keep a smile on her face and she was lucky enough to get it back by evening. The rain in rain dance was like its raining in a desert. It was more of a place to make your feet good as the whole floor was burning like a furnace. The tasteless gola we had after lunch could have better be used for cooling your feet !! By evening a Cosco tennis ball was like a best friend to all of us as it was something that added lot of fun to pool. How can you expect us not to click so many photogenic smiles among us. Pool side photographic session with sunset was simply awesome !! Suddenly we realized that most of us had to travel around 3 hours to reach back home. And going back home without a toast to lucky ring who found her owner back would have been a crime. What better can you get than having masala chach in beer bottle and food at Bhagat Tara Chand followed by a pan to call it a day.
After all this, I can easily call it a perfect outing coz of awesome group we had formed. A sheer example of how a trip can be fun with friends no matter if it is a resort or jungle.
M sure there is lot more to come guys!! Cheers !!
