tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229179859155189872024-03-12T22:19:23.061-07:00west coast travelogueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06792018668805192436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917985915518987.post-64764210316519057052014-03-25T20:30:00.000-07:002014-03-26T16:21:24.025-07:00Episode 1 - The Idea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" Let's talk about this tomorrow, when that stuff you're on, wears off " - was probably the first of the many comments, that I faintly remember hearing, when I told someone about my " big plan ", for the first time .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jaipur ( the </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pink</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> city #pink???really).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neets and I had known each other for a long long time, before i popped the question and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before we knew it, we were planning our Honeymoon. The day(s) picked for our wedding(s) was the 11th (& 12th) of Feb 2013 (2 religions = 2 weddings #simplelogic??? really). T</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he honeymoon ( Like all nice people do) was to happen after that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being the whack-job that i am , i suggested that we do a <b>road trip, from Jaipur to Goa, Via Daman</b>, for our honeymoon, and was met with the severest of criticism and ridicule from almost everyone that i know. I had never done more than 300 kms. at a stretch and to expect a better reaction, given that the entire trip was a definite 4 to 5 thousand kms. , would have been overambitious. It ultimately had to be stalled, post the final verdict by my Father in Law, who in words mentioned, how outrageously stupid the entire plan was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things went by and exactly a year after we successfully stayed married , I got the opportunity to avenge my lost pride. Just out of vengeance I announced out of the blues, that I intended to gift my wife, a wedding cum birthday ( hers - a day after our anniversary) cum Valentines day, super gift - A 16 day<b> road trip - Jaipur to Goa via Daman</b> .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were still people who thought that i had completely lost it and was definitely doing some super drug that hampered rational thinking, but once married, I didn't really care.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was leaving for my big trip, with or without their blessings, on the <b>8th of Feb 2014</b>, from Jaipur, and had figured out a basic travel plan, with loads of help from Google , Google Maps , Lonely Planet , uncle Hilton, my Milkman's son, and basically anyone who was ready to speak to me about the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the well researched plan that I confidently, eventually went ahead with (#hahaha).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Drive 440 kms to Udaipur - Spend the night at Lake Pichola - 8th Feb 2014 - Day 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Start early - Have lunch at Gujrat - Stay the night at Daman - after some 550 + kms - Day 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Start early - Explore Daman - Check ferry to Diu - Check other nearby places - Day 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Travel along the Coastal Highway - Stop at Dahanu or any other beach town - Day 4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Reach Mumbai - Pick Jessica(sister) and her husband - Leave for Goa - Day 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Stop at Malwan(some place in Maharashtra) - Check the SCUBA scene - Do it if alright </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Reach Goa - Check for new/better beaches - do the usual tourist thing(Booze) - Day 6,7,8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. See Jessy off - Start for Pune - Stay the night at Pune - Day 9</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Start early for Sangamner(some place in Maharashtra) - Meet Neets family there - Day 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Attend Neets's cousin's engagement - check the place out if possible - Day 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Attend the wedding - enquire about the safety and condition of the road to Indore - Day 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. Start early - Reach Indore - Eat awesome food - Stay the Night - Day 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. Start early - Eat some more awesome food - Visit Ujjain/Head for Jaipur - Day 14</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Reach Jaipur via Kota/Ratlam - latest by - Day 16</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now!! however vague this plan seems to be , I swear !! we did manage to get most of the stuff done, without breaking a sweat. Stuff like, 'Start Early' '</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> To not travel at night'</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, obviously never happened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We definitely got more than what we set out for.We saw some virgin unimaginably breathtakingly beautiful places, met some super nice totally cool people ( a few not-so-nice peeps too) and came back as better and more exposed individuals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned for the entire story - - - I'll post it in different chapters , fairly soon(hahaha)</span></div>
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