God's own country !!!!

I have been thinking about this post for the past 1 week and finally I guess I got the right time to pen down this post. This is completely about the ‘God’s own country’ that I had been to and I never knew that my wish would come true this early. I have been patiently waiting for these kinds of trip for the past 10 years and now this happiness has completely filled my heart. No wonder I keep thinking about this all the time. It is worth reflecting many a times about the most ravishing place on this earth. Let me stop these adjectives right here and start with the excitement that I had preserved the whole week before the journey. Every time when something good was bound to happen to me, there stood the irksome devil to destruct them. I have really no clue in what means that devil would be successful but this time I thought I will not let him defeat me anymore. Now you may have a doubt ‘Which devil is she talking about?’, no I really did not mean anything in real but the imaginary, illusionary evil that tries to pull me out of every joy. Probably some sort of ‘Shani’ that I have already mentioned in my previous post tried to play a game. The day before the journey I had a little bit of excitement combined with a fear because this time I really wanted it to go on well and here comes the shock that scared everything out of me. Got a call from my friend stating that ‘I guess this trip is cancelled’, so I felt like ‘Hmmm, fine I knew it’. I did lose again to the presumptuous ‘Shani’. I did not completely worry about it because I knew something was bound to happen and it did happen. Thank god, I did not dream about it so much else I would have been sinking in a pool of sorrow which I never wanted to happen. So did the evil feel sad for me or did he lose in the game for I was never worried about the news. Being ignored and frustrated the evil was disinterested to play further, that time I did receive a call from my friend saying ‘ The trip is not cancelled’, I felt like screaming out of happiness but I did control because it might trigger my best imaginary friend. I preserved the excitement for the rest of the days and I packed all my baggages for the best place ever. I guess I am entering the ‘so called title of the post’ only now. I always have a habit of pouring out every feeling that I completely went through and that’s why I guess every time I write a blog it ends up in pages. May be that entertains the readers too, anyways let me continue. I was completely prepared for the trip and the same day I had my certification exam in my bay. Huh!!! I had this feeling, ’Oh my god’, so I wish I am not screwed up in the test now and this might affect my happiness in the forthcoming days. I did think again, ‘Fine, if I flunk let me clear it in the next test, tat’s it’. Wow! What a confidence!!! I wish I had it throughout! Finally I cleared the test with 83.33 % and wow I felt like I was going to have the maximum fun then. I did run in excitement and finally I was seated in the reception waiting for my friend to pick me. She was the one who invited me for this trip and I am really thankful to her for giving me such memorable moments. I was very anxious to meet her team and then everyone came downstairs and she introduced me to every one of them. The very moment I saw her teammates I knew that this trip was going to be amazing; I really did not know the reason but it was just a sudden feeling that really came out true. All of us reached the main gate and the bus did turn up in few minutes and finally I was ready for the enthralling journey ahead. Every time I get into a bus I always prefer the corner window, it gives me a filmy surrounding when I hear to any song and then I am completely lost. But this time it was a little bit different I did not spend all the time in hearing songs, I enjoyed hearing to Hindi songs sung by the most wonderful team in the bus and though it sounded like an alien language to me it was great to hear, see the enthusiasm, enjoyment and excitement in everyone. I wish I had known the language that I could have enjoyed more. I knew that something great was going on. Hindi anthakshari was real fun and I had this weird expression combined with a fear if someone would converse with me in Hindi. Thank God nothing of that sort happened and even if it did happen I would just smile and keep the other person satisfied that I have understood every bit of what they told because I never wanted to interrupt anyone while speaking in Hindi, the words might lose the real meaning. So I guess it is better to tell them at the end that I don’t understand Hindi though a lot of people forget it when they utter the second sentence to me. Later, I fell asleep in between the event that was happening, my friend asked me not to sleep and I did try my level best to control still I could not control because I was tired the whole day. To make her happy I took short naps and then when she looked at me I was trying to act fresh and convince her that I wasn’t sleeping. That was real fun. I never knew that I would see the so called ‘next day’ too early and I could see a lot of alluring greeneries by my side and in my sleep I was trying to discover saying that Kerala was fabulous, later when I woke up I did realize that we were in Coimbatore and not Kerala. Wow!!! A feeling of being in my hometown was so great. Felt like ‘Back to home’ and then took out my camera clicked a lot of pictures, ‘lots and lots’ and posed for every click possible. I felt very fresh and it may be due to ‘Coimbatore’ that marked a change in me. I wish I spent some more time there and then the journey started again, followed by the anthakshari again. We stopped by ‘Aryas’ for breakfast and then I felt very proud to speak in Tamil with those workers in the restaurant amidst all Hindi people and it gave me a very delightful feeling. I had the best taste after such a long time, Ghee roast with chutney and Sambar followed by the filter coffee was amazing. We continued our journey again and then we were tired to a great extent because the ‘God’s own country’ seemed to be so far though we seemed to reach many kms ahead. We made it around 3.00 o clock in Kerala especially to ‘Kumarakom house boat’. We had to board a small boat initially to reach the house boat. The moment I saw the lake I felt so delicate and the wavy feeling came over me, I wanted to just float right there. A feeling of astonishment and love towards that lake prevailed in me throughout. I just could not take my eyes off from the enthralling beauty surrounded by me. The scenic beauty uttered a lot of words to me. I heard them speak to me; I saw the happiness when they did see me. I too conversed with them and I almost went deep into the conversation that I did not recognize that I had reached the house boat. The place was too great, I felt like the best home ever; I wish I had spent my whole life in the middle of such an attractive lake. Time doesn’t seem to be moving and beauty doesn’t seem to be fading at that moment, all I wished was to just stare at the most fantabulous lake and keep dreaming every second. We then had our lunch around 4.00, refreshed completely and then I wore my favorite salwar suit and there is a reason that lies behind this suit too. I just thought I should wear something that would complement with the lake, greeneries and so I wore my green suit. Green is always meant to be graceful and so I did want to portray in that way. I clicked a lot of photos, not just because I was a photo freak but I wanted to treasure every moment in the photos and whenever I see them I wanted to feel ecstasy of the place right there wherever I am. We had great event that night and as usual everything sounded like an alien language but I did enjoy a lot and even when people looked at me whether I am enjoying or not I covered up everything with a smile throughout. I was almost tired the whole day and finally decided to sleep after having a very yummy dinner. I wanted to feel fresh the next day and so I thought it would be better if I had a good sleep that night. I really fell asleep in a short span of time and next day morning I was freezing literally because of the AC ‘Ooooooh it was so cold’, I wrapped up myself in a blanket, myself and my friend went to the hall to check out the lake again. The boat was completely covered by screens, so we attempted to just move them and check out the beauty of the lake at night. I could see the water which portrayed itself so graceful that night but still we were scared to sit alone because it was too early around 4.00 in the morning, we had this kind of illusions, what if someone jump in all on a sudden, so we just ran inside and again it was freezing. We wanted to get ready soon and so thought we could take bath in cold water, we did so and finally both of us started clicking photos as soon as we got ready. The lake seemed to wake up from a tiresome sleep because of the movement of the boats. The beauty still stands right in front of my eyes and seriously words are not enough to explain the pulchritude of the lake. We went for boating and I had taken the liberty of rowing and I still don’t know if I was successful. The trees and the wind completely seemed to be uxorious; I could see the love they had for each other. Enjoyed the ride, had breakfast and waited desperately to sip a cup of coffee. So it was a sign for us to leave the adorable lake and I missed the house boat and the lake so much. The lake waved a sad goodbye to me and I promised her that I would be back soon. I said her that I had more plans in future and I did say her that I will come back to see her. She was sad but still she accepted the fact that I would be back. I too bid a sad goodbye to her and then our journey proceeded towards Athirapalli waterfalls. My mom used to tell me that water was always a fear factor in my life, probably something superstitious is written that I have to be careful in water every time I near it. This time I was daring and I tried to attempt it, wanted to reach deep inside the water far away from the shore and finally my dream came true. I troubled lot of my friends during the tour in the water, I couldn’t withstand the rocks and I kept falling a thousand times but then enjoyed the pain too, I slipped many a times and got hurt too. But it doesn’t matter in such a wonderful journey. I still feel the ecstasy of falling many times in the water and it sounded more like an adventure to me. The falls was amazing and the downpour was extra-ordinary couldn’t stand or handle too much of beauty at a time. I guess I really need some more time for that. The memories were great and the place was too pleasant and then when I reached the bus I realized that every part of my body seemed to be dislocated and I cannot stand so much of pain, but the memories and the fun smoothens every tough pain and that satisfaction seemed to prevail in me. I just wanted to take a long nap that night but unfortunately I was seated in the first seat and my legs were almost cramped in that place. All I could think at that time was ‘Oh my god! The trip is over’, all that begins well ends well. I wish all that ended well has a better new beginning. This could be treasured as the most enjoyable and lovable journey forever. Thanks to all for having made my journey memorable. I end this post right now and I wish to come up with another interesting topic in the next post.