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Pollachi – Day 1

Wonderful national highways

It took exactly 12 hours drive from Chennai to Pollachi, only stopping for breakfast, lunch and some rest. Throughout the day it was cloudy and least open sky to keep our journey sultry free and oppose from using AC, what I withstand this traveling. After packing luggage and then prepared breakfast we left home at 8am, coming across Kanchipuram we ate them all and our next stop for lunch in Dharmapuri. In seven months time, I see the road have picked up well across Dharmapuri, a part of Golden Quadrilateral project NH7 which links Kanyakumari and Varanasi in UP. The route we took is too long, minding the double and lack in kind of lane through center state, thus drive us through Mettur-Tirupur-Pollachi. Coming beside the huge trucks, wonders me the pressure and struggle involves in driving them. I could see them hit to climb the sloppy ways and to find reason those stable besides road is due to heat, which is reduced in night so as easy to drive.

Until midday, there was foggy in atmosphere to unclean views of hills around. It’s so much to glimpse villages, towns and rivers, the Tirupur sounds triple more than T.Nagar in Chennai, kindly known as small Japan. The sun begins to set bright in color coming around Tirupur, and its dark evening by 8pm we reached Pollachi, waiting for the warden whom to guide us to govt. guest house, arranged by dad’s friend in Coimbatore. After having dinner which brought by warden, we went to an adjustable slumber. The next day dawns lately by 7.30am, after taking some pictures and breakfast, we get packed and headed towards Valparai which is some 60km from Pollachi...

me before the guest house

Sunday Beach

It was a lovely Sunday evening with my grandparents and uncle’s kids visited the nearest seashore. I want to take my grandparents out often, they never go anywhere and special for my grandpa, because of his health condition and getting weaker in earlier I thought it would be break for him from sitting all alone in home. The kid sachin who disliked coming to beach with us, after getting there he started to sing I love beach and I want more… everyone left near water expect me and grandpa, and we were discussing about my traveling. I like to share some pictures here:

Sachin

dad, maya, grandma, sachin and dharshine

Sachin want to stamp in water.

A small crab, Sun sets

A view and wish

I am still in thought of counting how many months have passed on and could not feel certainly the year have ended. I truly miss the spirit of New Year begins, when everyone celebrating the night with dreams and wishes I was sluggish and felt asleep in cold fever. I really struggle to get over the laziness and return to normal after experiencing the different environment and feeling surprise. I am back from traveling on Monday night, but felt lonely when leaving everyone at there place and these days thinking about the pleasant experience in week journey couldn’t let me out. Ever plans never gone perfect, though I carry some disappointment and it wasn’t the only thing to think in dream travelling. My travel through this 7th heaven terrain is new and never visited, but felt like well known though incomplete. I need some more time to explore the heavenly places in-around Valparai and Pollachi again in next chance. Even though I make it calm and forbearance traveling what I think exist’ isn’t exactly, but I learnt lessons for my future traveling. I realize how helpful people are; even strange enough each others. Anyhow no one is like how we think about, it’s only our thoughts to distinguish once we begin to share, we became too closer and harder to distance.

Soon we planned traveling I get to thought about a friendly driver, who could drive to my comfort. Raja anna, who was part of my past travels comes to mind easily, at our first meet itself we developed a good relationship as brothers. Gladly it was Christmas holyday for him; so he took off from his drive to school bus and joins our fun ride. It’s a pending preplan waited for my cousins’ vacation and the climate I chose is winter, but surprising its all untouched sunny days giving way to cold atmosphere and the blue sky to give a perfect background to pictures. For what I chose visiting valparai is after the state monsoons, so the nature could be at its best in green. Exactly it’s the best time for visiting Valparai, but somehow the mist hides to my disappointment, and cold in its surface sense pleasant what is compared to England’s weather. Throughout the years it receives rain at any moment, but the weather is enjoyable however. Our traveling happens in and around dams and falls with thick forest to stories of animal strikes, but we were so eager sighting any animals to only see some elephants and Lion tailed monkeys in distance.

Thanks so much for your dear wishes and travelogue blogs that helps in traveling. I hope u all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration. Will read your blogs soon, take care.

Time to travel

The lasting travel to exist gone to be one of my dreams on heaven, not the one in slumber, it’s always a desire and excite. I don’t know whether it would fill my thirst on nature or not, but showering is unexpected in this ever drizzling state thus also a bond to traveling. I heard and viewed stories of traveling about into these remaining ideals in world and wild, which expect me tranquil and untouched pollute. The browsing gone from time to time when travel comes closer, but like the cyclones directions to turn near closing ashore. Wish we don’t disturb the peace and leave my space for excitement. I will be away for sometime from now, to catch you all at the beginning of New Year, 2009. I hope and wish u all have pleasant and peaceful celebrations.

ஏய் கடலே / Hai u Sea

கடலே, நீ ஒரு முறை எட்டிபார்த்ததில்
நாங்கள் நிலை குலைந்து போனோம்
உன் அமைதி சூழ்ச்சி அறியாமல்
அலையில் சிக்கிக்கொண்டோம்

புலி பதுங்குவது பாய்வற்கே
ஆனால் உன் பின்நோக்கம் அறியாமல் திகைத்து நின்றோம்
சற்றும் தாமதமின்றி
நீ முந்தி கொன்று தின்றாய்

உன் அலைகள் தொட்டு சென்றதில்
பாதங்கள் இதமாகவும் ஈரமாகவும் உணர்ந்தன
நீ வெட்டருவா கணக்கா வெட்டினதில்
தண்ணிரும் தவலையுமாக செத்து மிதந்தன

நீ ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் உயர எமும்பொழுது
நாங்கள் தயக்கத்துடன் பின் நடந்தோம்
அந்த ஆழிப்பேரலையின்
அழியா நினைவுகளை சுமந்த படி

கடலே உன் ரசிகன் நான்
உன் சுயரூபம் அறிந்தவன் தான்
நீ விதைத்த மீன்களை சுவைப்பவன் நான்
உன்னை கண்டு பயந்தவன் தான், நான்!

Translation in English follows:

Sea, only ones you over see
we dislocate to go
ignoring your silent cunning
we entrapped into waves

Crouching Tiger is to rush
but we astonish in unaware your back intention
least without delaying
you advance killed to eat

In your waves touched to go
foot sense to wet and welfare
in your cut sickle amount of split
like water and frog, die to float

Every time u rise highly
in hesitate we walked back
with that sea billows
eternal memories to bear by

Sea, I am your fan
I aware your self form then
I relish your sowing fishes
frighten to view u then, me!

# Unforgettable December 26, 2004