Last 1 year - The travel saga

I have not been posting much stuff since the last 1 year.Probably, nothing extra ordinary has happened in life to make it exciting.I have lost interest in visiting places after staying in Chennai and Kolkata for six months each.

In Chennai,I had some bitter memories with the floods and the PG owner that has made me realize to never take the pain of staying in PGs.Some of the good parts were the Andhra mess, the stay in Ginger for a night with Hrishikesh and his experience sharing,the Sarvana bhavan food,Pankaj das visit,Deb's fish ,party at Barbecue nation and the time spent with VJ anna.

In Kolkata, I did not travel much as I was living in the outskirts of the city and coming to the main city was a pain in itself.I wonder how people travel so much in Kolkata.Got a shock that some travel for 4 hrs daily for office.The best thing that happened there was India winning the ODI world cup,the most memorable event of the year.My feelings were bit subdued than it would have been 10 years before.The good part were the addas with Thor, where he would try to speak Bengali in his own way,the awesome people called Sinchain and Vamshi and the crazy bunch of folks I had to manage in office.

I now stay in the Maximum city called Mumbai and live in one of it suburbs called Thane.I am getting used to the Town concept that people have there ,where taxis are allowed.Travelling in bus takes 2 hrs of my daily time and I mostly get bored in it.It seems a repeat of what used to happen during the Bangalore travel (BTM to E-city) that made me want to move away from the place.

I enjoyed Bombay stay though when I came more as a tourist in Feb. ( Going to Pune to meet Sid and Sankalp,party with office folks and Bala gang) and April ( Phoenix mall etal with the great Shyam).

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