Over the Top...

We finally made it to the top of the Kaup Light house this evening. Though it was a tiring climb.. t'was worth all that trouble. The top of the light House has this 105 year old mechanism still intact as new. All in shining brass and the wooden furniture taking you back to the days of the Raj. Take a bet you wont be finished untill you've touched and felt every bit of that nostalgia. Once you're done with that, theres a small door to the side welcoming you to a spectacular view of lush green coastline on one side and the vast expanse of the Arabian sea on the other. And to add to all this today the sun was just about setting....... cud u think of a better setting than this?

With the intense phase of monsoon finally coming to an end, we're having clearer skies now. The Malpe port has also resumed fishing. After returning from the light house, we had dinner and head straight to the fishing port. At 11 in the night the place was teeming with activity and it was almost like a festival (nothing to do with Ganesh Chathurthi tomorrow). Its an amazing sight.. all those fishing boats filled to the brim with fish., at one end the loads of fish being auctioned off and at the other.. the fish being unloaded into trucks filled with huge chunks of steaming ice. Todays catch was mainly the Indian Macarel. We're back now satisfied that it was an evening well spent.

Tomorrow is Ganesh Chathurthi and we've been invited by the KMC Manipal students to the pooja there. Happy Ganesh Chathurthi to all.

Sita Nadi retreat

After a long time we kind of.. got a weekend again. With Deepu's hospital schedule extending to 14hrs 7 days a week, we're now searching for time. Saturdays she has her night duty and so we find some time on Sundays. This weekend we returned back to the forest rest house in Hebri on the banks of Sita Nadi. As good as ever, but could'nt get on to rafting again. We thus decided to extend our drive uphill to Aagumbe. For those from Karnataka... needs no mention, but those who have'nt heard this name... it should, i can doubtlessly say rank among the top 5 sunset view points in the world. The sunset spot is directly raised from sea level to a height of 930 feet. Between sunset spot and sea (at a distance of 30 km), there are no obstacles and hence, one can have a spectacular view of the sunset from this spot. The best possible months for viewing sunset from Aagumbe is December to mid of April when the skies are clear. There afterwards, clouds will obstruct view, and now at peak monsoon you can understand what it must have been. The place was enveloped in a cloud and we cud hardly see the person standing beside. In any case Aagumbe can be enjoyed in the monsoon just for this cloud and rain. So we just stood next to a tiny waterfall for a pic

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Back to school...

Its been a week since Deepu was back to school. Now Sr. Resident at the KMC Manipal, Dept of Medicine. The first day, the 1st of Aug was offcourse tough. We both went to the Vice Chancellor that morning. I was strictly asked be out, and so had to give Deepu (with heavy eyes and swollen cheeks) a small nudge across the threshold where she was picked up by her HOD. On day one she decided she'll just get introduced to the staff and be back home, little realising that she wud'nt return home till evening untill her HOD was thro with all his Patients. The next two days were equally tough untill she got used to her colleagues. Now after a week shes more comfortable and enjoying her work. But frm my side... i miss her 12 hrs a day and a whole stretch of 24 hrs once a week. So to make up for that... i make it a point to drive her every morning to the hospital (4 kms , a 10 min drive), take her lunch if possible and try to drive her back home in the evenings too. This morning i decided to take a pic of hers at her institution, but she refused and so had to shoot them without her. If she obliges t'morow u'll see a pic of hers somewhere down here. Now look what poor Deepu does at 6 in the mornings in the courtyard :-) , coffee, books, laptop aur kya kya... ?