Thursday, October 30, 2003
Diwali at Corbett
Spent the best Diwali of my life at Corbett last Saturday with the folks, the darling hubby and our dear family friend Sunaina.
Papa and Mamma arrived from Kolkata on Friday morning, didn't let them unpack. Sunaina slept over at our place on Friday night. Finished packing & went to sleep at 12.00, got up at 3.00 am. Our target was to hit the road by 4.00 on Saturaday morning, finally managed it by 4.30. (Not bad I'd say for a typical Indian family with everyone needing to take a bath and all before they left, thank God for the three bathrooms, they finally came in handy for the first time!)
Delhi looked lovely on Diwali morning, empty stretches lined with lighted houses. Lovely stretch till the Noida Toll Bridge & Ghaziabad. Then took the Hapur Road via Muradabad and all. Terrible pot holes around that area, especially after the rains. Had breakfast at a "Shudh Shakahari Bhojanalay" by the road, which professed to cook with "shudh ghee & ganga jal"! Great aloo ka paranthas and disgusting tea. Took to the road again, fortified with all the "shudh" stuff. Uneventful journey till we got near Ramnagar. The road is so bad
Papa and Mamma arrived from Kolkata on Friday morning, didn't let them unpack. Sunaina slept over at our place on Friday night. Finished packing & went to sleep at 12.00, got up at 3.00 am. Our target was to hit the road by 4.00 on Saturaday morning, finally managed it by 4.30. (Not bad I'd say for a typical Indian family with everyone needing to take a bath and all before they left, thank God for the three bathrooms, they finally came in handy for the first time!)
Delhi looked lovely on Diwali morning, empty stretches lined with lighted houses. Lovely stretch till the Noida Toll Bridge & Ghaziabad. Then took the Hapur Road via Muradabad and all. Terrible pot holes around that area, especially after the rains. Had breakfast at a "Shudh Shakahari Bhojanalay" by the road, which professed to cook with "shudh ghee & ganga jal"! Great aloo ka paranthas and disgusting tea. Took to the road again, fortified with all the "shudh" stuff. Uneventful journey till we got near Ramnagar. The road is so bad
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