Monday, October 25, 2004
SriSailam Part 1, Nature's Beauty
Hello Ladies and Gents,
This weekend was a long weekend for us. We got friday off. A friend of a friend of a friend, Nana, who also works in the same building as us, invited us to a place called SriSailam. The SriSailam place is a small village where ppl go for spiritual retreat and relaxation. Other than Nana, there were 2 other guys who went to the trip also. All 3 of them were friends from IIM, the top business school for MBA in India. The trip is a 2-day-1-night trip.
The guys from IIM (Rohit is holding the camera).
Originally we thought the trip was not gonna be fun, because the guys might be going there for their spiritual needs (ie. praying all day). But we were wrong. Those guys are there for the nature instead.
The ride there was fun. Because the mini-van that those guys rented was comfortably ghetto. Sitting at the backseats will make you feel like you were a refugee being transported across the border. Mind you that we actually liked the experience.
See how the backseat has their backs on the side ? That's what gave it the refugee touch to the whole experience.
To get to SriSailam, we had to drive across a big river where the dam is. When our car got to the point where we could see the whole view of the dam and the scenary, my heart was screaming out like never before. The natural beauty is indescribable. That is the kinda thing that I've been living for to see. To put things into perspective for you guys, imagine all the nice scenary you see in the movie Lord of the Rings. That is the kinda stuff I'm talking about.
The bridge across the river.
The first day wasn't really that interesting to talk about except for the nature's beauty. We went down 1000 stairs to a boat port. Toke a boat trip to the dam and back. Then went to see some monkeys. Lastly, we visited a temple. So I'll let the pictures and Rohit's blog do the detailed talk. But do stay tuned for day 2 thou, cuz that's when we hit the bat cave.
Dam Rohit
Crossing the bridge.
Native woman in deep thoughts.
Hut near the boat port.
Priest who lives in those huts, or on the road.
Up to the temple.
Guardians of the temple.
This weekend was a long weekend for us. We got friday off. A friend of a friend of a friend, Nana, who also works in the same building as us, invited us to a place called SriSailam. The SriSailam place is a small village where ppl go for spiritual retreat and relaxation. Other than Nana, there were 2 other guys who went to the trip also. All 3 of them were friends from IIM, the top business school for MBA in India. The trip is a 2-day-1-night trip.
The guys from IIM (Rohit is holding the camera).
Originally we thought the trip was not gonna be fun, because the guys might be going there for their spiritual needs (ie. praying all day). But we were wrong. Those guys are there for the nature instead.
The ride there was fun. Because the mini-van that those guys rented was comfortably ghetto. Sitting at the backseats will make you feel like you were a refugee being transported across the border. Mind you that we actually liked the experience.
See how the backseat has their backs on the side ? That's what gave it the refugee touch to the whole experience.
To get to SriSailam, we had to drive across a big river where the dam is. When our car got to the point where we could see the whole view of the dam and the scenary, my heart was screaming out like never before. The natural beauty is indescribable. That is the kinda thing that I've been living for to see. To put things into perspective for you guys, imagine all the nice scenary you see in the movie Lord of the Rings. That is the kinda stuff I'm talking about.
The bridge across the river.
The first day wasn't really that interesting to talk about except for the nature's beauty. We went down 1000 stairs to a boat port. Toke a boat trip to the dam and back. Then went to see some monkeys. Lastly, we visited a temple. So I'll let the pictures and Rohit's blog do the detailed talk. But do stay tuned for day 2 thou, cuz that's when we hit the bat cave.
Dam Rohit
Crossing the bridge.
Native woman in deep thoughts.
Hut near the boat port.
Priest who lives in those huts, or on the road.
Up to the temple.
Guardians of the temple.
