Srivardhan!!!

When are the best plans made? If asked, my reply would be "in an instant"!!! The same happened when me and a few of my friends decided to go to Srivardhan. One morning we are having breakfast and in the nexfew hours we are all packed and ready to go to a place called Srivardhan. The only information that we had was that it is small and beautiful coastal town along the Konkan coastline. Well, that was enough to encourage us. So within a matter of a couple of hours from the initiation of the discussion we were off (some 8 of us) to our holiday.

The best part of the trip, I would admit myself, was the journey towards our destination. Oh, what a view!!! Long, beautiful roads, greenery all around and small water bodies now and then. A lot of nonsense had happened in college just a few days back and all of us needed a break from the routine. Giving time to each other, just having random conversations, sharing hearty laughters and listening to songs, what else can you ask for?

After a tiring yet enjoyable 7 hour journey, we finally reached our destination. Words cannot describe the beauty of that town. Small, adorable houses, twisted lanes and people huddled all around, it felt as if we had been transported into another world altogether. Now another problem presented itself before us. We had a choice between a hotel or a home where the owner rented out tents for one night' stay. The latter was a 2 minutes walk away from the beach and hence that became our final choice.

Now the fun actually began. The beauty of the starry night was beyond explanation. We dumped out stuff inside the tent we had booked and headed off to the beachside after ordering for our food. The owner helped us build a bonfire right at the shoreside. Oh, the wondrous beauty of it. The night was slightly chilly. But then we were all in company we coveted. Random conversations, beautiful skies and faces blurred with the smoke of the bonfire light; we all shared an amazing time together. A walk at the beachside at that time was like an icing on the cake.

Finally we settled down for the night. All of us had an exhausted but amazing sleep, so much so that waking up in the morning in order to start back early proved to be one of the most difficult tasks of the entire trip. After an amazing hot breakfast of misal pao, pakodas and poori, we finally started back. In comparison to our journey towards Srivardhan, the journey back was on a much quiter note.

However, once we reached back, we realizewd that such trips lie at the heart of comradeship and the fun of being in college. Now that we are nearing the end of our time together, such trips would soon become a part and parcel of our past which would remain etched in our memories for a long time to come.