Just a few more days and we were off - off to Kalypso, the much awaited trip.
We had been seeing our seniors and their excitements and we had made up our minds that it was a fun trip. To add in to these, we saw our own batch mates go and come. The enthusiasm with which they spoke of their experience, the smiles on their faces and their photographs said it all.
We had to go. The day had to come. And we were all awaiting it.
The Christmas break came and went. It was over in a flash. A few were back in college with their classes whilst the others began preparing for the exams. The drudgery of it,Kalypso in a few days and we were being forced to write exams.
All of us wrote the exams with people being in a frenzy to finish these exams off as soon they could. The last day of the exam was intolerable. With three exams done and just one pending and also the fact that Kalypso was just a day way was too much for the mind to settle down.
And then in a few hours, the exam was over and done with and now all we had to look forward to was the Kalypso.
The day of the Kalypso - the 14th of January and we were slated to leave in the evening. As all trips go (atleast those that involve our class), the entire journey from here to Suryanalli consisted of almost the 54 of us jumping up and down in the bus and moving our bodies with the sway of the music. We reached around 11.30 at the one site and then we got transported in jeeps to our campsite. With drooping eyes we got down from the bus and with shivering bodies we climbed on to the jeeps.
We reached the camp and were drawn to the warm food awaiting us. We ate well,, slowly sipping the hot soup and enjoying the tasty morsel set in front of us. Slowly we gravitated to the fire built to keep us warm and tried to acclimatize our bodies to the cold. With fingers and hands extended toward the fire, we waited for everybody to finish for the camp briefing.
Everybody had had their fill and we settled down, expectantly waiting for the camp coordinator, Captain Madhusoodhan, to brief us. In the next short few minutes, he took us through his expectations of us and through our stay and such arrangements.
Regardless of the fact that we bone tired and cold, there was a sense of excitement as he told us that we had activities scheduled for the next day and for our sleeping arrangements.
In the next few moments, we trooped out of the common area to our tents. We divided ourselves into groups of three. We zipped and unzipped the tents, came in and went out, took loads of photos of ourselves and the tents.
Though we were tired we lay in our sleeping bags whispering quite late into the night, awaiting the next day and its activities.
We had been seeing our seniors and their excitements and we had made up our minds that it was a fun trip. To add in to these, we saw our own batch mates go and come. The enthusiasm with which they spoke of their experience, the smiles on their faces and their photographs said it all.
We had to go. The day had to come. And we were all awaiting it.
The Christmas break came and went. It was over in a flash. A few were back in college with their classes whilst the others began preparing for the exams. The drudgery of it,Kalypso in a few days and we were being forced to write exams.
All of us wrote the exams with people being in a frenzy to finish these exams off as soon they could. The last day of the exam was intolerable. With three exams done and just one pending and also the fact that Kalypso was just a day way was too much for the mind to settle down.
And then in a few hours, the exam was over and done with and now all we had to look forward to was the Kalypso.
The day of the Kalypso - the 14th of January and we were slated to leave in the evening. As all trips go (atleast those that involve our class), the entire journey from here to Suryanalli consisted of almost the 54 of us jumping up and down in the bus and moving our bodies with the sway of the music. We reached around 11.30 at the one site and then we got transported in jeeps to our campsite. With drooping eyes we got down from the bus and with shivering bodies we climbed on to the jeeps.
We reached the camp and were drawn to the warm food awaiting us. We ate well,, slowly sipping the hot soup and enjoying the tasty morsel set in front of us. Slowly we gravitated to the fire built to keep us warm and tried to acclimatize our bodies to the cold. With fingers and hands extended toward the fire, we waited for everybody to finish for the camp briefing.
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| The warm food that beckoned us |
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| Trying to make the fire stonger |
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| Cold hands needing the warmth of fire |
Everybody had had their fill and we settled down, expectantly waiting for the camp coordinator, Captain Madhusoodhan, to brief us. In the next short few minutes, he took us through his expectations of us and through our stay and such arrangements.
Regardless of the fact that we bone tired and cold, there was a sense of excitement as he told us that we had activities scheduled for the next day and for our sleeping arrangements.
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| Our tents |
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| More tents |
In the next few moments, we trooped out of the common area to our tents. We divided ourselves into groups of three. We zipped and unzipped the tents, came in and went out, took loads of photos of ourselves and the tents.
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| Our tent and abode for the next 2 days |
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| Excitement at the new sleeping arrangements |
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| The tent close to ours |
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| Me and my tent mates |
Though we were tired we lay in our sleeping bags whispering quite late into the night, awaiting the next day and its activities.
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| In our sleeping bags!!! |
Deeepz! I am really missing all the fun... its really nice that you have written in such detail... we have something to read and relive the memories in a few years from now :)
ReplyDeleteThe pics are also really nice..