Do not get paranoid thinking about what I am going to write as you would be trying to relate the name of the blog - whether it is slang, nick name of a person or whatever… If you have let your imagination walk on the clouds better make a safe landing: P
Gingee, is the name of one of the famous forts in Tamil Nadu.
It was a long awaited exciting trip that we had planned, all completely devised by one of our close friends - "Madam B" (Hey do not curse me when you read this. Just reserve it for the end as there is more to come in this blog :D). The idea of visiting the fort invaded our minds as we saw it during one of our successfully executed holy trip to "Thiruvannamalai".
After a hectic week at the new office at Karaipaakam we decided that we would visit the fort irrespective of however tired we were. I had in fact wrapped the previous day with a tearful send off to my sister at the Chennai Airport and I slept with thoughts of late realization that I am going to miss her (It is the usual philosophy that you tend to miss and like a person more only when you would not be able to meet that person or the relationship is lost forever). Okies senti apart and coming to GINGEE :)
I was all set with perfect costume - Jean, T-Shirt and power shoes on the next day… We planned to start at 8.00 AM in the morning and we managed to start at 9.00 AM on the 7th of October 2006...
Hey how could that ever be possible, friends of Bhargavi can never be punctual ;)... I had once read an article in which I remember one line crystal clear - kids born to a Leo and Virgo are very punctual - I guess the writer of the article is a liar... there are three exception to the rule (sis, bro and I)...
The drive was pleasant with the travel filled with music (few of them leading us out of the track with memory lanes switching here and there), messages, calls and call diverts.... Of course how could I miss the wits that we throw at each and pulling "Madam B" 's legs and her sensational voice (you would never believe that she has a fan club.. lol), making "SG" (nick name of one of our friends - If you really want to know what it really means you should ask him - call me for his contact details) wild, comment on those exemplary messages what our friend "Three leaves" (again a nick name and do not ask me the meaning again) receives... A notable comment on "Three leaves" costume - He looked just like a beetle inside that shirt which had black circle in a red background: D...
By 11 AM I could hear bells ringing in our belly louder than the music and we successful found a place where we can eat... We were too lucky that the hotel service boy announced that even the finally left over puri's were over… We managed to pick few biscuits, munches and chocos and continued with our journey... It was almost a 150 Km (approx) from Chennai…
We managed to reach the destination with a couple of outstanding direction sense and guessing - thanks to "SG"'s contributions and few road side romeo's... lol...
Mission - GINGEE…We had to climb two hills - Raja fort (where all fighting actions take place) and Rani fort (where all personal actions take place ;))... Even before we started the mission the first thought that came to our minds was - God how far should the Raja travel to meet Rani, should be once in 2 days.. Surely he would have had one Rani in each of the watch tours so that he can peep in during his travel time between forts… lol. Just kidding :)...
The ticket cost just 4 RS for Indian Nationals (RS 100 for Non-Indians Actually a nice way to make money - Indian Tourism department)...
We started off with the Raja fort and it was all beautiful site seeing as we climbed up the hill - crooked rocks over which we managed to lay our legs and pushed our body up the altitude as we saw treasury room, weapon rooms, granary, watch towers, canon and more (a huge room which we guess would be sufficient for the Raja to have a bath with all the Rani’s :P) along few ancestral friends of ours (Monkeys :)). We just imagined how it would have looked at those ages as it was all seen completely conquered by the usual invasion of nature. We took few pictures, giggling and joking as we proceed and the climbing was both fresh and tiring. We climbed down having a complete view of the fort within two and a half hours.
Only "SG" and I planned to continue the mission to the Rani fort as the other two were totally out of energy by the time we managed to gulp few lemonade when we reached the foot of Raja fort.
As I guessed having a look at the Rani Fort it was comparatively smaller to climb but more difficult as the steps were narrow and steep. "SG" was almost pulling me up on each of the steps. In few instances we even tried jumping between rocks to avoid steps. Finally when I successfully dragged myself up the fort I felt the air of victory as though I have won a war between the want of my body to crash against the power of my mind: P. We got beautiful glimpses of the Raja fort from the Rani fort, the darbar, a temple (where the shrine was already invaded) and of course the "Andhapuram" where the Raja and Rani would have happily enjoyed their personal life.
By the time we came down we were drained out, hungry and we felt our legs shaking. I had slept most of the way back home and by the time I reached chennai and finally my home I had vomited (“Omlet” a dialogue from the movie boys) six times (effects of smelling the air of victory by invading the Rani Fort) :). But of course all these side effects are not going to reduce my spirit for my next trip as all I require is the power of mind... lol..
This is what I would call a complete crash to be as I could just remember the time I got up the next day morning :).
Gingee, is the name of one of the famous forts in Tamil Nadu.
It was a long awaited exciting trip that we had planned, all completely devised by one of our close friends - "Madam B" (Hey do not curse me when you read this. Just reserve it for the end as there is more to come in this blog :D). The idea of visiting the fort invaded our minds as we saw it during one of our successfully executed holy trip to "Thiruvannamalai".
After a hectic week at the new office at Karaipaakam we decided that we would visit the fort irrespective of however tired we were. I had in fact wrapped the previous day with a tearful send off to my sister at the Chennai Airport and I slept with thoughts of late realization that I am going to miss her (It is the usual philosophy that you tend to miss and like a person more only when you would not be able to meet that person or the relationship is lost forever). Okies senti apart and coming to GINGEE :)
I was all set with perfect costume - Jean, T-Shirt and power shoes on the next day… We planned to start at 8.00 AM in the morning and we managed to start at 9.00 AM on the 7th of October 2006...
Hey how could that ever be possible, friends of Bhargavi can never be punctual ;)... I had once read an article in which I remember one line crystal clear - kids born to a Leo and Virgo are very punctual - I guess the writer of the article is a liar... there are three exception to the rule (sis, bro and I)...
The drive was pleasant with the travel filled with music (few of them leading us out of the track with memory lanes switching here and there), messages, calls and call diverts.... Of course how could I miss the wits that we throw at each and pulling "Madam B" 's legs and her sensational voice (you would never believe that she has a fan club.. lol), making "SG" (nick name of one of our friends - If you really want to know what it really means you should ask him - call me for his contact details) wild, comment on those exemplary messages what our friend "Three leaves" (again a nick name and do not ask me the meaning again) receives... A notable comment on "Three leaves" costume - He looked just like a beetle inside that shirt which had black circle in a red background: D...
By 11 AM I could hear bells ringing in our belly louder than the music and we successful found a place where we can eat... We were too lucky that the hotel service boy announced that even the finally left over puri's were over… We managed to pick few biscuits, munches and chocos and continued with our journey... It was almost a 150 Km (approx) from Chennai…
We managed to reach the destination with a couple of outstanding direction sense and guessing - thanks to "SG"'s contributions and few road side romeo's... lol...
Mission - GINGEE…We had to climb two hills - Raja fort (where all fighting actions take place) and Rani fort (where all personal actions take place ;))... Even before we started the mission the first thought that came to our minds was - God how far should the Raja travel to meet Rani, should be once in 2 days.. Surely he would have had one Rani in each of the watch tours so that he can peep in during his travel time between forts… lol. Just kidding :)...
The ticket cost just 4 RS for Indian Nationals (RS 100 for Non-Indians Actually a nice way to make money - Indian Tourism department)...
We started off with the Raja fort and it was all beautiful site seeing as we climbed up the hill - crooked rocks over which we managed to lay our legs and pushed our body up the altitude as we saw treasury room, weapon rooms, granary, watch towers, canon and more (a huge room which we guess would be sufficient for the Raja to have a bath with all the Rani’s :P) along few ancestral friends of ours (Monkeys :)). We just imagined how it would have looked at those ages as it was all seen completely conquered by the usual invasion of nature. We took few pictures, giggling and joking as we proceed and the climbing was both fresh and tiring. We climbed down having a complete view of the fort within two and a half hours.
Only "SG" and I planned to continue the mission to the Rani fort as the other two were totally out of energy by the time we managed to gulp few lemonade when we reached the foot of Raja fort.
As I guessed having a look at the Rani Fort it was comparatively smaller to climb but more difficult as the steps were narrow and steep. "SG" was almost pulling me up on each of the steps. In few instances we even tried jumping between rocks to avoid steps. Finally when I successfully dragged myself up the fort I felt the air of victory as though I have won a war between the want of my body to crash against the power of my mind: P. We got beautiful glimpses of the Raja fort from the Rani fort, the darbar, a temple (where the shrine was already invaded) and of course the "Andhapuram" where the Raja and Rani would have happily enjoyed their personal life.
By the time we came down we were drained out, hungry and we felt our legs shaking. I had slept most of the way back home and by the time I reached chennai and finally my home I had vomited (“Omlet” a dialogue from the movie boys) six times (effects of smelling the air of victory by invading the Rani Fort) :). But of course all these side effects are not going to reduce my spirit for my next trip as all I require is the power of mind... lol..
This is what I would call a complete crash to be as I could just remember the time I got up the next day morning :).
After all the blabbering and non stop nonsense about the trip if you would want to know about forts have a look at the images below... It is a nice place you should visit with you pals :P...
