Friday, October 11, 2019

Back at Thiruvananthapuram.

The day had begun liesurely for us at 6 AM. Went through our chores and were ready well on time. Vichita, the lady-chef-on-trai ning from Kasaragod made a lovely omelette for me as I struck conversation with her. She has spent just three months and has another year and seven months to go, to complete her training.

Our sa'arthi to the airport, Mr. Saan, had parked his vehicle well away from the hotel's approaches and it was after Vijayakumar had asked the tour operator regarding his whereabouts, that, he came huffing and panting, saying that he had arrived there quite early.

He drove through a shorter route and reached the airport taking only an hour. The flight to Kuala Lumpur was short and uneventful and we'd about 8 hrs to kill before our connecting flight at 2205 hrs. Snacks and coffee, alongwith a take away sandwich as pre-flight dinner snack were collected followed by window shopping couldn't eat away the hours of the long wait. However, it was managed through the browsing of a long list of What'sApp messages and the perusal of the mail. Lekha was also able to pick up a couple of things that she'd planned before. I dunno why I did it but had given her a dressing down, making her break into tears. Realising my boorishness, I'd apologised to her soon after. Wonder whether it took away the singe of the episode?

The boarding gate was shifted half an hour prior to boarding, creating a bit of confusion among the passengers! The flight was full of Malayalees, who were announcing their subsequent plans on the top of their voices. And most of them were armed with liquor bottles bought from the duty free shops!

The return flight had taken off half an hour late but made good the loss during the journey. On landing, the immigration guys were pathetic - their aim seemed to be to  simply harrass, for example, one guy wanted us to remove the belt while the other didn't! The Mango Cabs' driver, Sebastian, dropped us at Suresh's house soon after.

Can never gorget the sight of Madhavan Nair sir wide awake and eagerly awaiting our arrival!


Tailpiece.

A nice, cute holiday and a great experience.

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