My first trip to Vaishnodevi was unimpressive. Climbing was hard, and it only served to highlight how badly out of shape I was, while my in-laws managed to cope so much better. Further, I hadn’t quite realized that the cave experience wouldn’t be the same as I had imagined, since the original cave was only opened at certain times a year, and that we only entered a newly created tunnel, one far easier to access, and hence more manageable with the crowds that thronged the mountain shrine. The resulting experience at the shrine, for barely a fraction of a second, hardly compared to what I had expected / imagined / heard about. So, for me, Vaishnodevi was like any other temple, nothing to write home about, something that was reflected (though not explicitly mentioned) in the blog post I wrote then.
I am relaxing in an easy chair, watching the rains lash and the waves crash against the shore. Yes, I am on another trip, this time to South India, and as I type this, at Tarangambadi or Tranquebar. I am staying at the Neemrana property, Bungalow on the beach, and have with me for company, Samhith of course, and the newest member of my gadget family - a Sony Xperia Z3!
The phone is with me for trial, and is proving surprisingly useful! The heavy rains have forced me to keep my camera inside and rely on the Xperia and in the process test its waterproof quality ;-)
We have been having fun trying out the phone and the many features of its camera, such as the sound pics and the panorama.
This was meant to be a long post, with my complete first impressions of the phone, but samhith has taken over my tab and I am using the phone to type this out, so this is the best I can do for my first attempt. I shall, therefore post a few of the photos clicked with the phone, and leave you to draw your own conclusions, for now!
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The entrance to the Bungalow on the Beach... Strewn with flowers... |
The Danish fort at Tarangambadi |
That's the view from my room!! |
That's where I am staying... Bungalow on the beach! |
This is one place I so badly want to visit.
ReplyDeleteIts a beautiful place, Niranjan! You should certainly go!
DeleteHave nice trip. Neemrana Bungalow on the beach is a nice place but a bit expensive for indians... Are they serving Indian food now? Last year when we went, they only had danish food items which we didn't recognize...
ReplyDeleteThank you Shrinidhi! It is certainly on the expensive side, but yes, they are serving Indian food now, and good stuff too... all we had was tasty and well prepared.
DeleteThe same phone Mridula Dwivedi is having. You all recieved it from Sony as a gift? :)
ReplyDeleteyes, Tushar. It is the same one, and we have for trial so we can write a review.
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