On 31st we all gathered at Sidhu’s place at around 12:30pm. The bus was waiting for us. We were three couples at Sidhu’s place- The Mhetres, the Joshis & the Tawades along with 2 stags-Himanshu & Sidhu, who were waiting for their so called partners to be picked up. On our way, we picked up Mansi (mind you its “MANSI” & not “MANASI”) & Hemali & the Gawdes -the 2 doctors who had bunked their clinics to be with the gang.
After driving for about an hour or so the gang was hungry (actually it was Mansi who was hungry & rest of us were just “giving her company”). We stopped at Mc D’s on the way to pick up burgers & fries. My poor hubby couldn’t even smell the burger & fries due to his perennial upset tummy.
With our tummies full, we started enjoying the drive by singing songs & in general gossiping & bitching. On public demand we stopped for our chai break at Valley View resort. We had steaming hot chai & pakodas. The view from the resort was awesome & each couple clicked a honeymoon picture. From here on it was the start of Konkan with nature at its best. The smell of fish & water was beckoning us.
We reached our destination at 8:30pm. The distance of our drive was a debatable issue since everyone’s google map showed different distances.
We had booked our accommodation with MTDC Velneshwar. The cottages were clean & had a direct view of the beach. With 4 cottages & 6 couples, Joshis & Tawades were lucky to have a cottage to themselves whereas the others had to share the space.
After a quick shower we headed straight for dinner. The dinner was a home cooked meal of fried fish & prawns curry for the non veggies & chapati sabji for the veggies which was topped off with “Sol Kadhi” to digest the heavy dose. The food was awesome with the fried fish being a major hit amongst the group.
Under the full moon night we welcomed 2010 on the beach with red wine and firecrackers. The couples dozed at 2:30 whereas the singles were apparently “only chatting” till 4.30……. :P
The first morning of the year was greeted with a lovely beach view with blue water and coconut trees.
After a sumptuous breakfast of “Poha and chai” we headed to play at the beach. Most of us jumped into the water and the scared ones were picked up and royally thrown in to the water. The Joshi’s, were busy practicing Honeymoon picture poses. Sidhu was flaunting his newly toned body and pink “chaddi” in Bay-watch style. His Pamela,” Mansi” was scared to get into the water. Inspired by Sidhu, Himanshu also tried his hand at stripping. Prasad and Ashu did not want to make Sidhu and Himanshu conscious and hence did not flaunt their rounded bellies. The surprise packages were the Gawades. We didn’t know that even Doctors can get so romantic. We really had a rollicking time at the beach.
It was 12.30 pm and it was time to finally go back home. Along with following individual resolutions :
Sidhu- To talk in low pitch;
Ashu and Prasad- To jointly reduce their weights.
Gawades- To take more offs from their busy schedule for recreations
we as a group made a promise to celebrate every coming new year with each other. Thanks all!!!
Very nice pics, Priya & Prasad!
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