Long and Memorable Weekend at Araku - Visakhapatnam

After our Tirumala, Tirupathi Trip in July 2011 (for my nephew's birth hair ceremony) - again last weekend, we had a four (4) day pleasant and memorable trip, to Visakhaptnam and Araku. 

Thanks to Thanksgiving day, this time it was celebrated on Thursday, the 24th November 2011. So with just a single leave (on Friday, 25th), I have got a chance to enjoy a 4 day (24th to 27th) long-weekend vacation with family. As planned earlier, we took Jet Airways Flight on Thursday Morning at 7AM IST at Shamshabad International Airport, Hyderabad and reached Vizag by 8:30AM IST (believe me it has saved a lot of my time, as I could not take evening/night train before day, due to my office timings). Occupancy in the flight was just 50%, so it was a real fun - changing seats as per our wish (all of us got window seats) and enjoyed watching ocean and ships in it, from an aerial view. Reached my in-laws place by 9AM and here starts my program, immediately after having my lunch - we visited nearby places including RK Beach and a nearby Temple.

Sanghi Temple on a Sunday Evening

Yesterday (Sunday) evening, again we had an outdoor weekend – not too far from my parents’ place but away from the city! It’s Sanghi Temple, a beautiful place to spend with your family (or) friends – at least for a couple of hours!

We (I, my wife, my sister-in-law and her husband) have planned for it at around 2 PM, while having our lunch (at my parents’ place - which is just about 15 KMs away from Sanghi). Followed by lunch we had a nice chat session of about two hours and then decided to drive towards Sanghi Temple! It was about 5PM when we actually started from our place and by the time we reached Sanghi, it was 5:30 PM - we never missed the last scene of sunset! Ya, but obviously missed the light – this resulted in poor output on our ordinary digital camera (However we managed to capture few beautiful pictures around).

I should thank God, coz temple authorities haven’t stopped us from capturing few pictures of the temple and ourselves, so we could! We had just spent about an hour there and returned back by 6:30 PM. Roads there were neat and good (of course that was an outs cut to the city), I should especially talk about the Jawaharlal Nehru Outer Ring Road which bisects our route – was simply amazing. One will definitely get the feel of driving on a foreign locale there! 

Snow World for the First Time in my Life

Back to Back entertainment programs for me last weekend - Saturday visited Buddha at Hussain Sagar (as posted below) and Sunday evening, went to Snow World, Hyderabad.

A weekend day with your wife, that makes her happy - Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

It’s been a decade, I have seen water in Hussain Sagar from a boat (last time my brother, cousin and his friend did Parasailing on Hussain Sagar – that was a decade ago)! Being an Hyderabadi guy it’s an insult to me, but the truth is that only yesterday I visited Buddha Statue on Hussain Sagar, for the first time in my life. It was a nice experience and also learnt a tip to make your wife and life most happy on a weekend day by just changing a 500 Rupee Note. I will tell you what I did and how you can make one of your Saturdays most memorable!

Meaningful Weekend!

Last weekend was a meaningful one for me, I was involved in my cousin's marriage party with some responsibilities. I spent my Saturday evening through Sunday early hours (from 4PM to 2AM) for these arrangements. Unlike my regular Saturdays, it was really a good experience - participating in such a responsible role. My cousin, Anand also contributed his presence in this opportunity.

Actually we even enjoyed the Marriage Reception Party (Sunday Evening) meeting relatives and friends followed by the Marriage (on Monday early hours), a lot! and felt that my weekend was most meaningful..

You know what?

I slept at 5 AM this morning - as I have got the most awaited Sekhar Kammula's Leader DVD last week, so don't want to miss an opportunity to see/close watch if there are any new scenes in this copy.

Please see my next post for an update on Leader DVD....(Most Interesting!!)