Our family trip: October 2006
The Idea:
The plan for an outing started off during Bharath's thread ceremony. Deepavali presented us with 5 back-to-back holidays. Although the initial plan was a simple outing of all us cousins, later on, it was thought to involve elders to help us financially and also to look after the luggage. Bharath felt that 'planning a trip' and 'actually going for a trip' was two very different things, and was pretty doubtful of anything happening at all. Suhas shook his dad and brother up and forced them to chalk out a proper plan. A plan slowly came into picture, Bharath got excited, and things began to fall in place. This would be Plan 'A'. If in any case Plan 'A' failed, we would initiate Plan 'B' - a trip to Aralaguppe, Arsikere, and Kempusagara which involved temple visiting, mountain climbing, and a moon-light walk along village roads. But slowly, Plan 'A' began to get a proper shape.
The plan:
What started off as just a concept on paper became a full-fledged plan. ATK booked a 22-seater vehicle (Tariff: Rs.12 per Km; Rs. 200 daily Bata; Minimum of 250 Kms per day). Shivashankar took charge of accommodation at Mangalooru (Corporation Bank Guest House). Prakasha and family were the fastest to decide (5.5 seats). The others included Shivashankar and family (4 seats), ATK and family (3 seats), Harisha, Ravindra and family (2.5 seats). Satish and family took a really long time to decide, and finally gave a thumbs-up (3.5 seats). But perhaps, the most thrilling moment was when Prashanth decided to turn up, changing decisions like the colours of a chameleon, and they took up 2 seats. Thus it was a total of 24 people, 20 adults, 3 kids, and 1 little baby.
The outline of the trip was as follows:
B'lore - Manjarabad Fort - Kukke Subramanya - Bekal Fort - Mangalooru - Udupi - B'lore
Departure was on 20th October (Fri) morning, and arrival was on 24th October (Tue) night.
Bharath would maintain accounts, Sumanth would jot down the kilometer readings and other details, Suhas would be the official photographer, Satish and Prashanth would be Trip Advisors, Harisha and Ravindra would be the clowns (Dept. of Entertainment), the disciplinary committee would be handled by perhaps the most capable person for the job - Prakasha, the ladies had the simple job of looking after the luggage, and the other kids were a part of the 'Alarm Clock Dept'. - ensuring everyone woke up on time everyday.
Trip members were as follows:
Adults - Shivashankar, Gayathri, Bharath, Sumanth, Harisha, Ravindra, Sudha, Manu, Prashanth, Raaji, Satish, Neha, Suhas, Sumitra, ATK, Rekha, Prakasha, Madhuri, Sudhanva, Raadhathhe
Kids - Chaitra, Nikhil, Sahana
The Baby - Navya
The plan for an outing started off during Bharath's thread ceremony. Deepavali presented us with 5 back-to-back holidays. Although the initial plan was a simple outing of all us cousins, later on, it was thought to involve elders to help us financially and also to look after the luggage. Bharath felt that 'planning a trip' and 'actually going for a trip' was two very different things, and was pretty doubtful of anything happening at all. Suhas shook his dad and brother up and forced them to chalk out a proper plan. A plan slowly came into picture, Bharath got excited, and things began to fall in place. This would be Plan 'A'. If in any case Plan 'A' failed, we would initiate Plan 'B' - a trip to Aralaguppe, Arsikere, and Kempusagara which involved temple visiting, mountain climbing, and a moon-light walk along village roads. But slowly, Plan 'A' began to get a proper shape.
The plan:
What started off as just a concept on paper became a full-fledged plan. ATK booked a 22-seater vehicle (Tariff: Rs.12 per Km; Rs. 200 daily Bata; Minimum of 250 Kms per day). Shivashankar took charge of accommodation at Mangalooru (Corporation Bank Guest House). Prakasha and family were the fastest to decide (5.5 seats). The others included Shivashankar and family (4 seats), ATK and family (3 seats), Harisha, Ravindra and family (2.5 seats). Satish and family took a really long time to decide, and finally gave a thumbs-up (3.5 seats). But perhaps, the most thrilling moment was when Prashanth decided to turn up, changing decisions like the colours of a chameleon, and they took up 2 seats. Thus it was a total of 24 people, 20 adults, 3 kids, and 1 little baby.
The outline of the trip was as follows:
B'lore - Manjarabad Fort - Kukke Subramanya - Bekal Fort - Mangalooru - Udupi - B'lore
Departure was on 20th October (Fri) morning, and arrival was on 24th October (Tue) night.
Bharath would maintain accounts, Sumanth would jot down the kilometer readings and other details, Suhas would be the official photographer, Satish and Prashanth would be Trip Advisors, Harisha and Ravindra would be the clowns (Dept. of Entertainment), the disciplinary committee would be handled by perhaps the most capable person for the job - Prakasha, the ladies had the simple job of looking after the luggage, and the other kids were a part of the 'Alarm Clock Dept'. - ensuring everyone woke up on time everyday.
Trip members were as follows:
Adults - Shivashankar, Gayathri, Bharath, Sumanth, Harisha, Ravindra, Sudha, Manu, Prashanth, Raaji, Satish, Neha, Suhas, Sumitra, ATK, Rekha, Prakasha, Madhuri, Sudhanva, Raadhathhe
Kids - Chaitra, Nikhil, Sahana
The Baby - Navya
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