A get away is not always about seeing a new place. Sometimes, it is about escaping the monotony, to take a break and to surprise a friend! We did the latter some time back when we went to IIM Indore, to surprise a friend of ours, and to take a break, with her! 😉
Our plan was a sudden one, yet again. I don’t know but I take a certain pride in sudden plans, to be able to do something in an impulse. (Although, that somehow means I find myself not so good in making planned decisions. :P)
In the little time I had, I looked up for places to see in Indore and guess what came up at the top – IIM Indore!! I dropped the idea of sight seeing there and then. 😛
First things first, August is a good time to visit Indore, with the showers pouring down without a warning and a pleasant weather at the little hill, on top of which, the IIM campus is located.
Way to Sunset Point, IIM Indore
We travelled by train, a mighty 14-15 hours journey. My friend booked the tickets a week back, and we got confirmed tickets for one side only. The way back was RAC (FYI: RAC is Reserved against cancellation. You get a confirmed travel, not berth).
For people who would like to make this a family trip and if you want to include a temple visit in your itinerary, do plan on visiting Ujjain, a place nearby indore and very famous for the Mahakaleshwari temple. You can find more details here:
http://dic.mp.nic.in/ujjain/mahakal/default.aspx
For me, surprising her was one of the best moments of the trip. It did not go as planned, coz she happened to see us before we intended it to be. But her reaction was all worth it – The way she said..”Bhai tum log pagal ho..sahi me aa gaye!!??” Later, she was proudly showing off her crazy friends(US) to all her friends in Indore. 🙂
So, What exactly we did there?
In a nutshell : Lazed around, chilled out with her, explored the campus, ate a lot and of course, partied! 😀
Life in an IIM is a full fledged race, everyone is always on their heels, there is no night or day, no Saturday or Sunday. In a way, I feel its good coz you always keep moving and it is a good kind of high! One automatically feels energetic in such an environment. Although, there are a lot of people who get frustrated too. In the end, its your choice, the way you want to see it.
My Special Mentions
Cycling: Remember, how as a kid this used to be one of your most prized possession?
To ride a bicycle after such a long time, was truly one of the most exciting moments of my trip, when my inhibitions started telling me I won’t be able to do it, but I did it, surprisingly quite easily!
We went downhill(superb feeling! 🙂 ) and uphill(ahh, well, you might have guessed, this made us realize we need to exercise 😛 ).
The one with the Cycles! 🙂
Wanna Puff: Good food makes a trip really memorable and this place had yummy mouth watering food which all of us will not forget for a very long time. We went there for dinner on our last night in Indore. Great view too. Do visit this cute little place if you are around! 🙂
And last but not the least,
“Hum jo chalne lage, chalne lage hai ye raaste, aha haan manzil se behtar lagne lage hai ye raaste!”
O yeah!! There is always something special about journeys, and the time you spend with friends while travelling. For one, they make amazing stories because you leave everything behind and relax. For instance, one of my friend, Y, fell in love (Yeah, love at first sight still persists. I found it difficult to digest at first though :P), so we spend a good enough of time figuring out what to do next on that front.
We spent telling the entire Mahabharata to Y, and it was too, one of the memorable experiences of the trip. I learnt that storytelling is an art which not many possess. I am not bragging about myself, but about my other friend, S, who is really good at it. You know it when you hear one. 😉
There were many such anecdotes which we shared, making yet again journey an important part of my trip. Travelling with people make you comfortable with them on an altogether different level. I realized this way back when I went on my first trip with my college friends, towards the end of college. A year later, I was partly remembering that and partly reliving that. 🙂
The journey….
India Once 