My trip to Andaman - Begins

Well finally the day arrived, after one long year I would be meeting my parents and of course I was damn excited to visit the “Island”. Well my flight was via Vishakhapatnam, I had to spend a night there and catch the flight to Portbliar the next morning.

2 hours of waiting in Delhi Airport and 2 hours of Flight, but I was prepared -  I had my beloved companion “ My book” with me. I was ingrained in ‘Shiva Trilogy’ and all of a sudden person next to me introduced himself. I was not much interested but then I got to know that he is  a combatant in Indian Navy. That’s it, I kept my book aside and we had a 2 hours enriching conversation ranging from what is the role of Indian Navy in case of coastal attack like 26/11, Indian Aircraft Carriers, Why I should Join Indian Navy, what should her daughter pursue as career option etc.

Finally I reached Vishakhapatnam Airport and headed for Bagging Collection area. The wait for my single luggage was so long that I started Guesstimate on how many luggage did my Airplane carried and what are the odds of my luggage among that, well the MBA hangover I guess ;-) As soon as I came out of Airport I realized something very important. It was the first time I was visiting Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation. It was no longer my home state. It was a strange feeling, although I seldom did care about the bifurcation !!!

My  room had an A/C and I was glad. Yes it was necessary man, with 29 `C outside it felt I was back to Sunny days of Delhi and I was sweating like anything. With the beautiful invention “A/C” in my room, I slept like a baby. Now I sit in my bed early morning 5:30 with cool breeze and peace around me. Sipping tea standing in the balcony I realized the importance of the place, surrounded by hills on one side and coast on the other. But I will sign off for now, need to catch a flight. I shall be home in time to eat Biryani for lunch :-D

P.S. I wrote this piece on 13th Dec 2015. My apologies for delay in posting it.