Travelogue - Bootiful Ooty : Day0

Day0
Its a Friday.
And Friday evening 5 to 6 is the time, when the
s/w engineers in the industry really workkk !
They will be running around, making calls, jumping
on the keyboard, uttering all kindsa four letter
words..
We were to meet at KK's house.
The scheduled time of departure is 8PM.
Thats where the Sumo is waiting for the touring team.
The team:
KK
Jose
Jins
Rat
Geo
Sho


I boarded an auto at 6.30 and reached the place well
in time. Jose, Jins and KK were there already.
KK in his usual style "ivan okke evide poyi kidakkuvaa.
orennam paranja samayathinu varilla.."
Rat "I came in time"
KK "mindaathirikkedaa kazhuthey... ivan ente vaayeennu
kekkum.."

Met the driver. He knows Kannada.
That was a boon. None of us know Kannada.
But Something is better than nothing :D
And we have Hindi Gurus in Geo and .. yes.. myself B-)

Jose was making some strong points in front of the team.
Thats in his blood.. Cant be blamed..

Geo came shortly, on his Historic (?) Enticer bike.
Bikel randu demo okke kaanichu mookkum thalli veezhum
enna avastha aayappo 'diyaan paripaadi nirthi. Bike off
cheythu boomiyilekk irangi.
Dint see much of tour preparation in his shoulder bag.
It was hanging loose..
Dint have the courage to ask, what was inside :D

All set, and the last man is Sho.
KK "by the time Sho reaches here from the next state,
we could have covered half the distane to Ooty"
Aarum chirichilla..
KK othungi (kurachu nerathekku)

We went in to watch some TV while Sho comes...

Sho comes at 7.50PM
"Yeda.. ennaa traffic aanney.. pinne bikel vannathu kondu
eluppam ethi"
All frown !
"Bike iloo .. Neeyo ? Ninakku bike start aakkaan ariyaamo?"
Sho "Atho.. Ajith enne kondu vittu"
:-)

Every one was relieved.
KK in particular.
Coz it was his bike that Sho and Ajith were using..
Sho claims to own a licence. But no soul on planet earth
has seen this geek sitting on the front seat of a mobile
motor powered two-wheeler with the stands dis engaged...

All set.
6 of us ready.
Started at around 8 PM.
Well on time..
KK and Jins in the front seat.
Rest , safely seated behind :)

Thoug there were vacant side seats at the rear, all
adjusted at the second row seat..
All noted that Jins was cautiously keeping his mouth
shut, opening it only to flash his 60W smile.

Rat to Jins "Da, nammal engotta povunney?"
Jins "Ninte *********"
The seat turned out to be more convenient after this.
Rat petteel keriyallo...

(Couldnt hear anything from withing the petti..
All I could hear was a AYYOOOO sound from Jins,
and an attahaasam from KK. Wonder what was that..)

As the tradition goes, food should be taken at a dhaba.
Stopped at a dhaba at around 9.30PM
They were about to put down the shutters when we rushed in.
Sho "Ayyoo cheettaaa poottalle... vishannittu padilla.."

Those guys dint understand a thing. These Punjabis are known
for their Malayalam ignorance.

So our Guru Geo steps in for a xlation
"Bhaiyya.. bandh math karo.. Bhookh ke kaaran gaana nahi"

They opened up the hotel alright, but a roaring laughter
was overheard from the kitchen..

Geo to Jins "Jinsey, pazhaya nostalgic ormakala vallathum varunnundo?"
:-)
It was in one such dhaba, where Jins had to run around the compound,
with a 1L bottle full of water, looking for a cover, for 'core dump'
:D
Jins "Ho.. enthoru divasamaayirunnu athu.. Chirikkanda.. ningalkellam
oru divasam varum.. Annenne orthonam"
KK "Ninne enthinaa orkkunney? Paripaadi kayinjittu ****** ?"
That invited an even more louder applause from the team.
It was decided that Jins be given some time for having his food,
before he steps in to the petti..

The dinner was good.. Hot fresh..
Pakced up 2 bottles - 1 pepsi and 1 sprite.
Paid the bill from the CF.

And set out for the 300 kms of night travel..
Some jokes, some kona, some music, and and were asleep..
We needed to be fresh for the next days activities..