Trip to the Lone Star State

It all started on a valentine's day.... Nothing special about that day except that we had a conf call on that day...

We as in Deepak, Pravin, Rathna, Shiva and I...

This time we wanted to spend our time in Austin,TX... We had just decided, but didn't move further... It was only on the valentine's day we booked our tickets to Austin... And that means - fun unlimited.... We never knew that RK had already booked the ticket... He was in India, busy with his engagement (எல்லாருக்கும் வயசாகிட்டே போகுது !!!!)... And finally pravin dropped his plan since he had an exam that week... Later he regretted a lot for missing this fun and frolic...
So redefining 'we' - Deepak, RK, Rathna, Shiva and I...

I was very much thrilled not cos of visiting a new place but cos of meeting my good old buddies nearly after 4 years... And finally the day arrived.... Feb 27th 2009....


Everyone reached Austin that evening itself and I was the last one to reach there... It's really fun to see our friends, that too after a very long gap... Shiva and Deepak hasn't changed much... But i couldn't believe RK's stature... But when i talked with him,... Oh yes... He's one and the same... "Old habits die hard"...

And there started our lark... I really don wanna talk a lot about that night... Dancing, singing, praying,blabbering, all INGssssss... I still couldn't believe that one guy knelt down and prayed like a saint though he's somewhat agnostic in real...

But exactly at 3 AM we ended up trashing shiva's comforter and cleaning the carpet cos of one imbecile schmuck... A close call for me as i was sleeping beside him ;-)

The next day we embarked upon our road trip to corpus christi, a nearby city... Had lunch in an authentic south indian cuisine... Knowingly or unknowingly we

started addressing others with respect... We addressed others as "Sir" instead of their actual name... Thanks to "Saroja" movie...
Corpus christi is a bay area and we took a halt in one of the beaches... We thought of paddling in the sea... But the climate was tooooo cold and we just took few snaps & left that place...


The next pit stop was at the River walk,San Antonio... People told me that, this place is similar to Venice. And believe me, it was simply amazing... A narrow river of 10 - 15 ft wide between two streets... The entire street of about 2 miles was well lit by colorful twinkling lights... It's really a romantic place to hang out with your spouse... Sad that we went there as a guys only group :-(

Here I realized that few of us has really become a photographic freak.... Not me :-( They started talking greek and latin in photography - exposure, foc length, apperture, etc... Not cos they knew it but cos someone like me didn't know about it ;-) Whenever i hear a shrilling excited voice that says "Oh my god... what a pic!"... It's time to move away from that environment, else i would be pushed to a position where i need to comment on a picture... தமிழ்ல சொல்லனும்னா ஆர்வ கோளாறு.. Or i could politely say over curiosity.... After all these fun we finally reached Austin by 2 A.M.

Next day we headed towards Hamilton park, small mountain nigh a river bed. This is some sort of trekking place and a must visit place for avid mountaineers... But we ??? LOL.... After spending sometime near the river we went to Hamilton Pool reserve... This place has a small pool and verrrrry verrry small water falls... Actually the water was just dripping... We thought of taking a quick dip in the pool, even this time we didn't, not cos of the weather but cos of some unknown reasons...

We then maneuvered to a lake side Mexican Restaurant - Hula hut... Wow!!!!! Yummy yummy yummy... We had Chicken Chile Rellenos and Martini.... That was really a mouth watering moment... Not only cos of the food but also cos of ravishing dazzling gorgeous hispanic chicks ;-) I got to admit this.... Oh no... We got to admit this truth... We clicked several pics here and well cos of obvious reason... We then reached a view point "Mount Bonnell" to enjoy the sunset... Again it's a lovely romantic place... Damn... we were the only guys group there :-(

After reaching Austin we had a calcutta style (imp point to be noted) cuisine prepared by the host Shiva sir... We then played poker and slept around 3 am....

We didn't have much of a plan for the third day... RK left to Chicago that morning itself... So the group shrank to 4... We had 3 options, kayaking or bowling or visit a snooker club... After a hefty lunch in another indian restaurant, we ended up going to the bowling alley... After 2 games we dropped Deepak at the aiport and we 3 went to a Movie.... I swear... This is definitely not a movie to go as a guys group... Am still wondering, what the gal at the ticket counter might have imagined about us... Oh yes... The movie was Milk...

And that was the end of our trip.....
Few of our clicks are here...