Adventure on a fishing trip

It seemed like it would be an ordinary weekend wen I was asked to join a fishing trip, I wasn’t too keen but since it was better than sitting in the hotel I didn’t mind. Had a few drinks on Friday and got to sleep around 3:30 and had to check out at 8, did make it in time but felt really tired.

Milan was driving us there and actually we were 6 people travelling, so it became a bit congested in the car, and sleeping seemed so out of question, until Willy opted to sleep in the back :D. Things were working out and I got to catch up on some sleep.

We stopped at a roadside fruit stall for some snacks. Milan asked us to try the smoked coconut and it was really gud, the guava was extra sweet and maybe I was too hungry, but the fruits were great. Also the thing about Cambodian people is they have nice fruits and they make different and great things using the fruits as well. After stomachs full of fruits it was time to head to the sea.

Another hour and we reached there, it was around one and Milan had already ordered to prepare lunch by some local contact of Willy. We checked in to the usual place and headed to the beach. Gladston and I were hoping that if we go out early we might be able to do some snorkeling, and since I have never done it before I was quite excited. Also since I don’t really know how to swim, I was a bit afraid, but Gladstan assured me that its nt a big deal.

Had a great lunch and first time in my life I was being tempted to eat sea food, but since I am allergic I had to suffice with the chicken. We had a great meal and the craze of Jet Sking again kicked in, since we had some spare time and Alex agreed, we went in for Jet Sking. Alex went first while I got the camera, while I was trying to take Alex’s pic I saw Alex falling from the Jet Ski and the Ski flying like 30 meters ahead of him, I wondered what if that happened to me, I fear being in the sea on my own and I know I would panic in such a situation.

It was my turn to go, and Jet Skin is similar to biking on sea for me, and it seems to come naturally, so I don’t really get afraid, but as soon as I left, I realized the sea was quite rough and all the salt water was going into my eyes and worse was that since there were waves I was jumping around a lot with a lot landing thuds, I start praying again that my back shouldn’t start hurting again, forgetting it again my aim was to go as fast as I could and njoi the thrill, and believe me it was fun, my eyes were hurting bad, but that was just for a short period J…

We left the beach and had to reach another one to get to the fishing boat, we reached there and waited for 10-15 minutes and a small boat , like really small, approached us, and I said sarcastically is this the one and to my horror it turned out to be the one, I haven’t been fishing in the sea before but going on a boat that small didn’t seem a gud idea and I had already felt that the sea was quite rough. All declined going into that boat and we negotiated in going on another boat, which was bigger than the previous one and atleast could hold 10 people :D … we boarded the boat and were rearing to go…

As we started the sun was setting down and I managed to capture some lovely sunset picks and as we got further into the sea the waves were becoming bigger and the boat was dwindling like anything this was my first experience of the rough sea and it was real thrill.

It was around 7:30PM when we reached near the bamboo island and anchored the boat for fishing, now comes the interesting part, the line used for fishing was attached to a normal plastic bottle with the hook on the other end, its wonderful to see how things evolve and revolve with lack of money J. Everyone had the lines out and was hoping for a nice catch.

It was dark already but we could see glowing things in the sea, I had first time seen such things there lights emitted in the sea and it was really mesmerizing, I forgot fishing and gazed at it for quite some time. Believe me guys it was really cool .

Its been an hour or so and no one has caught any fish, actually the baits were also not taken by the fish. It was decided then to go to some other place for fishing, then suddenly were driver says he doesn’t have enough fuel to take us back and he needs more money, the language problem always makes it difficult to communicate but in such situation you become really speechless, we told we aint gonna pay him anything and he needs to get us back. Then he told theres a boat not far which keeps petrol and we can take it from there, so we headed towards and boat and got the required petrol, he still ended up takin 7 $ more from us. And yeah I forgot to mention Gladston managed to catch a very small fishing while we were buying petrol.

Now we headed to another spot which was nearer from where we started, but were hoping to catch some fish after all. The sea had calmed down by now and I was enjoying the sea in the moonlight, everyone else seemed quite tired and dozed off for a while. It was almost 10 when we reached the new place and my enthu for fishing had already died, but nothing goes and I was continuing with the fun.. everyone was having a laugh to have not caught anything substantial till now and suddenly Gladston catches another one its not too big as well but 3 times the one we caught earlier, so we could say now that we did catch a fish, and the expedition continued.

By around 11:30 everyone had given up and guys had already barbecued and eaten the one we got J, so it was time to head back, it ended the day of fishing which was more of an adventure than just fishing, and I was really glad to join in.

This is the reason I don’t want to miss any chance on travelling, it might sound boring at times to go to some places but u really never know what you may end up with, so just go for it J

Whatever happens, happens for good

I have been a firm believer of the saying for a long time and this is the reason that it wont change :

I have been looking forward, to go to thailand for almost a month and was really excited ( not to mention that i love travelling), since Bhushan was there and i had company, this was my golden opportunity and since my manger approved the break journey, the tickets were booked from Cambodia - Delhi via bangkok with a 4 day break.

I had been bugging Bhushan to make a plan and arrange a leave for 4 days as well, he was in a bit of a tight schedule (he always is) , he managed the weekend off and we decided to fly to Phucket, the beaches and water sports was wat i was looking for and this made me even more excited.

i reached Bangkok friday afternoon and met up with Bhushan, we had not met in almost 2 years, and obviously the evening meant that the drinks had to flow ... we both finished three quaters of the 100 pipers and Bhushan was struggling to reach the hotel ... we went to the hotel and still chatted up for almost 2 hrs ... the fllight was at 7:35 Am and we needed to get up by 4:30 i guess.... and the resposibility of waking us up was mine :) ...

I am not a very sound sleeper and generally get up with the alarms first bell itself ...... and i have been used to all this, so it didnt really matter ......

In the morning i got up with a thud .. it seemed seemingly late and as i looked at the watch it was 7:30 and F*** i have missed my flight ... and the people who know me better, know my obsession with punctuality ... so as soon as i got up i started cursing myself ... i was feeling all the more bad because Bhushan had taken the weekend off with great difficulty and the plan was ruined ... i woke him up and he said lets get some more sleep atleast and dozed off again .... but i couldnt sleep ... i tried to search for the next flight and all the flights were late in the evening :( ....

I had no way to correct my mistake and the Bhushan said no point going there for a day .. lets call it off .. we will go somewhere else .... i was quite sad as i was very excited by the overall trip and people go to thailand for the beaches and definitely i m not going to go there ......

in the evning another thought popped into our mind and with some persuation from Bala (Bhushans Colleague) we decided to go to the Tiger Temple .. i had heard about the place but wasnt sure how it would be .. but i knew for a fact that its the only place where i could go and touch a Tiger .... and its worth a try ..... We hired a car and the plan was set ... we go to the floating Market , the death bridge and the Tiger Temple ....

Its been a day and i was still sulking over missing my flight .... but also got up looking forward to the day ahead .. the Floating market was a nice place the bats were nice and the place was better than what I visited in Cambodia. Our driver just crossed the death bridge and took us directly to the tiger temple ....

I was really excited bout the place as i really like animals, knowing more about them and being close to a Tiger would really be an experience .... we got in the temple and there was a walk of around a kilometer to get to the tigers .... they had kept a few of the tigers in a canyon and as soon as we enetered it .. it looked awesome ... the site of around 15 -20 tigers sitting and pepole around them was phenomenal ..... we entered the area where the tigers were and for the first time when i touched one it felt great ... we also took the tickets for a show to be held later where 10 tigers will roam free and we would be able to see them closely when they are on the loose ... we moved on to see there was another place where they had these tiger cubs, very young around 1 year and they were really really cute .... the initails moments in temple were a bit nervous, i wont deny that but after being there for almost an hour my nervousness was all gone ..

After some time the show started .. we (around 20 people) were put in a barracde which was 2 feet high in the front and 5 feet high at the back and 10 tigers were let loose in the area ... Oh Boy .. they were too close for comfort and we knew that if any one of them attacks, we are goners for sure ... but still i didnt feel afraid, being there for a long time had really made me believe that these tigers are not going to harm us and we can closely see them paly and believe me it was an amazing site and worth every penny ......

we returned back from there and i was filled with so much excitment and i really knew i cudnt have sdone it anywhere else and if i had not miss my flight i wouldnt have gone there :) .. and i stopped sulking bout the flight and reassured myself with Whatever Happens Happens for gud.