" Going all alone, totally not weird"

When i first said to my parents i need to go somewhere alone , they found it weird! well you may think its wierd too but i did not! i planned to visit megamalai or rameshwaram, but suddenly yercaud popped into my mind, so aug31st packed my bags, went out to purchase a jacket and a half cap. the half cap had the printed text in it "you visit new places and find new culture, when you come home you are a different person, update JEANS" i just saw it and totally was impressed so without any arguments brought it for rs150.

The next morning woke up at 3:30am, packed up and reached vellore bustand(my home town is vellore) at 4:40am.If i had to go to yercaud i need to go via salem as there is no direct bus to yercaud. so there was a salem bus, my inner voice said "run dude run!!!" and i did run hard,but the bus was fully packed!. so waited there for next bus which came at 5:30am. got in  my favorite window seat near the back entrance and quickly into the state of sleep!

Some people are real menace when we travel and at the same time you observe them close you will start liking their innocence.there was this kid who suddenly got out of his seat and slowly crossed mine and sat down on the foot board and there he goes "uvvaaawww" he started barfing! his first phase of barfing got over, he got up and stood jus opposite to me and was controlling his barf with his tightly closed lips! i was like "oh! my god! any minute now this kid is going to blow my face with his powerful smelly vomit"

The second phase of his barf was about to start and luckily his mom found a tablet from her handbag after a big digging.phew!! kids mom saves my day!! i jus saw the kid , i just remeberd me doing the same when i was a kid, exception i barfed inside the tata sumo and made the trip dangerous to my relations. After several bumpy ride i reached salem at 12-12.15.I got down at the salem bustop and immediately got a bus to yercaud. Around 1:15-1:30 i reached yercaud, the minute i stepped down near the lake i just thought " should i have brought at least one of my friends with me?" ...the thought, i put aside on the less used part of the brain

Now i need a place to sleep at night and put my bag in a safe place, i started hunting for rooms,every resort and lodge owners refused to give room for a single person, after 30mins of extensive search found " ruchi, boarding and loadging" who offered room for me rs800 fr 2 nights.

Now i understood why this was bit cheap than others, the room was having a weird smell, the bed spread was supposed to be pure white but had dust on it ,the wall on the left side of bed had spots of dust and some nasty marks of panparak, the TV showed only half the screen and made a weird sound! the bathroom mattress was muddy and wet, the wash basin tap needed a kind of charismatic talent to close it , the room door was 106 and the difficult job was to try opening and locking it with the keys!! but okay! i was fine with everything! i put my bag in a cupboard under the TV set and put my jacket and half cap stepped out of the room.



I inserted the key into the keyhole,twisted and turned to lock it. looking at this the room owner helped me lock the door. when i got down at yercaud i remember seeing the board showing "6.20kms to shervaroy hills" so i planned before stepping out of the room that today's mission shervaroy hill temple and i made it clear to myself , i should only walk! i started from the room and felt like a free bird and had no thoughts of regret on coming alone, so going all alone, totally not weird.