Stolen

July 28, Tuesday.

The title of this blog is self-explanatory enough about the content followed below. Read on.

Deva or for that matter none of us here in cyprus would have ever imagined something like this happening to us. This day morning when deva woke up to start yet another day in office, little would anyone have imagined that it would begin with a shocker. His scooter was nowhere to be seen at his home. And after confirming with others if it was a prank, his worst fears came true. The scooter was stolen.

This was the 3rd such incident of theft occuring to someone in our batch in just a month. Not so long ago, on the last weekend of June, I too woke up to find my cycle missing from my home. After searching here and there and in office, it became pretty obvious that that was the last i had seen of it. Since it was just a cycle, there was nothing much I could have done or have taken the trouble to lodge a complaint.

And then in that same weekend, sarvo's car which he parked in the parking ground near office thinking it to be the most possible safest place while he would be away holidaying (uhmm working...) in US, also became the target. On monday morning while parking my car, i noticed the driver window glass all shattered and the stereo system inside the car gone. Since sarvo was not here, there was nothing much we could do except take away his car back home.

So, 3 of us have been robbed in less than a month. Thankfully, all were only material losses and no physical harm was caused to anyone.

We just hope nothing else bad happens during our stay in this beautiful island.

a walk to remember

July 5th, Sunday.

A week before leading to this sunday, a plan was made to venture out about 150 kms away and have a never before experience. Protaras, a small tourist place on the eastern tip of cyprus was the destination. And the never before experience we had was really a long drive worth it.

So about 10 in the morning, we left our home to head to this place. 4 in deva's car and other 4 in my. Driving at about 140-150 kmph we reached the destination in just over an hour. In between, the police on the highway had signalled me to slow down as I was way above the limit of 100. So in the last few mins or so, i did slow down not wanting to spoil the day or my mood by speed tickets and all.

After reaching there, we joined the other group of 4-5 cars who headed out with us. And then we played the game follow the leader. This guy who was leading the pack of cars under the pretext of knowing the route, took us around and around for 3-4 times. We were driving on the same road again and again and again. And then we got lost. So we stopped and asked for directions and finally reached the place. A small resort where we had planned the novel experience. A walk under water.

Yes, you read that right, a walk under water. We headed out to this boat in the sea not so far from the coast. There we were given our gears - swimsuit and shoes and helmets. And then a barrage of safety instructions. We had the helmet on and climbed down a ladder 3 meters below into the sea and on the sea bed. It was amazing. Below into the sea, walking on the sea floor. We saw fishes, marine plants, rocks and sand all around. Looking above we could see the boats and people on the surface.

The instructor gave us food to feed the fish. We held the bread in our hands and a large number of fish would just bite it off our hand with a tickling feeling. It was amazing. Then the instructor took videos of us walking below and feeding the fish.

After about 30 mins spending below water, we climbed up to the boat. It was a surreal experience I never imagined would happen.

Later on we headed to ayia napa and spent some relaxing time on the beautiful beaches there. And then back home.

It was indeed a walk to remember.