November 8 12 30 am in the night...
me and my friend sarvoday decided to take the wheel and go on a night drive...i took the steering...not knowing what journey would unfold..from there on..after driving for abt 10 mins...we decided to hit the highway and head nicosia the capital city....so i stepped on the gas...(even though was fined 2500 rs for speeding the previous day)..and touched the highway...heading towards nicosia ..a good 85 km covered in 45 mins...was a chilly cold night..thank god we had woollens...there sarvo took the car and we roamed in the city...for some time...finding place to park...we bought something to eat and drink...and then we took off for the turkish republic of cyprus..not knowing the route we landed up outside the nicosia jail...first...and then outside a UN post..with 2 soldiers carrying guns and looking at us...we showed them our passport and they gladly helped us on our way....reached the turkish cyprus border at 3 am...and the police guy checks our docs...and asks ..what the hell were we doing there at 3 am...unfortunately the guy who does car insurance for the turkish cyprus would come at 7 am...so we head back to the town centre...i said lets go home but sarvo insisted we had come all the way not to go home...so i agreed..and we slept in the car till 7 am...got up and freshened ourselves..bought snacks...filled petrol and went to the turkish gates...did insurance..got visa..and entered an unknown place....not having any map..with no cell coverage...but we went on....saw turkish flags on all lamp posts and almost all buildings there...saw a mountain with turkish flag in huge imprint on it...they actually carved out the flag on the mountain....took a left and reached the higway...sarvo had the wheel...and we went on for abt 100 km...reached a military base...where the soldier looked suspiciously...we showed our docs and were left with no trouble...so we drove on..and reached a small village..with small mountains on one side and ocean on the other...a place of beauty....we took the car on the kaccha mountain roads...and the car happily obliged...had some food and then took on towards the nothern most tip of cyprus..driving and driving at abt 100 kmph for 2-3 hrs..later we reached what is perhaps without any doubt the most beautiful place i have ever seen till date in my life...the parallel road along the ocean the valleys and mountains and trees on the other side....nature at its best to thrill us....what joy....
at abt 3 pm..decided its time to head home...sarvo drove till the turkish gate..where in between we were stopped by police for routine check....at the border i showed my passport which had the turkish visa paper seeing which the officer got angry and said not to show him anything turkish else he would shoot us dead..got scared ..said sorry and he left us....reached the town centre...at 5 pm ...freshened up...filled petrol...i took the steering..sarvo was too tired...so went backseat to sleep...
nothing bad had occured to us or the car...was a perfect trip till...
at the highway...me tired but awake and in control of the car..sarvo sleeping behind..car at 120kmph...pitch dark at 6 pm evening...nice music..and suddenly the handbrake lights start glowing....got so scared..with me alone awake...on the higway dark at 120 speed....but i kept cool....checked the handbrakes...other brake..reduced speed a little..and found out only problem with the handbrake indicator...nothing to worry..but those 5 mins were scary and tense...
reached home at 7 pm....took a bath..and hit the bed....and woke up today 9 nov at 8 am....and so the drive of my life...came to a happy ...wonderful..end.....
3 comments:
That was a nice one!!! Though i think it was a little difficult to read and you know why!!!
However I must admit that you have increased my enthusiasm to go the full mile as soon as possible!!!
Guess will do it soon, and with luck before your insurance expires!!!
i dont know u ...but got the link from sarvo's orkut album...brilliant journey dude....and stuff is also written pretty well.....
sorry forgot to mention my name....its alankar...sarvo's insti friend....
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