New Year 2010

New Year 2010

There could be lot of ways to celebrate the New Year. One would want to party all night from 31^st December into the New Year, another would want to get up early in the morning on 1^st and go to some temple. Some may want to watch all the programs in the TV and some may visit their friends and relatives.

I and Shrinidhi decided to catch a glimpse of Chennai from a few feet above. No, certainly no aerial stuff involved here, just travel from Park Station to Velachery and back in the MRTS train and click some snaps. Though there are no great photographs of the city, we did have a good time traveling in the train and again for a short distance in the bike.

We met up in the Park Town station at around 10:30 on Jan 1^st, boarded the train to Velachery and started clicking a few photographs of the city while on the move. When we crossed the Taramani station, we saw some ponds created by recent rains in the city and some water birds. This water could also be from the Pallikaranai Lake, but not sure. We noted the spot so we could return there sometime and proceeded to Velachery. The total travel would not have been more than 45 minutes in the train. Once we got down from the train in Velachery the patterns created by the railway track attracted me. When I tried to take a photograph, a cop stopped me and reminded me of the fact the railways stations are not be photographed, for security reasons. I informed him that I completely forgot the fact and kept the camera inside and thanked him for reminding me. Also thanked God that they did not find me photographing some of the stations when the train stopped. J

I am not posting those pictures, as I do want to cause any security breach.

We came out of the railway complex and walked up a bit to a nearby pond, again I think, created by recent rains. There were some birds, which we photographed and decided return back after strolling a bit for some time. We had an alternate plan, as always, hope you guys did not really believe that we would stuck to our original plans. Did you? Anyway, we got down at Tiruvanmiyur station itself, where Shrinidhi had parked his bike. This time we took the path along the path (there really was none) along the railway track. We reached the Taramani station where we spotted some birds, spent a few minutes there and took a couple of pictures and returned back to Tiruvanmiyur. It was already past noon, so we decided to have some refreshment and return back home.

I got tickets till Nungambakkam station from Tiruvanmiyur, which requires a change over at Park Town. So got down at Park Town and while I was about to cross over to the other platform for my train, I caught sight of some parrots and other birds in the erstwhile Central Jail within the compound on the other side. So, needless to say, I spent a few more minutes there clicking a couple of more pictures and then returned back home for a deserving full meal and nice, short, afternoon nap.

End of story guys, will catch you soon with more updates. Hope you guys also have something to share about the activities of the NEW YEAR 2010.

Here are a few more photos of our Singara Chennai.