A Sunday to remember- The Grand Canyon Trip

The story is quite long so where shall I start ok….I’ll start from the very beginning. It was Saturday a very close friend of mine Venky gives me a call saying he is in AZ. I was both surprised and happy so I asked him what plans for the weekend he said he wanted to see Grand Canyon. I said I haven’t seen it personally so lets go. He and Gayatri picked me up at 21:00 AZ time from my place. First we went to his place (I was to sleep over at their place) we were to leave the next morning.

Well we all got up at around 7 am and freshened up had breakfast and decided to drive down. We left at 9 am for a memorable trip to the Grand Canyon. Fueled the car up and then off we went. We selected the North Rim to go …….its the wilder part of the canyon. While driving Venky was really speeding it was a 65 mph hour zone and he was going well over 80 the cop stopped us and we got a ticket that was bad though. We drove and reached mid way to the Grand Canyon and stopped for lunch. It was 12:00 hours Gayatri did some shopping at the store attached to the restaurant some collectibles and stuff. We again started driving heading towards the Grand Canyon we were all wondering why haven’t we reached yet. The GPS was still telling us to go straight……….at that time we figured its not so long and the GPS was wrong (we came to know later that it was right!). Gayatri and me were telling Venky to stop and we’ll click photos here itself but Venky was too determined to stop and he said that we’ll reach there no matter what!! Finally we reached the Grand Canyon at 5.30 in the evening we were all a lil tired(esp Venky poor guy was driving all the time) but full of excitement started taking snaps like typical desis (ofcourse to upload on Orkut or facebook lol)

Then we saw on the tourist guide that there is a sunset point about 15 miles from there we decided to go there on the way the car’s fuel gauge started beeping (low fuel) it was already 19:00 hours and was getting dark. The nearest fuel station was around 45 miles away and our Detroit gas-guzzler would go another 25 if we were cautious. So we decided to head back to the Grand Canyon Lodge to get some fuel. After having dinner and stuff we managed to get some fuel. We started driving back I slept off on the seat and later got up and took over the wheel from Venky and reached home at 5 in the morning. We were all tired and exhausted but a memorable trip over all.

Moral of the trip:

Always do some good research.
Never trust ur GPS
Look at the brighter side of things

An unofficial guide to the US

Well am in the country where everyone wants to be. The United States of America or USA or the US or Uncle Sam for some ppl. Well I like the place really a nice place to be in. People are nice and friendly, very open minded and blah blah but well the one major problem I face is food! the food out here sux! I got sick of mcdonald's in one day and of pizza hut the second. Indian food is too hard to make and too expensive to eat like everyday. Life is hectic I get up at 5.30 for class at 7 and study stuff that is so important that life and death depend on it. Nah! am not studying medicine but to be a pilot! I wonder what attracts people to the United States may be its the green backs or the US dollar the currency in which people want to earn in. Trust me guys those of you coming here or planning to dont expect it to be a joy ride. Trust me you'll feel your going to get laid with the most beautiful woman on the earth but it will be a bed of thorns in which you cant even lie down let alone having sex! hehe. But yeah you'll have a good time just mind your business and dont get too close to anyone. Party once a week thats a compulsory thing........do what you love once a week could be anything................ that kinda keeps you going. Remember one thing dont open your wallet in front of anybody you could be looted nicely!! esp blonde chics. Try to stay in a nice area else you could get hurt!! lol am not kidding. The US you see in the movies, the books and the papers all exist either in fiction or in a place like NYC. The real America is where I stay small town with a few crazy people here and there. Even then this can be considered a city........I once went to see the real Arizona with a friend of mine we went to a place called Buckeye oh gawd that was a real village!!! Miles of endless farm land and no tall buildings at all !!! the tallest building i saw there was prolly the Ford dealership lol. The place was so damn sad I wonder how people stay there. The other day i just got a little curious of Buckeye and searched it on wikipedia this is the link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye%2C_Arizona go and have a look. You'll be surprised.
Remember guys when your coming here be prepared for surprises.....I wasnt. You might like it for the first week or at the most the second week and then you'll feel like going home and trust me dont coz once u kinda get set here and get used to the culture you'll love it!. The other thing is when you come here you'll change and that too for the good you'll look at the world from its own eyes and not yours. You'll learn about most of the world's cultures here you get to meet different people some nice and some not so nice. You'll learn the ways of the world and how good it can be to you and how nasty it can become. You wont be the stuckup a*****e you were and will learn to compromise. Well what more can I say this has been my experience it has changed me and well what I feel for the good. I think I'll stop screwing your mind now ........I know I have bored you guys a lot but read it coz you'll write the very same thing sometime from now and Welcome to America.!!

Peace