back to mumbai...
days after my first drive to mumbai alone... there was a need for another one... but this one for work.
so this time i had a few meetings scheduled and one night stay over needed as the meetings were scheduled over a span of 2 days,
i have stayed at andheri twice and this time i had to stay over at thane.
since i was to go alone, i decided to drive myself down than take a cab...
tuesday (day before y'day) i left home at 8 am and after a cumbersome drive thru the city, reached thane 4 hours later... around 1150 am.
meeting was at 12 and i was bang on time... except... i didnt take a single stop while driving and i really needed to use the rest room!
the meeting began immediately... and without even a cup of tea... went on for over an hour... i was starved since i skipped breakfast and the 4 hour drive and especially the last hour and a half thru some small roads in mumbai,thane had already taken the daylights out of me... finally lunch and another meeting post lunch... then i found the hotel and crashed... thankfully hotel was very close... i wasnt in a state to drive even 2 kms more... after a nap... had to finish off some office work, ordered dinner and went back to sleep.
next morning... drove from thane to andheri... a nice 2 hour drive... for another meeting. Post the meeting... it took me 2 more hours to drive from andheri to panvel through powai, thane and god knows which other places in mumbai... had already done some 100kms within mumbai that day with 4 hours on the road and TIRED was an understatement.
Had stopped over at ashwinis place in panvel for a cup of tea and she asked me to stay back and leave in the morning... seemed like a nice plan so crashed at her place...
left mumbai at 7 am and directly drove into work at 10 am today...
by lunch i was almost DEAD and still had meetings to go in the afternoon!
Have driven around 600 kms in the last 3 days and most of it alone....
phew!! i know i love driving but i think i overdid it slightly this time!
so this time i had a few meetings scheduled and one night stay over needed as the meetings were scheduled over a span of 2 days,
i have stayed at andheri twice and this time i had to stay over at thane.
since i was to go alone, i decided to drive myself down than take a cab...
tuesday (day before y'day) i left home at 8 am and after a cumbersome drive thru the city, reached thane 4 hours later... around 1150 am.
meeting was at 12 and i was bang on time... except... i didnt take a single stop while driving and i really needed to use the rest room!
the meeting began immediately... and without even a cup of tea... went on for over an hour... i was starved since i skipped breakfast and the 4 hour drive and especially the last hour and a half thru some small roads in mumbai,thane had already taken the daylights out of me... finally lunch and another meeting post lunch... then i found the hotel and crashed... thankfully hotel was very close... i wasnt in a state to drive even 2 kms more... after a nap... had to finish off some office work, ordered dinner and went back to sleep.
next morning... drove from thane to andheri... a nice 2 hour drive... for another meeting. Post the meeting... it took me 2 more hours to drive from andheri to panvel through powai, thane and god knows which other places in mumbai... had already done some 100kms within mumbai that day with 4 hours on the road and TIRED was an understatement.
Had stopped over at ashwinis place in panvel for a cup of tea and she asked me to stay back and leave in the morning... seemed like a nice plan so crashed at her place...
left mumbai at 7 am and directly drove into work at 10 am today...
by lunch i was almost DEAD and still had meetings to go in the afternoon!
Have driven around 600 kms in the last 3 days and most of it alone....
phew!! i know i love driving but i think i overdid it slightly this time!