Papikondalu Night Stay Trip

We planned for a night stay trip for Papikondalu in the month of Dec 2018. It was an awesome experience to be very close to nature, although there were some minor discomforts.

Our family ( me, wife, elder daughter 11 years and younger daughter 4 years) planned for this trip from Hyderabad. we had two options to start trip either from 1. Bhadrachalam or from 2. Rajahmundry.

we preferred from Rajahmundry primarily due to factor that railway station from city is a bit far from city.
Booked train ticket from Hyderabad in Simhachalan express, that reaches Rajahmundry at around 6 am. We had a plan for one night stay at Rajahmundry as we wanted to explore the city and next day  for one night stay trip to Papikondalu.

For day 1 , I booked a non ac retiring room at station at reasonable price of Rs 190 through online as our hotel check in time for Aditya Palace near Kotipalli bus stand was at 12 PM.
After quick fresh up and breakfast , we went for ISKON temple and Gautami ghat at around 9 am, took an auto from station to ISKON for Rs 60 and is around 3-4 km distance. Spent around an hour at temple and then went to Gautami ghat which is next to Temple. Gautami ghat is very calm place and peaceful environment makes you relaxed. Our kids enjoyed at ghat playing with water, spotting small fish. We had an option to go for boat ride for 20 minutes for Rs 300 but didn't opt as next day anyway we will be on boat. After an hour or so we came back to retiring room and headed for hotel for check-in. Railway retiring room was  ok for quick fresh-up, had spacious room and bathroom. Checked in to hotel and took rest until evening after having delicious Andhra meal in nearby restaurant.

In the evening we went to Pushkar ghat, just missed the aarti as we reached at around 7 pm. Pushkar ghat is around 2 from Aditya palace hotel and auto charged me Rs 50. Spent around 1 hour and then came by walk through the crowded market. Google map showed me a distance of 1.5 km to hotel via market route.

Next day our tour operator Godavari Holidays asked us to report at Kotipally bus stand at 8.15 am. we reached there and paid the rest of tour package amount Rs 7k in cash. he gave two slips one for boat and other one for hut and asked us to board a bus that would take us to boat launch station which is around 1.5 hours journey from Rajahmundry.

Selecting a tour operator and choice of place to stay out of Shivaka and Kolluru hut stay was a difficult task. I had to go through blogs/ reviews to make a decision between Sivaka and Kolluru. I found Sivaka huts better by comparing online photos posted by reviewers, hence decided to go for it. Now coming to tour operator, I was looking for AP Tourism package but it didn't have for night stay package but have for a day tour package. Telangana tourism has night stay package from Bhadrachalam but not from Rajahmundry. Now I was left of option for private tour operators. After going through reviews and website I considered Punnami and Godavari holidays. I was able to connect better with Godavari holidays guys who promised for one separate hut for 4 family members. We settled for deal of Rs 2700 per person and Rs 900 for 4 years child, total Rs 9k. Paid advance amount 2K through online bank transfer and remaining to be paid before tour starts strictly via cash.

After making advance payment, I had to collect written confirmation of tour details, amount agreed etc through email. It was quite evident that tour operator was reluctant to provide anything in writing, However he sent details from one gmail account of Godavari holidays after insistence.

Our bus started at 8.50 am   reached to boat ride point at around 10.30 am. after getting down from bus, we need to walk to the bank of river where multiple boats are waiting. Our boat name was written on receipt as "Mayuri -2", had some challenges in locating it but ultimately found and boarded it. Boat started very soon and served breakfast of idly and upma and it was good. We then moved to first floor of boat in anticipation of wider view of nature.

There were big soundbox , music was being played on the first floor. then one person from boat crew member started entertaining the tourists by dancing, engaging in some kind of dance activity with kids, adults. these activity was somewhat deterrent in enjoying the natural beauty. for all entertainment activity and announcements were made in telugu so i need to rely on fellow passengers so that i do miss important information. somewhat i wasn't comfortable with dance program and loud music being played. at the end of dance program i was forced to pay service tip of Rs 100 to the dance crew.

At around 12.30 pm, lunch was served on boat, it has rice, sambhar, daal, veg curry, pickle and curd. it was good and enjoyed it. it then reached to a place at 1.40 pm and were given 40 minutes to explore. after visit of this temple like place boat returned and dropped few passengers at Kolluru hut. Also picked up few passengers who were supposed to return back from yesterdays trip.

after 15 minutes of ride, we were dropped at Sivaka hut. i had to do followup with boat crew just to make sure that i will be getting down at right place. it was more of your consciousness , crew member wasn't paying any individual attention to passengers. i could imagine, if i am waiting crew member to come and tell me that your destination has come, i would have never landed to my destination, and quite possible i might have gone back to Rajahmundry. Also language barrier was a big challenge as they were not versed with english or hindi.

Now at Sivaka hut, I followed to the crowd for hut allotment, a small reception like place. it was full of chaos as large number of tourist were making request without following any queue. also these reception people had a challenge in understanding english/ hindi, After 15-20 minutes of my wait, they allotted me a hut C33, after collecting my hut receipt, mobile number and pan card details. i saw lot of arguments going on between tourists and reception guys over number of huts allotted, sharing of hut along with other family etc. Overall I felt you need to be lucky enough to get a hut at your terms which you agreed with tour operator. As your operator isn't reachable ( no mobile network), and you are at mercy of reception guys, they aren't polite ones.

One reception boy showed me my hut, it was very close to a row of huts primarily meant for bachelors. i could think of possible nuisances from bachelor group, but consoled myself that there were instruction that alcohol is strictly not allowed.

We kept our luggage, first reaction from family members weren't that great after looking inside hut. hut had around four mattress, two blankets, one light and a fan. somehow family settled. soon we saw tea is being served, grabbed 2 cups of tea , sat Infront of hut and had a sip of tea in calm place. Evening snacks was also served at hut and slightly family started liking the place. I went in search of bathroom and was a bit down after seeing the condition, it wasn't better than the ones maintained at railway stations. Anyway embraced the situation and prepared family as well for it. Roamed in the little colony of our huts, bought one mineral water for Rs 30 from canteen. took some snaps. It was awesome evening, very calm, nice view of mountains, river, liked a lot. Slowly at dawn, temperature was going down, took our jackets. Camp had a nice arrangement of drinking water, street lights, public announcements through loudspeaker( in telugu only). at around 6.30 or so they started selling bamboo chicken Rs 250/ half kg, bought one for family, it was good and there was huge rush to buy it.

Diner was served at 7.30 with chicken and egg curry, two veg curries. We enjoyed the food, also saw people carrying bottles of alcohols towards bachelor lane, got worried but accepted the situation. In the night i felt the entire bachelor lane of around 50 people were drunk, making loud noises among themselves, not a good scene, but refrained if coming out of hut. didn't feel good on overall atmosphere, although they didn't trouble us at all.

Next day got up early in the morning at around 5 am, went for a walk, felt good at it was engulfed in fog, sunrise was good, took lot of photographs. finished daily chores and had cup of tea being served since 6 am.
it was announced that breakfast will be served at 7.30 am, followed by a trekking to water flow, lunch will be served at 12 pm. those opting for Bhadrachalam drop should be ready by 12.30 as Krishna boat will be coming and for Rajahmundry, we should be ready by 1.30.

We had a nice breakfast of idly, chutney and upma. then started for water flow which was around 1 km from camp and had a slight climbing. in the rout saw orange trees with fruits tried to pluck one, got one. shared among our family, it was awesome. reached the waterflow at 10 am, it was very clean although not deep, hardly 2 feet , i couldn't resist of taking bath. enjoyed a lot . Came back to camp around 11 am, packed our baggage and proceeded for lunch. it was good lunch with chicken and fish.

Bhadrachalam boat came at 1.30 pm. camp guys asked to vacate the hut and wait near boat point. they didn't mention boat name, but said boat crew member will announce you name and tour operator name. again i need to be watchful not to miss my boat. at 3 pm, 3 boats came and one them were announcing my name, identified the boat, made our way through crowds. In the boat again there were entertainment program, dancing, they served tea and light snack. asked for service tip at the end. return journey on boat was completed in 1 hour 45 minutes. i asked crew member about the bus for return to Rajahmundry, but didn't got firm answer. moved to bus parking area, followed crowd, kept asking drivers mentioning my tour operator after some anxious moment, found my bus. my Idea , Jio didn't had network so couldn't contact tour operator.  Started bus journey and reached Rajahmundry Kotipally bus stand at around 7 pm.

Overall It was a pleasant experience.

Unwanted Promotional Call and SMS - Want to cut down ?

I have been always wondering how come all banks in India know my mobile number? These banks or their so called agents cum executives keep calling every day at least 2 to 3 times in a day despite the fact that my number was registered for DND with full block category since 2016. No matter how many times you ask them to stop, talk in rude manner no impact. Once my number was there in the system, it will call you with energetic tone to offer their product -- "Personal Loan", "Credit Card". On top of it off late I started receiving SMS as well.

Tired of everything , was looking for some option to stop it. Out of all these calls one was very irritating and disturbing was from Bajaj Finance. All I can imagine that this call was originating from Delhi, NCR location. I shared these details of unwanted call to Bajaj Finance customer care, their grievance department and to the last escalation level i.e MD. All the time I got a response that my concern has been forwarded to concerned department and call will be stopped in next 28 hours. Never mind they still kept calling and still calling. So frustrated from Bajaj Finance that I don't even consider buying any product related to Bajaj group now( this I conveyed to their MD) as well in email.

while doing search on google, I got to know that I can complain for unwanted call through SMS to 1909 in some specific format. This can be found at TRAI website. I tried this option and it wasn't that convenient as you need to copy the number and put dates in specific format when the call was made. You get a tracking number which wasn't easy to remember at all. I was getting updates within 7 days after lodging the complain, but update didn't have enough information what action were taken.

Then I got to know about DND 2.0 app from TRAI. Initially when I downloaded on my Android app, it didn't work, was unable to sign in despite providing all details. Later I updated my smart phone with latest updates available for android OS. Again I downloaded the DND app, this time DND app worked.

This app was very convenient for me to lodge a complain, not only for voice call but also to SMS. The moment I get a call for personal loan, I will cut the call immediately and go to the app and report the complain. This app has list of call logs and sms logs, all you need to do is select a specific call and select the category of unwanted call, put some description about call and submit it. So easy !!!!. You get tracking details of your complain through sms. It appears that app displays the status of last 10 complaints made.

The best part of the app is that you get the status of your complaints made with enough description of resolution. for example it shows that subscriber has been disconnected based on my complaint. If complaints aren't resolved, it shows the reason as well like CDR not matched( not sure what does this means) etc.

Overall with the help of app, I have been able to report the unwanted call very quickly and this has reduced the call significantly by almost 80% in my case. I still get call but once or twice in a week. I am hoping this will further go down.

Driving license in Hyderabad

I had my previous driving license from other state and its validity expired on on Jan 2016. Hence I had to apply for new driving license for
 2 wheeler with gear and LMV. I inquired from agent and the lowest quote I got was Rs 2500 and I will have to go to RTA OFFICE two times one for learner's license test and second for driving test.

I thought of giving a try on my own.From google search and RTA website , I came to know that first step was to clear online test. I booked online slot in Dec 2015. It costed me Rs 90 and paid through net banking online. Now the real challenge was how to prepare for exam. I got to know that there are books available to prepare exam and is available with Xerox centers in front of RTA office(mine was Attapur RTA) hence bought one for Rs 20 (Twenty). This book has around 800 questions with answers and was really helpful , had so many good information that a responsible driver should know. Since most of the information was new for me, I took some time to understand the questions and get to know the answers. It took me around 4 days with 2 hour each day to go through around 400 questions. After going through this book I was very confident that I know something with traffic rules. I would recommend all to read this book even if you are not applying driving license as it has many good information on traffic rules, signs etc.

Exam day arrived, reached with all xerox and original of my photo id and address proof to RTA. I had to approach to a counter to get a slip after showing my application form. from there I went to camera room where they took my photographs and digital signature.

I submitted my application form along with slip to a police officer who was conducting online test. My turn came for exam, I was given a desktop where he fed my application number and briefed me that I have 10 minutes to complete exam and will get 20 questions. Not sure if he told me that I need to have 12 answers correct in order to pass the exam. I started and voila, all questions were familiar to me, thanks to the book. after attempting 14 questions in five minutes I got a pop up on screen "Congratulations, you have passed the test...". I showed it to police officer who asked me to wait outside. After 30 minutes he called my name and gave a printout and this was my Driving License. 

Once we receive driving license , we are supposed to go driving test after a month. Validity of learners license is six months. I planned to go for driving test in Feb 2016 by paying fee online Rs 525 and driving track I selected was Kondapur. I googled a lot for driving test video and got couple of one from Gujarat, Bangalore and one for Kondapur track as well.  But I wasn't very sure what tests I had to give i.e. 8 track, H track etc for LMV and was totally clueless for two wheeler track.

Was also confused if I complete LMV test first, will they give me enough time to bring two wheeler and complete two wheeler test.

Driving test day arrived, reached to Kondapur RTA office, after few inquiries, I went to one counter to get slip. Went to another counter near driving test track and asked me to through the test by bringing my car. there are information on big boards what tests you have to take. I did 8 track test, H test and one more test where I was supposed to reverse back in narrow dead end lane, this I never saw in any online YouTube video. Completed successfully this LMV test. Now officer asked me to go for two wheeler test. A big question for me how do I get two wheeler immediately. I requested one gentleman to borrow his motorcycle and he kindly agreed. this was an easy one and finally went to officer to inform him that I have completed all my tests. Officer noted all my vehicle nos( four wheeler & 2 wheeler) and gave me a slip with a stamp which says I have passed driving test. almost after 10 days I received my original license through speed post.

Overall it was a very nice experience and felt good that I got driving license on my own. Hope this post should help to those who have plan to get driving license on his own. I haven't mentioned in details of documents required as its well explained in RTA site when you fill your Application form.

Thanks for reading this blog.

Transfer of PPF account from Post Office to SBI

I have opened my PPF account in the year 2004 at Post Office in New Delhi, subsequently I changed my job and relocated to Hyderabad. At the same time I got transferred my PF account from Post office, New Delhi to Post Office in Secunderabad. Believe me the process of transfer of PPF account from one post office to another post office is pretty fast(almost took 2 weeks).

However I was somewhat not very comfortable in carrying out activities related to PPF account with post office for example to update your passbook I need to stand in queue, when your turn comes the clerk will try to locate the register in which my PPF account entries are there(despite the fact that there is a PC on his desk). Not only that if you are paying via cheque, you need to go to Post office two times, second time to get your entries updated in your passbook(they will wait the cheque to be cleared before they put transaction in your passbook).

When I shifted my house from Begumpet to Attapur, maintaining the PPF account became a nightmare for me as my nearest Hyderguda post office didn't have PPF account facility. I started finding an alternative option for it. The only option I had to transfer the account to nearby nationalized bank. I zeroed on SBI bank.

I met to the branch manager of SBI bank and asked him the procedure for transfer of account from Post office to SBI. His first answer was Its not possible. My all dream shattered. I came back and tried to google about the possibility of such transfer. I got the information from SBI web site (try to search for PPF in SBI website) that PPF account can be transferred from Post Office to SBI and vice versa.

After 2-3 months I took the printout and again approached to Branch manager, this time he said I need to request for transfer at Post office where my account is. In my passbook also its mentioned that the above transfer is possible( i never read the detailed information in my passbook in past).

Then I approached to my post office and enquired with the clerk about the process. He again said its not possible. I immediately showed him the its written in the passbook. Then I was asked to talk to postmaster. Postmaster asked me to write a plain application , fill up the account transfer form SB(10)B and submit it with original PPF passbook. I also submitted photocopy of PAN, SBI passbook and address proof.

After one week I checked with Head post office and they informed me that its in process and by next Monday they will dispatch the transfer documents to SBI and may be after one week I can collect the passbook from SBI. Let me see what happens next.....

25-Jan-2012: Finally my PPF account got opened with SBI and I can see the PPF account balance online. I also collected a new PPF passbook issued by SBI.

Overall I am very happy with this transfer as I can deposit money and can see the balance online.

Thanks to all the people of Post Office and SBI which helped me during this transfer process.

My trip to Ellora

We planned to visit Ellora caves and Shirdi temple few days back from Hyderabad.I thought of taking the APSRTC tour package but dropped the idea because we prefer train journey.

I booked train ticket from Secunderabad to Auranagabad and from Manmad to Begumpet(Secunderabad) for return journey.

We started on Saturday evening from Secunderabad and reached Auranagabad on Sunday morning around 5 am. With the help of autorickshaw driver, we could find the budget hotel near to railway station.We took the budget hotel as we planned to leave for Shirdi same evening. Ellora caves are around 25 kms from Aurangabad. You have plenty of options to visit caves a)MTDC daily tour package (starts at 9.30 am and finishes at around 4 -5 PM) b) Taxi (it should cost you around Rs. 750) c) Auto (it costs around Rs. 500).

Apart from Ellora caves, one can visit Daulatabad Fort,a Shiv temple near to Ellora caves, Bibi Ka Makbara(replica of Taj Mahal). We first talked to an auto driver and was very co-operative and polite so decided to visit all places in auto. Weather was pleasant (22nd August 2010).

On the way to Ellora caves, we first visited Daulatabad fort. Its a very big one and probably its interesting for some one who loves history. We saw canons,museum, a temple (Bharat Mata) etc. We spent nearly 1 hour here and had to walk a lot.

Then we proceeded for Ellora caves.Before going to Ellora caves, auto driver took us to a Shiv temple(its a part of twelve Jyotriling). We could not go inside the temple as there was heavy rush due to Sravan month. Caves are around 1-2 kms from this Shiv temple. Parking space is very near to Cave no 16. We started visiting the Caves from 16. This is the biggest of all and very impressive. We were really stunned to see the stone work of our ancesters. How did they manage to make caves in rocky mountains and carve the statues. Its really amazing !!!. We then tried to visit other caves till cave no 6. By this time we were all exhausted as it needs too much of walking , climbing stairs. Overall it was too good and we really liked it.

After visting Ellora caves, Auto drivers took us to Bibi ka Makbara. Looks like Aurangjeb made the replica of Taj Mahal for his wife. Its a mini replica of Taj Mahal but its not made up of marble completely. Its worth of seeing.

We came back to our hotel around 2 PM after visiting all the above place.Our next destiny was Shirdi. Shirdi is around 154 Kms from Aurangabad and we have regular bus services from Central Bus stataion ,Aurangabad. We decided to start from Aurnagabad at 4 PM. We reached to Aurangabad Bus station at around 4.15 PM and in 15 minutes we got one bus for Shirdi.It took nearly 3 hours to reach Shirdi. More about Shirdi in my next blog....

Two wheeler Registration process in Hyderabad RTA

*****31-Oct-2017:Prashant has shared latest process in his blog. I am adding the link at the end of this blog.

This post was written in Feb 2010 and there seems to be some change in process, Please look at the comments posted by RajaSekhar (28 April 2017) in user comments section. Thanks*****

Last month I purchased a new Honda Activa (Two wheeler) in Hyderabad. I was a bit anxious before this deal as dealer said I need to take care of vehicle registration process. However he assured me that he has got some agents who can do this process of my behalf but will charge somewhere Rs 1000.

After enquiring the RTA Hyderebad site I was confident that two wheeler registration should not cost me more that Rs 200.I decided to give a try.

After a week of purchase of my vehicle, I went to RTA office, Kondapur. Finding the correct RTA office is a tough task. Dealer gave me the information about the RTA office and its address.

I was carrying all the documents provided by dealer 1. Form 20 2. Form 21 3. Form 22 4. Life Tax Receipt 5. Temp Registration certificate 6. Original Invoice 7. Insurance copy

Apart from this I carried following documents 1. Xerox of PAN card (Identity proof) 2. Address proof 3.Passport size photograph 4. Self addressed envelop(for dispatch of RC)

I also carried a pencil to take impression of Engine no and Chassis number.

I reached the office at 10.30 am. I noticed a paper pasted on the wall near to the counter which lists all the document required for registration. I arranged the documents according to the list and in the same order. Approached to the counter. The officer had a look at my application form and tried to search in the computer. It seems entry against my vehicle was not available so he asked me to wait for another 30 min. After 1 hour or so he accepted my application and received fee of Rs 185 (Registration charge 160 + Rs 25 towards postal charge) and issued one receipt. He asked me to go for Vehicle inspection. There was different queue for vehicle inspection. After waiting for around 15 minutes my turn came. vehicle inspector asked me to read the engine and chassis number. I had some difficulty in locating these numbers as its punched in the lower part of vehicle. One gentleman helped me in this task.
MVI asked me take the impression of Engine no and chassis no on the application number. I did it with great difficulty with 20% accuracy.The impression was not readable at all. Anyway I submitted this application form to MVI and he informed me that I should be getting the RC within 7 days by post. The entire process took me around 2 hours.

Exactly withing a week I received my RC by post.

Applying for new vehicle registration has been made very simple and we should take the benefit of it. there is no need to go through any agents. Hope this post help to the people looking for new vehicle registration.

Prashanth's blog: http://newbikereg.blogspot.in/2017/10/new-bike-registration-in-hyderabad.html

My First UK Trip - Second Part

The excitement of my first trip to UK was beyond to any one's imaginations.

Keeping my cabin baggage at my shoulders and holding my passport with boarding pass, I entered into aircraft, well greeted by crew staff and got a direction to move to my seat.

I had taken domestic flights in the past and was not so comfortable the seats. It was too congested for me and feel very uncomfortable as seats are not full push back. I had a notion in my mind that international flights must be having spacious seating arrangements because people travel for longer hours and of course its an international flight.

As I approached to economy class seats, I could see the people struggling to get into the seats. This was the first shock I got ! I could not digest that I will be seating in this congested seat for around 10 hours, that too I haven't slept last night. I felt like shouting... but controlled myself...I kept my baggage and seated myself in the middle seat with lot of patience. I have heard that British people have good patience so have I !

I tried to console myself that I have a small TV for me. I could push back my seat a little bit...

I got seated in the middle seat... so you can imagine how comfortable I was..

Flight took off, I kept my eyes on the watch to calculate how much time is left to reach Heathrow airport. I just played with the menu bar of TV and got map of the running flight. So I was able to see flight route, country/ocean over which the aircraft is flying, IST time, GMT time etc.

Now it was the turn of aircraft crew members to keep us happy. They served hot breakfast with small dosa. Dosa was really tasty but It was not dosa at all. They kept on serving juices, water, snacks, meal at the interval of 1-2 hours. I tried to take small nap but could not as seat was not at all comfortable for me and if at all I get to sleep, air hostess will start serving something to you. I tried to spend my time talking to colleague who was seating next to me.

Anyway my 10 hours journey went off well. There was a final announcement for fastening the seat belts as the aircraft was about to land. I have seen a documentary in Discovery channel about Heathrow airport. It showed Heathrow is one of busiest airport in the world and hardly there is a difference of 60 second between the take offs / landing of two aircraft, and how the aircraft are made to descend in a cylindrical route. It was very interesting documentary.

We got down at airport at around 12.10 PM(GMT) at terminal number 5. No idea where to go, just followed the crowd. After going down to 2-3 floors, we found one train and boarded the same. I another 2-3 minutes we got down and went for Immigration check. Officer asked some questions and finally we came to collect our checked in luggage. At the entrance of airport, office cab was waiting for us. There was not much rush at the airport unlike in India.

We happily departed for our final destination to 2 Moselwalk, Pereborough. It took around 2 hours and we reached at around 3 PM(GMT) and it should be around 7.30 PM in India. Our HR manager was waiting for us near the house. She showed us the rooms and other arrangements and got the keys of rooms.

I was really happy to see the House. Its really neat and clean, well carpeted. Even bathroom floor has carpet. Really surprised how could they maintain it neat and clean. Fantastic ! Awesome !

Once my HR manager left, I realized my wife must be waiting to hear from me. I took out my laptop, comfortably plugged in and started. I searched for User Id and password for WiFi connection in the welcome kit given by my manager. Configured my laptop successfully. I had a feedback from my colleagues that the our accommodation will have WiFi facility, so i was prepared for that.
Opened the yahoo mail and passed on the message to my elder brother who was waiting for me. In turn he passed on the message to our parents, my wife. I could not chat immediately as I did not installed either Yahoo messenger or gTalk. Could not install yahoo messenger as my Vista was having some problem. Installed gtalk successfully and it became the primary mode of communication with all my family members during my stay in UK. I did install sKype for video chatting but later on I found it very convenient to make international calls. Although rates are slightly higher but its vary comfortable and provides good quality of service.
I also used one free sms website to send mobile messages to relatives on the first day. Its really worked and was very helpful.
We had our first dinner as Maggie. I was wondering what could be the time. Looked at the watch .. It was around 8 PM(GMT) and still we could see Sun! I believe the Sunset happened somewhere around 9 PM. It was a pleasant weather in Peter borough, temperature could have been around 19-20 degree Celsius. Its summer here probably it is similar to winter in India. I thought if this climate is summer then imagine how the winter will be. Thank god I came in right time to UK. I have too much of problem of cold weather.
Tiredness and fatigue of journey made me to sleep at around 10 PM but got up early in the morning, may be around 5 am. It was Sunday. Switched my laptop and found my elder brother on Yahoo web messenger.I had my first voice chatting with brother on gTalk and felt relaxed. I talked at length , told him about my journey etc. I managed to call my wife to cybercafe for voice chatting and felt even more relaxed.
It was a nice start in UK.......