We were scheduled to start at 7 PM friday evening and the don calls up at 6 to tell us that a bug (e-bug) had swamped his work and it had to be fixed before he left for his long vacation. Once we reached nirmal's home (9 PM) where the car was, we realised we had packed much more than the car can take. With great hope that colli would carry nothing more than an underwear we lugged in all our rugsacks and prepared to leave (10 PM).
We had not crossed the city limits when we realised that something was missing. After a lot of investigation we found out that the headlight's high beam was not functioning! And so instead of driving to bangalore we drove to a mechanic shop. It took the mechanic more than 2 hours to put his hands up in despair. It was a magical problem that is not to be resolved.
midnight mechanicsWhile colli stretched himself to sleep in his bed in bangalore, giving up on us, I snuggled into the backseat among the bags for a dreamy night, with the comforting thought that balan's experience behind the wheel and nirmal's torchlight would carry us all safely to bangalore.
It was 12:30 AM. And day 1.
ps: The don is known by several names. don balan, balu, ballu, team leader and many more.
Route: Chennai-Kanchipuram-Vellore-Ambur-Vaniyambadi-Krishnagiri-Hosur-Bangalore
Distance: ~ 360 kms
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