Drove down to the beach Saturday afternoon. It was a nice cool, windy, fall afternoon although I would have preferred a downcast, cloudy, windy, fall afternoon. The sun was too bright but not as hot. I am not a beach person and I need a good enough excuse to head out there. A friend decided to celebrate his 30th birthday and invited us and some friends over. Since that was a good enough excuse, we decided to go to wish him and fuss around him a bit. I took my camera and a dish along. An unwritten code of conduct within the student community- when there is a party with food involved it is always potluck unless explicitly stated in the invite (mail) not to bring any food. No student can generally afford to feed so many even if its an important milestone in his/her life. The dish soon got lost among all the other dishes people had brought and as always, you don't remember much of what you ate or did not eat. This time I do remember tasting the chocolate cake though.
As the party progressed, off came the party wear and on came the swim wear (quite natural since we were at the beach) and while all the beach lovers had a good time, frolicking in the ocean I, still in my party wear, (yea just felt the need to clarify that) walked around playing with my camera.
On the way back, with the ocean on one side and the mountains on the other - you forget to breathe for a second. I can't help being dramatic because that's how gorgeous it was/is!
To get to the beach you drive along this gorgeous coastline. The only problem is you cannot stop as its the highway and so a lot of missed photo ops.
Sadly I do not swim and neither do I enjoy beaches much, although they are lovely, especially these tucked away secluded ones, away from all the tourist hoopla. But misty, majestic, mountains any day for me.
2 comments:
i was hoping for your swim suit picture. You don't have to swim. We don't get this kind of clarity in India bikkaas of dust in the air. you have some fabulous pictures here e2dees. Wow ! very saturated colours. what dish you made ? uppuma ?
wish it was uppuma. no nothing as fancy ..just some curry with corriander powder and garam masala and i tell people its my grandma's recipe. Always works like a charm!
I know--colors are good. thanks to the miracles of digital photography and post editing.
I a spilling too many secrets here--not good.
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