Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. (Thomas Carlyle)
If Thomas Carlyle had been with us , he would have been inspired to muse the above "gyan" by our Karjat trip. Credit goes to Mandy for planning a trip which had the feel of an unplanned trip to it. There were notable gaps in planning and action -
Plan - Everybody to meet early in the morning.
Action - Everybody met early in the noon.
Plan - Breakfast at a dabha outside Mumbai.
Action - Breakfast at a tapri outside Mandy's house.
Plan - To take the shortest route out of Mumbai towards Karjat.
Action - plan was good , but no one knew which one was the shortest route.
Plan - To have a wholesome lunch at karjat.
Action - Skip the lunch. Forget the food , there is not a soul in sight . It's off-season !!
Plan - End the evening at karjat.
Action - Enroute to Panvel, planning where to spend the evening. Lonavala or the good old Ashoka.
Although time is never a problem with us , we choose to don the hat of a busy professional on our outings and try and save time wherever the opportunity arises. Driving at speeds of 140+ kmph is not a need but an ecstasy. Vishal got the first hand experience of being a Taxi driver and drove for hours at a stretch , him being the only one on the trip who knew how to drive(although there were plenty of back-seat drivers).
The highlight of the trip was the feeling of being the favourite sons of the goddess when by an extraordinary stroke of luck we witnessed the most splendid "darshan" we had ever expected. Even if it was for a day there was the feeling of being closer to god than devil.
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