After spending some 1.5 hours in Kurli beach on day 3, we returned
and went to the that unknown beach which we found 1 KM before Kurli. Now Mandvi
was off our list following the review of that old uncle. By that time shops
were open and we stopped on one for Vada-Pav
and Chai.
That unknown beach now had some 6-7 cars in parking area. We
went on the beach with our stuff and as soon as we settled down, my husband drew
a line and he and his friend were off running.
We two girls sat there eating
something and clicking selfies. We too decided to go for running. After some
15-20 minutes, boys came with a handfull of shells and some star-fish.
Then we girls
started running cum walking and collecting shells in between. My friend is so
sweet in talking and an easy going girl. We were running, walking, picking
shells and of course talking also. For some time we were in sand and then I
suggested to walk in water. Water was cold and soothing to feet. She asked if I knew the story of Bagula aur Machli . I didn’t know, so
she started narrating it for me.
Ek bagula tha jo ek
din machliyon k paas pahucha aur khne lga main tum logo se dosti krna chahta
hoon. Maine machliyan khani band kr di hai aur main sadhu ban gya hoon. Tum log
mujhse dosti kr skte ho. Machliyan hairan pareshan, aisa kaise ho skta hai. Wo
apni rani k pas gayi. Wha bagule ne aur bi badha k baat ki. Main kuch bi
khaunga piyunga nhi. Tum log mujhe apna dost bna lo. Rani ne socha ki ye itna
kar rha hai, sadhu bi ban gya hai to ek baar dost bana k dekhne me kya harj
hai. Bagula bola, tum log mujhe bas pani me khde rhne ki ijajat de dena. Nhi to
aise bhookhe pyase to main mar jaunga. Rani machli ne haan kr di. Bagula to
bagula hai, wo roj sbse last ki machli ko kha leta. Isse bagule ka kam bi ho
rha tha aur kisi ko pta bi nhi chlta ki piche kya hua. Kuch dino baad jab
machliyon ki population thodi kam dikhi to rani ko shaq hua. Usne socha ki main
aj sbse piche rhungi..dekhu ye bagula krta kya hai.
And suddenly we were knee deep down in water. Some 2 minutes
before water was only ankle deep and it came above our knee in just one wave.
We got imbalanced also. One more wave was on the way and we feared of water
coming up to our shoulder in this one. We hold each others hand and came out
of the water. How did it happen in 2 min? She asked to return back. Fear was
visible on our faces. We have come very far. Later on we guessed, might be
because we were too immersed in story to notice that we were in some area which
was below the normal level and water just filled up there. Anyways it was very
scary.
But in between all this, story remained incomplete. :). If anyone of you knows
this story, please let me know what Rani
Machli did afterwards.
Now because I was soaked, I too went in water. And once we
were in water, we were in there for 3 hours. Many people came and went, but we
were still there enjoying. And I was thankful that I came in capris and not in jeans :). My husband realized,
this was what was missing from the trip and that’s why this trip was not at all
looking like Ratnagiri trip to him :).
Every now and then we were discussing of getting late, but no one wanted to
come out. Finally when it was 12:15 PM we came out as check out time from hotel
was 12:00 PM. Hurriedly we went to hotel and took shower in record 15 min and
checked out.
All our plans of visiting 2-3 more places were crashed and
we were late also as we planned to leave Ratnagiri by 12:00 PM. Finally we were
able to start from hotel at 1:00 PM and were yet to have lunch. Decided to have
lunch somewhere in between in some dhaba
once we would reach highway.
At around 1:30 PM we stopped at one hotel. And food there
was super delicious. We had a full 3 course meal there, which cost us almost
1:45 hours (initially we reserved only 1 hour for lunch). One guy there in
hotel was doing everything from taking orders to serving and everything. Every
table in hotel was full and he was running from this table to that table, yet
he was super cool. I mean ‘coolness uske
chehre se tapak rhi thi. Aisa lag rha tha apni life me ye kabhi gussa hua hi
nhi hoga’.
Finally we started at 3:15 PM from there, late by almost 2
hours. Due to some traffic here and there, reached Pune safely at 9:30 PM.
Happy Ghumakkadi :)
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