We made this journey to southern part of India in June. This was Shaurya's first journey outside the state. He took his first flight from Mumbai to Bangalore on 1st June. We stayed in Bangalore that night and next day left for Salem to attend Sailaja's wedding. We had Yearcaud, Kodaikanal, Munnar, Ooty and Mysore on the itinerary. It was very nice till Munnar. We enjoyed the green surroundings and cool weather of hills. Away from pollution and noise. It was in Munnar that I and Manasi both got food poisoning. By the time we reached Ooty I was completely down with fever and vomiting. I took medical care in Ooty itself. Manasi was in a little better shape till now. We decided to leave for Bangalore the very next day. I was feeling much better the next day. But the poisoning was starting to affect Manasi now. As soon as we reached Bangalore Manasi was completely down. She was having severe stomach pains. We stayed in Bangalore for another 2 days. Manasi had to take medical care in Bangalore itself and when we got back to Mumbai she was admitted to hospital. She stayed in hospital for 2 days.It was very difficult time for Shaurya as well. Luckily we both were not sick at exactly the same time so there was either me or Manasi to look after Shaurya. It could have been worse for him.
Till Munnar it was very nice time that we spent. Shaurya would get into each hotel and would attack the telephone first. We had to disconnect telephones in all the hotels to avoid him calling random numbers. Kodaikanal was the best among the places we visited. Very beautiful and scenic. Shaurya used to get irritated sitting in the cab (Indica) that we had booked for the entire journey. The driver would play old hindi songs to make him sleep. It worked on some occasions but not all. Another big concern was to arrange for his milk and boiling water to sterilize his milk bottles. We were completely on the mercy of the hotels. Luckily all the hotels could arrange it. We would bother them about 5 times a day for milk and water.
It was a good break but got spoiled because of the sickness. It was a big litmus test for us as well to see if we can take Shaurya for such journeys or not. I am not sure about Manasi but i was very concerned at the start of the journey. But i guess it turned out OK. Some pictures of the trip:
Till Munnar it was very nice time that we spent. Shaurya would get into each hotel and would attack the telephone first. We had to disconnect telephones in all the hotels to avoid him calling random numbers. Kodaikanal was the best among the places we visited. Very beautiful and scenic. Shaurya used to get irritated sitting in the cab (Indica) that we had booked for the entire journey. The driver would play old hindi songs to make him sleep. It worked on some occasions but not all. Another big concern was to arrange for his milk and boiling water to sterilize his milk bottles. We were completely on the mercy of the hotels. Luckily all the hotels could arrange it. We would bother them about 5 times a day for milk and water.
It was a good break but got spoiled because of the sickness. It was a big litmus test for us as well to see if we can take Shaurya for such journeys or not. I am not sure about Manasi but i was very concerned at the start of the journey. But i guess it turned out OK. Some pictures of the trip:
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