Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Flying between the clouds

Imagining something is totally different from actually experiencing it. When you experience you get to know the real beauty and at the same time the immense pleasure and joy.
Travelling in an Aeroplane is something which always fascinated me. I really wanted to know how it would be like when you are actually travelling in a plane. Being a SE, I got a chance to work in a project which had got to do everything about airplanes, airports etc. After working in such a kind of project and after acquiring good domain knowledge, my urge to fly increased.
Finally a fine day arrived when I got to know that all my
team members would be going on a trip to Goa and that
the onward journey we would be traveling in flight. My joy knew no bounds. Although the journey time between Bangalore to Goa was only for 45 mins but still that would be my first time plane experience.
I made all preparations two days ahead of my journey.The day finally arrived. We were supposed to catch flight at 3.15, so we reached BIA at 2 p.m. We quickly checked in all our luggages and collected our boarding passes. By 3.00 I stepped inside the plane, the plane which was ready to give wings to my dreams and change it into a reality. The airhostess told about all the safety measures and then the plane started. It started moving and by the time it took a turn before it could take off, my heart started beating fast. I had my collegue and my good friend who had already experienced this. She explained to me everything. It was announced that the plane would take off.I could hear the sound which was increasing at the same rate as my heartbeat. Finally the plane took off and I could see that I had started going away from the land and then flying :). Fortunately I was seated next to window, so I could see the clouds which stared moving slowly beside me. There was only land seen below, with not much green patches. This had to be as we were flying on top of Bangalore. The time flew. We took some snaps inside the plane. I was eager to reach Goa, where we had planned a list of things to enjoy but at the same time hoping that this journey should go on for some more time. As we reached near to Goa i could see the green and blue patches appearing below since this was a land with beaches and thick forest. The flight landed at 4.10 p.m. My dream had been turned to reality. I was very happy.Thinking about the beautiful beaches of Goa I reached my Hotel Casa De Goa, Calangute where I would spend the next two days.