Thanks to Sai who extended his stay in India by another week and Ranju who flew in from Kolkata, and Agarwal Packers & Movers, the truck loaded with our luggage left for Puttaparthi on 23 Oct evening.And we shifted to MES Inspection Bungalow (a Govt Guest House) on 22nd Oct evening itself.
Very comfortable two nights stay .We finally started our drive from Hyderabad to Puttaparthi in our Maruti Zen Car at 6.30 am on 24 Oct 10 .Reminded us all about our drive from New Delhi to Hyderabad ,when Latha ,myself Ranju & Sai had driven to Hyderabad on 31 Dec 1991 from Delhi in our Maruti Van .And now we were moving away from Hyderabad towards another phase of our exciting journey called Life - with an additional passenger - my 3 year old grandson Achyut .
We travelled on the Hyderabad Bangalore newly constructed Expressway - unbelievably great - I just could not believe that I was driving in India at 120 to 130 kmph on a 6 lane highway.Thoroughly enjoyed the drive. Highlight of the drive was Ranju also driving without even a Learner's driving license (!) which was a reminder that we were still in India only! Covered the 490 km drive in 9 hours including a one hour lunch halt in a dhaba in which the lunch was very tasty indeed.
