There was a marriage to attend on Puneet's hometown so a short trip to Akshaj's nanu-nani house followed by Puneet's hometown Almora for marriage was done.Everybody was so looking forward to see Akshaj since nobody of our relatives has seen him from since he was 6 months old.So being the centre of attention he had blast of a time.First stop his nanu-nani's house he had lots of fun scaring off monkeys. Seeing monkeys he would ape his nanu and would take a stick and say shout on top of his lungs .Since otherwise he rarely speaks loudly my parents were saying at least this way they can hear him speak .He even had his first pipe bath there.Infact he saw his first water-pipe (one to water plants) there .Then he saw hand- pump and ricksaw there first time.He loved jumping on this sofa in nanu's house..
Next stop was Puneet's hometown Almora which is a quite picturisque hill station.It really took lots of efforts to show and explain what are 'mountains' to Akku.Whenever I would say see mountains he would look out and ask where are they ...I am not sure if he really understood !!
Akshaj was really very happy to see his grandparents after a gap of 2 months.Since I had quit work they went back to Almora and Akshaj was so looking forward to seeing them specially his grandfather after the gap.They were quite a team here and he really jumped on his 'godi' when he finally saw him.And rest of the stay was filled with his shouting for him every 5 minutes.I actually went out leaving him under his care for 3-4 hours and he didn't ask for me once .So much for missing mama !!Everybody was saying why do we say that he will cry without his mama-papa he is so happy even without them :-(.
View of Almora:
View of Almora:
For Akshaj, Puneet's paternal house was a blessing as it has lots of stairs and whole time he was doing up-down .He would say 'Mama I coming 2 minutes' 'I go upstairs' and off he would go ..and same he
will tell whoever will be up ..'I coming 2 minutes' 'I coming down' ..and there was no stopping it ..offcourse all this stairclimbing will give everybody mild heart attacks.
Then we went to few temples there ..this is Chittai temple...there are lots and lots of bells there ...if you can any problem you can write a letter and attach with a ganti and tie it here for your wish to come true ..whenever I go there I have a great time reading these letters..people even write on stamp papper and tie it here
Akshaj was beyond happiness seeing so many bells and ringing them...
This is him all dressed up for "ladies sangeet".Ladies sangeet is quite a big ceremony in marriages where all the ladies come out in thier best costumes for a evening of song and dance.Akku enjoyed the ceremony but he enjoyed more when everybody left and he jumped and ran around in the hall.
After marriage we went to a place called 'Ranikhet'.It was such a beautiful picturesuq location -awsome misty climate with mountains covered with clouds...
This is golf ground there ....
And another temple -jhoola devi.This is quite a famous temple there ...
Akku not loosing any opportunity to take his papa for a ride...
Saw some lovely flowers looking like rose ....
And final stop was a shikara boat ride in naukuchial.This was beautiful view of naukuciatal...
And resting in shikara boat after the long journey
And after hard days work this is how he rests in car ..above suticases in dikky
