It has arrived...much hyped,much awaited..Volvo Ocean Race..the first ever such event organized in an Indian city.Started in Alicante ,Spain ,sailed through the Atlanantic ,nailing the shores of Cape Town ,into the Indian ocean and now onto the beaches of the Queen of Arabian Sea...The life at the extreme continues
...
The mood and the energy
is high in the Volvo Oce
an race village.The atmosphere has a
special aura that we have never witne
ssed.All together its a good experience and a
great feeling the I too became a part of this International event.
Ericsson 4,3s ,Telefonica blue,blacks ,Puma
,green dragon,delta lloyd and team russia -
all came before the scheduled date.I was fortunate enough to spectate the a
rrival of Ericsson 3 ,finished 3rd at the Cochin stop over.There is a lot of
diference in what we see in various sports channels
and what we see in front of our eyes.I was amazed by
the size of the mast and the overall size of the yacht.Itz really
huge,but seeing through the 14 x 14 inche frame itz miniatureized to a considerable scale.A team consist of 11
members and a media
personnel.They were busy folding the wind screen and bayin the yacht to the deck.
Second time I went after the
inaguration of the Race
Village.After the checking ,we scraped into the village.I was fascinated by the festive ambience experinced inside the village.I was also not dissapointed ....coz the collection was beyond my xpectat
ion..The foreign n desi girlz provided the
much neede
entertainment for my rotten eyes.Itz been a long time since my colege days i am doing this.After the terrible queue we steped into the Volvo Showroom.A variety o
f Vovlo cars with all the latest and sophisticated gadgets,truck engine
,propeller and so many engineering systems were very well organized along with
charming young Models .Which was more beautiful?? well i can sey both..!!heh,.neck on neck.!
If the line up for showroom was terrible then the same for simulator was horoundus...!!After tryin out the queue for 15 mintz and realizing that
itz a daunting task,we gave up moved into the Kerala Tourism Trade Fest.Hmm..but this was dissapointing.Showed all the qualities of kerala Government.Most of the stalls were vacant and those there were of poor quality.We brushed the stalls within
5
minutes..stormed into the Food fest auditorium. The odour was irresistible.But our pocket resisted the irresistiblity of our mind.!! For mere satisfation ,we njoyed the Chilli-vada as if we were having hyderabadi dum biriyaani.!Filling our stomach with so called 'satisfaction',we sugared with vanilla cone icecreams.I found out enough time and space for carriying out my skeching work in between these activites...As i was spell-bound i also made the caricature on the beauty of these ladies..Wondering ..heh...without them the event would have been a flop.,life would have been a boring affair..Evensome time I think its for them we men are living for.!!!heh...Its too much to speak about them...As in the case of any festivalz...
I carried my 4 megapixel canon digi cam that proved instumental in framing those precious moments into a 1 gb memory card...to share those moments with my friendz...those who were not able to pride oneself with these flashes.
Well,one can read the technical details about the Volvo ocean race through http://www.cochinoceanrace.com/ .
So,i am not keen on repeating what has been written and said over there.Overall ,the event turned out to be a huge sucess.Claps to the volvo ocean race committee,Cochin port trust, the CSGF personnelz ,local support and mostly the elegant, exuberent ladies who brought the colour and spice to the programme.Really hope this event will be flourishing in the coming years too..
