Rumble in the Jungle - Report

speedzak · 5th January 2007, 11:38

A distant view of the Athirappilly waterfalls.

A funny but true Warning sign!!

Parental Responsibilities!!!

Steeroid wants to do some exercise by doing some push ups!! Then decides to give up!!

speedzak · 5th January 2007, 11:49

A closer view of the falls!!

Godfather · 5th January 2007, 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedzak

A funny but true Warning sign!!

!!

Ummm..what exactly does the sign say?? Not all of us here can read that..

Godfather

supremeBaleno · 5th January 2007, 12:21

Stresses the importance of forests in our life.

A close translation wouldbe :
If forests are gone, our land is doomed.
And if land is doomed, the people are doomed.

jkdas · 5th January 2007, 12:45

When we heard from Wildcard that he infact did have a pair of Pugs ( champion male/female! ) and 5 puppies we all literally ran outside his house to check the dogs. I remember his mother-in-law coming behind us to serve the tea when we ran off ignoring her!!!

I think this would be the only tbhp meet where all 5 cars got washed in the morn before the start of the second round.

On the way downhill to aanamalai (pollachi) we saw a Pajero driving uphill and teh co-driver holding the grab rail as if he was scared to death when he saw the hair pin turns. Some how saw him closely said he was some film actor.

Steeroid · 5th January 2007, 21:35

You know, I really dont drink. But if you insist I'll have some whiskey with Gatorade....

His dad did the drinking, but Duboy's the one who got high:

Zakkie calms Quicksilver down as Steeroid instigates him to go for the nuts in this tribal morning wake-up custom. The person under the blanket is unknown, but will not remain unheard for long:

The man who got the boot was Zakkie's good friend Taha and so Sriram (Quicksilver) has been banished:

If only you'd listened to my advice and bought a smaller vehicle you wouldnt have so much trouble cleaning, says Zakkie to Steeroid as he cleans up the car before he leaves following Zakkie's henious act of banishing Quicksilver.

Are you sure you want to leave without me? I'm gonna use my Kryptonian powers and lift the rear wheels of that stupid SUV off the road if you do...

Duboy actually carried out his threat and everyone had to leave the car and hoof it. JK was so scared by Duboy's antics he had to take a leak...I wonder which unlucky soul gets to drink THAT lot of tea!

Meanwhile, the fleeing Quicksilver's car was caught at the next tea factory where he was found while (what else?) cleaning his car!

Zakkie gave chase to extract revenge for the morning's cruel crime, and Quicksilver was last seen jumping off THIS:

Unable to bear the sight of his father's cruel behaviour, Zakkie's son takes out his frustration on the car:

The cops were called in and once he saw THIS, Zakkie was sure that he'd be followed WHEREVER HE GOES:

Meanwhile Quicksilver had floated down the river to a reservoir near Pollachi where he rescued and revived by another TBHP member WildCard, who happens to be a doctor.

Quicksilver recounting his tale of woe to Dr Madhavan (WildCard) while Steeroid consoles him:

and Zakkie's elder son breaks into an Eminem jig when he hears that his dad was the Real Slim Shady

Despite the distracting entertainment, Zakkie is found guilty by the cops. After goodbyes to the family, the man is sent to do his time:

while the rest of the gang meet up to discuss his fate and finish the liquor

quicksilver · 5th January 2007, 22:09

WOW!!! that was a good one Steer....

nosfreak · 5th January 2007, 23:14

wonderful pictures guys. Gald you guys had a great meet. I will be down in Kerala near may/ june or either december.

coloneljasi · 6th January 2007, 01:08

Wow!Looks like you guys really had fun.Too bad I missed it...again.

jkdas · 6th January 2007, 10:57

nice one steeroid.

someone's gonna pay for that special flavoured tea. muhhahah

zak; you back from exile?

do you know that quicksilver is mistaken for someone else or not even recognized coz he sports a devdas beard these days! We I met him last week ak Kovai, we overheard a friend of his asking another guy if that indeed was quicksilver.

nitinbhag · 6th January 2007, 13:59

Now this one has me wishing that I was back in India with my Dicor, on this trip.. am seriously missing all the TBHP activity :( ..

Joz · 17th January 2007, 10:27

Sorry to be replying a little too late. My laptop crashed... guess it was the voltage fluctuation in Kerala.

The little time spent with you guys was well worth it. It was great meeting you guys. Looks like I missed a whole lot of fun. But I am glad I returned early. There was serious stuff to take care of.

Lets do a repeat soon. Shall try and arrange for the High Range Club at Munnar.

Ciao.

speedzak · 18th January 2007, 01:00

Oh, Joz. Atleast now we heard from you.
You owe us for letting you go midway. Let it be Munnar. We're ready sir.

By the way, if anybody has any pictures on stock, please post soon. This thread has done it's job I think.

Joz · 18th January 2007, 10:26

The Rumble, way before the jungle.

We thought WIPER might come in the last moment. So we made arrangements for food.

Waiting for the rest to come. And I though I was late!

A breather after the lovely ride first leg: Flooring it all the way was fun but the 0.8 ltr ran out of breath almost every where.

That's Wifey, JK, Max, Carfreak, Nikki and Quicksilver.
@ Quicksilver, I swear, we ARE married!!

Looking for Max since he disappeared with our food. We were really worried since Carfreak was with him too.

The rapids.

Zak junior wondering what Steer junior is upto.

Carfreak & Nikki visibly happy after the biryani. Guess Max didn't get enough.

I have no idea what i am doing here. Must be chicken in the biryani acting up.

That's Zak enjoying parenting.

And lastly, Quicksilver, SreejuP & JK.

After this, Anju and I had to return. But never the less, those 2 hours was well worth it. The drive back home was fun too, flooring it for 4 - 5 hrs with just Bob Dylan for company. Anju was 'Sleeping in my car'.

Wifey shot a nice video of the drive from chalakudy to athirampally. But i can't seem to view it on my standby desktop. Will upload it soon.

Ciao.

planet_rocker · 18th January 2007, 18:39

@guys - a very good report and very nice pics. i had a great time going through the posts.

5th January 2007, 11:38	#31
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	Pics!! More........ A distant view of the Athirappilly waterfalls. A funny but true Warning sign!! Parental Responsibilities!!! Steeroid wants to do some exercise by doing some push ups!! Then decides to give up!!
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5th January 2007, 11:49	#32
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	A closer view of the falls!!
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5th January 2007, 12:21	#34
supremeBaleno Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chennai / Kochi Posts: 5,546 Thanked: 2,699 Times View My Garage	Stresses the importance of forests in our life. A close translation wouldbe : If forests are gone, our land is doomed. And if land is doomed, the people are doomed.
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5th January 2007, 12:45	#35
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	When we heard from Wildcard that he infact did have a pair of Pugs ( champion male/female! ) and 5 puppies we all literally ran outside his house to check the dogs. I remember his mother-in-law coming behind us to serve the tea when we ran off ignoring her!!! I think this would be the only tbhp meet where all 5 cars got washed in the morn before the start of the second round. On the way downhill to aanamalai (pollachi) we saw a Pajero driving uphill and teh co-driver holding the grab rail as if he was scared to death when he saw the hair pin turns. Some how saw him closely said he was some film actor.
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5th January 2007, 21:35	#36
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,751 Times	You know, I really dont drink. But if you insist I'll have some whiskey with Gatorade.... His dad did the drinking, but Duboy's the one who got high: Zakkie calms Quicksilver down as Steeroid instigates him to go for the nuts in this tribal morning wake-up custom. The person under the blanket is unknown, but will not remain unheard for long: The man who got the boot was Zakkie's good friend Taha and so Sriram (Quicksilver) has been banished: If only you'd listened to my advice and bought a smaller vehicle you wouldnt have so much trouble cleaning, says Zakkie to Steeroid as he cleans up the car before he leaves following Zakkie's henious act of banishing Quicksilver. Are you sure you want to leave without me? I'm gonna use my Kryptonian powers and lift the rear wheels of that stupid SUV off the road if you do... Duboy actually carried out his threat and everyone had to leave the car and hoof it. JK was so scared by Duboy's antics he had to take a leak...I wonder which unlucky soul gets to drink THAT lot of tea! Meanwhile, the fleeing Quicksilver's car was caught at the next tea factory where he was found while (what else?) cleaning his car! Zakkie gave chase to extract revenge for the morning's cruel crime, and Quicksilver was last seen jumping off THIS: Unable to bear the sight of his father's cruel behaviour, Zakkie's son takes out his frustration on the car: The cops were called in and once he saw THIS, Zakkie was sure that he'd be followed WHEREVER HE GOES: Meanwhile Quicksilver had floated down the river to a reservoir near Pollachi where he rescued and revived by another TBHP member WildCard, who happens to be a doctor. Quicksilver recounting his tale of woe to Dr Madhavan (WildCard) while Steeroid consoles him: and Zakkie's elder son breaks into an Eminem jig when he hears that his dad was the Real Slim Shady Despite the distracting entertainment, Zakkie is found guilty by the cops. After goodbyes to the family, the man is sent to do his time: while the rest of the gang meet up to discuss his fate and finish the liquor Last edited by Steeroid : 5th January 2007 at 21:46.
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5th January 2007, 22:09	#37
quicksilver BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 455 Thanked: 12 Times View My Garage	WOW!!! that was a good one Steer....
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5th January 2007, 23:14	#38
nosfreak BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hyd Posts: 265 Thanked: 28 Times View My Garage	wonderful pictures guys. Gald you guys had a great meet. I will be down in Kerala near may/ june or either december.
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6th January 2007, 01:08	#39
coloneljasi BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: KL-11 Posts: 686 Thanked: 251 Times View My Garage	Wow!Looks like you guys really had fun.Too bad I missed it...again.
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6th January 2007, 10:57	#40
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	nice one steeroid. someone's gonna pay for that special flavoured tea. muhhahah zak; you back from exile? do you know that quicksilver is mistaken for someone else or not even recognized coz he sports a devdas beard these days! We I met him last week ak Kovai, we overheard a friend of his asking another guy if that indeed was quicksilver.
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6th January 2007, 13:59	#41
nitinbhag BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 262 Thanked: 2 Times	Now this one has me wishing that I was back in India with my Dicor, on this trip.. am seriously missing all the TBHP activity :( ..
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17th January 2007, 10:27	#42
Joz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dubai Posts: 247 Thanked: 2 Times	Sorry to be replying a little too late. My laptop crashed... guess it was the voltage fluctuation in Kerala. The little time spent with you guys was well worth it. It was great meeting you guys. Looks like I missed a whole lot of fun. But I am glad I returned early. There was serious stuff to take care of. Lets do a repeat soon. Shall try and arrange for the High Range Club at Munnar. Ciao.
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18th January 2007, 01:00	#43
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	Oh, Joz. Atleast now we heard from you. You owe us for letting you go midway. Let it be Munnar. We're ready sir. By the way, if anybody has any pictures on stock, please post soon. This thread has done it's job I think.
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18th January 2007, 10:26	#44
Joz BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dubai Posts: 247 Thanked: 2 Times	The Rumble, way before the jungle. We thought WIPER might come in the last moment. So we made arrangements for food. Waiting for the rest to come. And I though I was late! A breather after the lovely ride first leg: Flooring it all the way was fun but the 0.8 ltr ran out of breath almost every where. That's Wifey, JK, Max, Carfreak, Nikki and Quicksilver. @ Quicksilver, I swear, we ARE married!! Looking for Max since he disappeared with our food. We were really worried since Carfreak was with him too. The rapids. Zak junior wondering what Steer junior is upto. Carfreak & Nikki visibly happy after the biryani. Guess Max didn't get enough. I have no idea what i am doing here. Must be chicken in the biryani acting up. That's Zak enjoying parenting. And lastly, Quicksilver, SreejuP & JK. After this, Anju and I had to return. But never the less, those 2 hours was well worth it. The drive back home was fun too, flooring it for 4 - 5 hrs with just Bob Dylan for company. Anju was 'Sleeping in my car'. Wifey shot a nice video of the drive from chalakudy to athirampally. But i can't seem to view it on my standby desktop. Will upload it soon. Ciao. Last edited by Joz : 18th January 2007 at 10:45.
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18th January 2007, 18:39	#45
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	@guys - a very good report and very nice pics. i had a great time going through the posts.
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