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After the YURU Sojourn (
https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...kalimpong.html), the clamour for the next overnight meet picked up steam one fine morning during the last week of October. Only this time it was decided to have a family get together. Accordingly, dates were considered and any weekend during the second and third week of November was proposed. Members deliberated and the second weekend of November was finalised.
Mandarmoni is a small sea side place near to Calcutta and the place needs no introduction. The place now features among the list of most visited places of Bengal. With some added infrastructure push from the government, new roads are coming up and one ambitious road aptly named Marine Drive is on the verge of completion. Plenty of resorts and hotels have come up now as well. After talking to few of the preferred resorts and comparing the quotes, one was selected considering the whole package.
Let me first introduce the members of the TEAM-BHP family along with their handle names:
1. PapaBravo and family
2. dip27in and family
3. mi2n and family
4. Neversaygbye and family
5. rdas81 and family
6. SchrödingersCar and family
7. Boniver and family
8. Sandman689 and family
9. ABHI_1512 and family
10. roamer012 and family
11. Mile_Breaker
12. edunata
13. Cdibya
14. HORSEPOWER
15. ShuvC
16. apollo_1999
BHPian HornNotOkPlease was also part of the plan, just that his dates collided with our meet up and he stayed at another property nearby along with his family.
Sharing some pictures for a start:
Our Venue- Anutri Beach Resort The cars lined up along the highway Boniver’s pet peeping across the Ritz Sandman689’s pet frolicking in the sea The whole group- along the sea HORSEPOWER generating hydropower :D The cars lined up at the resort Sandman689 with his two adorable pets Off-roading The coconut seller who posed
It was a really enjoyable weekend, thanks to you, Abhi Da, for taking up the responsibility of organising everything and putting everyone’s comfort before yours. I meet some of you almost every weekend, but it was great to meet the others who I’ve only interacted with over WhatsApp!
Some more pictures:
A long line up of cars waiting to drink tender coconut water:
Sunset at the beach:
Some pictures of the new (to me) car:
Video-calling TurboNath at 2am to make him jealous for missing the meet:
An almost empty tank after just 400 odd kms on the highway shows I had some real fun!
I think I speak for all of us when I say I’m eagerly looking forward to our next trip as a group. Bring it on!
ABHI_1512 Many many thanks for taking the pain of organizing this weekend fun and then finally penning it down. A destination that I have frequented so often but the company of BHPians just took it to another level. Starting from having chicken bharta for breakfast to super delicious mutton curry for lunch to kebabs in the evening supplemented by acrobatics in pool to BHPian Horsepower's breakdance and the evening adda and travel stories from different BHPians made it memorable. Yes and with all this came the passion to drive. A convoy of BHPians is always a sight not to miss!
Thanks Abhi da. Had an absolute blast. Especially my family & pets.
Looking back however, I feel it ended too quickly. Can't wait for the next meet!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ABHI_1512
(Post 5452101)
BHPian Sandman069 |
I see what you did there. :D
Thanks for penning this down ABHI1512. This trip was successful & a blockbuster all thanks to you. Your meticulous planning was commendable. I am sure everyone had a great time & we look forward to more.
Cheers,
Pawan
Awesome pics and beautiful meet. Love the convoy, food and pool. I have missed this twice in a row. Will definitely try to make it to the next one :)
What a lovely thread and interesting pictures @ABHI_1512! Saw a lot of new faces and thank you for putting names to them. Only you can make a thread on Mandarmani so much fun to read :)
This must have been super fun! Sadly I had to give this trip a miss. :(
And honestly I didn\'t like this travelogue a single bit, I feel jealous! For you guys the turbo or the Vtec kicked in, but for me FOMO kicked in! rl:
Jokes apart. Please plan the next one ASAP, am not going to miss that. :thumbs up
Really enjoyed seeing the pics :Cheering:. You guys really seem like one big car family.
Hope someday I can join too, I need to be active on the Kolkata TBhp threads.
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