Truly, Madly, Deeply

Since my initial working days, I always had this fascinating delusion of working for a hotel on white sand with sky blue beaches…Destinations like Bora Bora, Seychelles, St Lucia used to be my biggest infatuation. So I tried applying to every single island I could spell and got rejected !

 

 Years later when the thought of going to any such place had depleted from my mind, I got pushed in to the ocean of Maldives…. It was much prettier and picturesque than I ever imagined, but after exactly three hours of me landing there I realised, I couldn’t do it any more…. Seclusion is not my cup of tea…..

How should I say, It’s almost like the urge of visiting a strip club. You love going there but never want it on your resume……………

 

It’s a paradise for those in love, no sightseeing, no shopping! Just long walks on the beach, sun sets, skinny dipping in lagoons, lazing in the hammock , gazing at the shooting stars and drinking till cows come home!

 

 But for many,  It’s amongst the top 3 boring vacations of their life time. The other two being when their TV didn’t work and when they couldn’t order half butter chicken ( you could guess the nationality by now). And I am not making this up….

At dinner, while the others are busy holding hands, smiling & gazing in each other’s eyes, a few even trying to have a conversation with the doped out waiters,

 I would always find a few sitting with an utter disturbing silence!…… absolutely nothing to discuss or ponder as if they have just been punished with the gloomiest day of their life. The poor souls have finally realised that besides the menu that they ordered, they have nothing in common ! I only hope to pass out before something like this happens to me......  

A breath of fresh air would gush in when a waiter would come over as they finally had something to talk,  ‘The Chicken Tikka Masala lacks a bit of zest’. Yeah! Just like your life!

(i.e. assuming that their maids, drivers and other Man Fridays are not serving notice periods…)

For them, days have passed by without going to a multiplex, they haven’t clicked a single picture outside a Gucci showroom and they have no stories to boast about their bargaining skills….And the worst of all, the ocean is just too blue for them……. she did say so, ( green was her favourite colour..)

And that’s when you know, you shouldn’t have married so soon!

….. and Maldives is so not for you !

So in your check list for Maldives, do make sure to have someone with lots of compassion for doing nothing…

 

P.s.- Saari may be the official bikini of Gujrat, but please don’t jump in the pool with them….. Find something of an equal size that will cover you up………