oslo diaries 2

12th june, 2007

never thought there'd be mosquitos in here, and this big too! i've been sitting outside for sometime and in a couple of minutes my hands and feet are swollen like hell by mosquito bites. there was none in the city, i guess its the countryside. no place is paradise after all.

i kinda like this place we've been shifted to now. its a youth hostel, so lots of running and jumping and playing and shouting going around. its situated on top of a little hill, you just cross the hedges and you have the slopes in front of you to climb down..there's a thin road along the slopes which is a biking track i think. except for the scorching sun, which seems to be part of the attraction for the european tourists over here, everything is beautiful, well, not breathtakenly, but beautiful enough!

yesterday we went to a beach in a place called 'huk'. when i hear the word 'beach', i picture a long shoreline, the waves crashing on the sands, the wind is so strong it almost sweeps you away, its nothing like that here. its a small and terribly crowded place, but people were going like crazy over it. the difference between cox's bazar beach and this place is that this beach is really clean. the water is clean, you wouldnt think twice or thrice before getting into the water as you'd do in cox's bazar, people dont litter around, they have kept it really nice and tidy. given this tidyness, cox's bazaar beach could be the most wonderful tourist place in the world. yes, i believe that, no nationalism attached!

we stayed for a couple of hours there, one of my colleagues got into the water, another one threw rocks at me, it was pretty fun. i didnt get into the water, i dont exactly know why, may be because didnt want to get into too much hassle of taking off the shoes and socks and folding the jeans and stuffs. im such a lazyass.

on the way back here we lost our way. our guide tipu bhai got us off from the bus at an unknown place, we then climbed up a hill, climbed down a hill, went to the right, went to the left, climbed a hill again, till we lost track of time and place, then we found out that we've been walking at the opposite direction all that time, so we turned back and was going like forever till we got to our place finally. well, it was a good experience, walking up and down the countryside amongst so much greenery. wonder how living here in this beautiful place would be, though i think it'd be terribly boring...beautiful is beautiful to the eyes as long as you see it for a short time, not always.

todays monday, so got to go to the office in the morning, the guys as usual left me and anika alone, so we had to find the busstation ourselves. it was not that tough actually, people are really friendly here and everyone speaks english, so thats very helpful too. we asked directions and got to the place easily. didnt go anywhere after office today. came and had dinner and sat on the grass for sometime till the cold and the mosquitos drove me away from there. so here i am with droopy eyes, staring at the screen and yawning, dreading waking up in the morning tomorrow.. i dont want to go to the office, i dont wanna go to the office, i dont wanna go to the office, i dont wannna go to the office.....