My first trip with my brother - A long term dream came true!

 So this all started because of one person, who entered my life in the most unexpected turn of events and became one of the most important person in my life. I’m talking about my sister-in-law, more like a sister I needed the most in life!

Ever since my brother was married, I feel like I was becoming close to my brother as our relationship was more like a stranger’s friendship. Though we both care and love each other, we never express it. To this day, when someone asks who do you love the most, without second thought, I’ll say it’s my brother. He is one of the person I look up to and be like. Till he was home, before leaving to Bangalore for work almost eleven years ago, our relationship was good. 

But when he left home, the gap between us increased. And it got bigger and bigger day by day. It reached a point where my only conversation whenever my brother comes home was “Hi anna”, “Bye anna”. This went on for so many years. And when Covid came, he was unable to visit home as the Australian Government is so strict in following covid restrictions. So, he was away from home for 2 long years before he came home last December, for his marriage. 

It was one of the happiest moment of my life as we couldn’t see in the last 2 years and that was the time I was going through my own struggles too. And I was just so fucking happy to see him in person. Immediately after his arrival, our family started arrangements for his marriage. And that’s when I met my Anni for the first time. On that day itself, she talked to me and she broke the ice. She became one of the important person that I’ll treasure for the rest of my life in such a short time.

I gave her a hand written note when she moved to Sydney with Anna in April, in which, I shared what I couldn’t tell her in person. There were only three person in my life for whom I wrote letters by hand, and she’s the second person to receive it. I usually write for my Anna but I never gave it to him, for some reason. She was the reason the ice between me and my brother broke. She was the reason the gap between me and anna reduced. And I’ll give all the credit for it to Anni.

So back to the blogpost, my Anna and anni planned for a trip when they come to India for Diwali. And that trip was the first time I went with my anna alone, without our parents. So me, anna, anni and anni’s younger brother went on this memorable trip. Initially the plan was me and my thambi driving the car throughout the trip. But my mom didn’t allow and she booked a driver to our car. 

Firstly, we went to Coimbatore to pick my thambi and from there, we went to Alappey. There we spent the night on a boathouse, where we shared all our secrets. I confessed to drinking to my Anna and anni. I didn’t say about smoking as I quit smoking. Then they asked the next big thing, my girlfriend 😂. I was not sure whether or not to tell them that I had a breakup two years ago. I didn’t want to make the whole thing weird and so I said that I don’t have a girlfriend and if I have one, they’ll be the first person to know about it. 

Then we went for fish purchasing, and had a good dinner. After dinner, we played songs on speaker and we all danced to the music. I was horrible, camera conscious and didn’t do much. Then we started talking again and somehow, the topic shifted to ghosts. Both my anna and anni shared their horror experiences, while me and my thambi were listening to those. I never get scared of those things and since I never go out much, I had nothing on the plate. I already knew few encounters my anna had and I asked him to tell about those in detail. All the encounters that they both shared were kinda spine chilling. Then we all slept after chatting for so long.

Next day, we had a sudden change in plan and we went to wonder la. There, we went to rides and in the first ride itself, there was a fun and embarrassing moment for me. We were waiting in line for this ride called “Equinox 360” and suddenly, my stomach started hurting. I ate alot the previous night as the dinner was so good and it showed it’s result. I had to leave the queue and spent the next 20 minutes in the restroom. Once my stomach became empty, I was able to enjoy the rest of the rides.

Then, in evening, we left for Varkala and we reached the villa we booked at around 12 AM. We all slept there immediately as we were all tired. The next morning, we played Sequence board game and left for Varkala cliff. There we took pictures, danced in the cliff and went to eat ice cream. I got scared that I lost my wallet. But fortunately, it was in the car only. Then we left for a 4walled old building called as some fort. There we took pictures and we went for the last destination, the Jadayu point.

That was my first time riding a rope car. So we spent the evening there, took pictures and left for home. Those 3 days were one of the most memorable days of my life. I was able to spend time with my brother, I was able to open myself up to my anna and anni, most importantly, the gap between me and anna closed completely. Nowadays, we casually talk like the old times, and I’ll give all the credits for this to my Anni only. If it wasn’t for her, all these would’ve never happened. 

Previously, I used to say I’m so lucky to have a brother like him. Now, I say I’m so lucky have a anna and anni like them. For me personally, they helped me overcome my loneliness in home, made me smile and laugh often as the only people I used to do this was with my gamer friends(nexus, trillx, atikin, santy, rakavid, ani). On the whole, this trip was something that I could only dream of and I’m grateful that it happened.

See you guys in the next post. Peace.