Misadventure - of sorts

Spontaneity - yes, that's one of my traits (whether its positive or negative I have no idea though)! It can lead to good, and yeah, I'm talking about serious good, or it can lead you to trouble.

Its not only my thoughts that have the habit of wandering, I wander about a lot too. And of late, these ramblings have increased quite a bit. One such took me to Junput, a small fishing hamlet tucked on the coast of Bay of Bengal. At least this was what the websites advertised.

I should have known better - it is people like me who write for those sites, people who have never visited the destination but use up all possible adjectives to describe it, people who have no idea about the place at all. But we were silly enough to believe them. That was a serious mistake.

We went to Kanthi via bus (took about 3 hours) and took a van. Then it was another 40 minutes bus journey to our destination. When we finally reached the place... well I have no words to describe it... all my writing skills fail here! No I'm not searching for adjectives like mesmerizing or stunning or wonderful or any such.

It was horrid, yeah, that's the right word, horrid. It was a small village full of fishermen. We asked them about the 'beautiful' beach. They showed us an endless stretch of mud that led to something on the horizon. There was no way we could reach that far and come back too!

We rested under some trees for about half an hour and came back - yes, the whole 3 hours and 45 minutes trip back to Kolkata. A misadventure - and all credit goes to my community, that of content writers.