Heaven on earth

Flew to California last weekend. I had gone to visit someone who from now on shall be called "K". No need to be mysterious ...just to make it less complicated. The trip was absolutely great. One of those rare weekends when everything is perfect.... the weather is great, you don't have a bad hair day (consequently you dont look like the step sister of Attila the Hun), you get directions and you actually follow them for a change and you actually reach your destination for a change!

Now I have always wondered whether Americans find it easy to look at maps and figure out how to get to a place? Is it an immigrant tendency to get hopelessly lost EVERY single time they decide to venture forth outside Chinatown or Desiland? When I am going out with my fellow countrymen who are equally familiar with the city as I am... I am more or less convinced and most of the times right that if mapquest says its gonna take 2 hours then it will probably take a couple of Red Bulls and four hours to get there.

Anyways...to get back to my blog, we went hiking on to Mt Tamalpais (http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=471) in San Francisco. On the way up the winding drive I didn't get the full impact of the view. I was too busy clutching the dasboard as cars hurtled towards us from the opposite direction.

Once we parked at the very top we began hiking and within the first ten minutes I came across one of the most gorgeous views that I have ever seen. Nature at its most spell binding..... all across me in a 360degree view there were rolling hills, green green grass, and gorgeous wild flowers. Far across you could see the Golden Gate bridge, the city and the bay's sparkling water circling around it. And beyond all the rolling hills you see the stunning Pacific Ocean... stretched right across the horizon. Every single color, whether it was the color of the sky, the ocean, the flowers or the grass seemed brighter and clearer than usual. The breeze was soft and gentle..the sunlight just enough to make you feel warm. All you could hear is the gentle rustling of the leaves and the grass playing against the wind. As we hiked across the mountain we thought the views couldn't get any better but every sight was more breathtaking than the previous one. We reached one particularly spectacular area after a long hike. We rolled into the grass soaking in the sunlight surrounded by nothing except butterflies, birds and wildflowers. It felt like we were the only two people on this planet. My idea of heaven just came true.......