BY SUNNDEEP CHOPRA:
A primeval desire for peace, tranquility, serenity and beholding nature’s beauteous bounty stirred our collective senses and therefore urged us in the direction of Honolulu in gold old US of A and the exotic Beauvais beach in Paris as these two destinations seemed the only answer to our prayers.
Firstly heading in the direction of the Hertz car rental counter located on the outer periphery of Honolulu’s airport, we accomplished the onerous task of renting a chosen set of wheels namely a Dodge four wheel drive truck from the Honolulu car rental service. Task accomplished saw us heading towards the vicinity of Hawaii’s most prominent landmark namely the Waikiki beach.
Carted blankets, tent and trusted sun tan lotion and made a beeline towards the white sands of this tropical Paradise and it’s warm and bracing waters saw me venture a fairways into the welcoming depths of this oh so friendly ocean and ended up satiating our swimming related desires but also indulged in flights of fancy with a trip on a para glider and challenged the elements with the ubiquitous tried and tested surfboards for company.
As our royal Honolulu sojourn was restricted to a pithy 24 hour period, the completion of the same saw us heading back to the now familiar climes of the Honolulu Airport and boarding a flight for Paris’s Beauvais Airport but not before surrendering the chosen mode of transport with the friendly and eager to please staff of the Honolulu Airport car rentals.
Beauvais beckoned and how! One of the most prominent tourist destinations in romantic France, Beauvais seemed to be the panacea to yearnings for exotic French foods namely the snails and escargots, pomme de terre, palate friendly French wines and last but not the least French religious history lesson.
When in France do as the Frenchmen do and that is what we exactly replicated by hiring our group a fawn coloured Renault from the petite lady at the Beauvais Airport car Hire counter and pointed the car in the direction of the Cathedral Saint Pierre which is both a repository and veritable treasure house of sculptures, paintings and busts of Catholic saints and religious figures from the nineteenth century.
Nord Pas De Calais Beach beckoned and we collectively answered by setting off towards it in the trusted set of wheels rented from the Beauvais car rental services and enjoyed ourselves to our hearts’ content by soaking in the serene. Warm, friendly and tranquil atmosphere, swimming or rather wallowing like beached whales in the shallows and scything through the choppy seas like a dolphin when pitted against the deep end.
Mission accomplished, all of us now headed back towards home and hearth and the hustle and bustle of Saddi Dilli’s Defence Colony, but if there’s one thing we miss most, it’s certainly got to be the smiling visage and come hither glances of the petite lady at the Beauvais Airport car rental counter.
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