Florentino Ariza has had 622 serious relationships (combo pack with sex) apart from numerous fleeting liaisons before he is able to embrace the only woman whom he loved with all his heart and soul. And that embrace happens “after a long and troubled love affair” that lasted 51 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Florentino is in his late 70s when he is able to behold, and hold as well, the very body of his beloved Fermina, who is just a few years younger than him. She now stands before him with her wrinkled shoulders, sagged breasts, and flabby skin that is as pale and cold as a frog’s. It is the culmination of a long, very long, wait as far as Florentino is concerned, the end of his passionate quest for his holy grail. “I’ve remained a virgin for you,” he says. All those 622 and more women whose details filled the 25 diaries that he kept writing with meticulous devotion have now vanished into thin air. They mean nothing now that he has reached where he longed to reach all his life. The
Kufri looks so beautiful. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteBeauty of the mountains is captivating in Himachal.
DeleteI've never been to Shimla! Such a beautiful place! Tall trees and beautiful mountains!! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, the trees and the mountains will bewitch you.
DeleteSo you went on a summer holiday to this lovely place? Good post, lovely pictures.
ReplyDeleteYeah, a short break from the long summer in Delhi. More for the mind than the body :)
DeleteGreat trip ! I once heard that Kufri is better then kufr !
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that, Kokila. But Kufri can be great fun in less warm days.
DeleteKufr means 'sin' Sir and here used in sense of 'pleasure' :)
DeleteNice photographs....my memories got refreshed... :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad I could do that.
DeleteI visited Kufri this summer and found it to be quite commercialized... tourists were littering the place all over :( There was this pahadi lady with a stall that served paranthas. they were the best I have had in a long time..\and those ponies scared me... I dont think ill do a pony ride again :P
ReplyDeleteYes, Seeta, the pony ride was a bit scary for me too.
DeleteCommerce reigns supreme in every tourist place of Shimla. I mentioned it in my first post in this series.
I didn't eat anything in Kufri, drank a lot of water and fruit juices. It was pretty hot!
Looks like a must visit! I have been wanting to visit the northern part from such a long time.. Hopefully this year :)
ReplyDeleteGo in the season of March-April or Sept-Nov. And carry a lot of cash :)
DeleteNice pictures. Last time I visited there was very bad smell of horse manure near the parking lot. View was overwhelming, though.
ReplyDeleteHundreds of ponies will certainly create a lot of dung. :) I saw a few tourists walking the trail and was quite surprised. No normal human being can walk that way. It's so pathetic. One of the tourists remarked, "This is the best way to make money out of tourists." In fact, there is a proper roadway leading to the same place where tourists are taken by ponies. But tourists realise such truths much later. There is quite a lot of deceptiveness about Shimla, I think. Maybe, the people are helpless; they need to make money this way!
DeleteBeautiful. I would love to visit this place.
ReplyDeleteChoose the season according to your taste. Snow won't be available in summer. Winter can be freezing.
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ReplyDeleteRiding the pony was a great experience in my entire tour
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