(NZ-il) Car Ottiya Thamizhachi!!

Last day at NewZealand, so we were all set to drive back to Christchurch and take the flight to Sydney. NewZealand madhiri oru kalakkal place vidaradhuku manasilladhan, aana velai velai-nu onnu iruke, so we started around 11:00 AM.

NewZealand-la driving rules are different from Australia, avangale specific-a sollirupanga, "If you are from Australia or UK be careful, we are different"-nu..naama Australia road-ke ozhunga otta mattom, idhula NZ-la ellam indha Chennai puyal disciplined-a ottuma enna? I took over the car from Fairfield to Christchurch, and naan romba try pannendhan, aanalum my kuttisathan didnt let me drive properly.

Drive panna arambichu konja dhooram ponappuram thideernu curves vara arambichudhu..seridhan ivanga malaigal nadula road potrukkanga, adhan ippadi iruku-nu partha hairpin bend varudhu!!! Ayyo! naama tirupathi malai-la appa ottumpodhe kannai moodipome, ippo namma kailaye steering iruke!-nu aaditen, but seems namma ayusu getti pola, I drove through the hairpin bends - god knows how- aana adhukaga oru munarivippe illama hill start aanadhu thappudhane? Hairpins ellam cross panna udane sema maja vandhu vegama otta arambichena..appodhan arambichudhu tension..enakilla, mathavangaluku.

Well, naan pattuku ottitirundhen, ennai poi overtake panranga?! Appadiye adrenalin konja konjama eri pinkazhuthu vazhiya brain-ku eri mela poi Vijayakanth madhiri ellaraiyum adi adi-nu overtake panna arambichena..unfortunately NZ makkal namma Chennai veerargal madhiri illa, they can't even take a cut from the vehicle ahead - naan enna azhaga overtake panni super-a cut utten, adhu poi honk panran oruthan! Idhukellam applause thara vendama? Ivangaluku overtake panradhuku oru thani lane vera! Naamalam enikavadhu vera lane edhirparthirukoma? Ore lane-la oru periya horn uttu munnala poravanai pavement pakam oramkattitu munnala poi cut udaradhudhane namma Thamizhar style? Waste pa ivangellam! che che, am very much disappointed!

Appreciate pannadha foreigners ellam indha poovulagathula irundha enna illata enna? Namma oorna drivers amaidhiya oru youngster overtake panradhu kooda kandukama super fast-a poradha oru appreciative glance but depreciative comments-oda parpangale andha attitude poovulagula yarkavadhu varuma?? Vazhga Baratha matha!

Anyways, all beautiful things have to come to an end, so did my drive, and we came to the airport, dropped the car (but padupavi pasanga en credit card-la 52$ charge pantanga oru half tank petrol-ku :(() and came back to Sydney..andha sudden transition from beauty to beast thanga mudila aana, kashtamadhan irundhadhu.hmm but enna panradhu, all beautiful things have to come to an end.