Chota Venice - Holland

Mein aur meri tanhayi aksar ye baatein karte hai (to my sapno ki nagri – Bambai), ke tum yun hoti toh aisa hota, tum yun hoti toh waisa hota. But real life mein (back from my dreamworld) kuch bhi nahi hota.

Before this phrase adds some more fodder to your already corrupt brain, let me take you through this tour.

This Wow! Effect belongs to Giethoorn, a small town in Holland. It is also well known as "Venice of the Netherlands”. It was founded in 1230 by a group of fugitives. The specialty of this village is that it has no roads - bad news to the automotive-addicts.

All the transportations are done by boats. Yes you read it right. In place of roads, there are water canals and with the help of 'punters' (typical boats from Giethoorn) you can go from iss paar to uss paar. Offlate they have also introduced cycling tracks next to the water canals.

Imagine – You are going to meet a friend of yours. You come out of the house and instead of hailing a rickshaw or a passing taxi; you hail a passing by boat to reach your friend’s house. Exciting!!!

Marnese pehle meri aakhri iccha – Someone please sponsor my trip to this place.