I thought it was going to be another day at the beach.
Sanjay had called me yesterday and invited me over for his birthday treat near the Bessie beach. The original plan was to have lunch somewhere and then hang out at the beach. Well, I was game.
We reached the place well before four. It was then that Damu suggested that we go to the Broken Bridge. I had heard of the place before. We decided to hike till there. We had parked our bikes outside Planet Yumm. It was nearly a three kilometre walk from there through the entire stretch of the beach and a fishing slum.
And then the most beautiful place I had ever seen in Madras.
To our right at a distance of nearly 25 metres was the sea and to our left was a vast carpet of creepers.
This continued for another one kilometer and we finally arrived at the bridge. It is the same bridge which features in the Suriya starrer Ayudha Ezhuthu in one of the scenes(not to be confused with Napiers Bridge)
The bridge connecting Besant Nagar and San Thome was broken in the middle during some floods during the 70s. It seems the place has been a famous hangout since then.
We walked into the narrow bridge till we came to a slightly wider area where a group of the slum guys sat drinking. The bridge ended a few metres from there. One of the guys looked bored at us as we jumped down into the sand from the bridge. It was 5:30 then. Damu informed us that the cops made their first patrol to the place at 6( This was due to the frequent crimes happening in the area)
To leave the beautiful place within a short span of time was cruel.
We made our way back through the beach.
And then the party. But it was an altogetherly different story.
4 comments:
its really a nice place, but please dont go alone there.. ive heard of people being vandalised.. go with a group
ya. people told me. thanks anyway.
ya da its a nice place like ya buddy has said it not safe da... if goin with groups again avoid gals da
Right on spot on the scenic effect it will have. It is called the Elliots Bridge. After the Santhome beach towards Besant Nagar is the Foreshore estate beach and then the elliots beach (upto Besant Nagar). Thus the name Elliots bridge. In between you will find a place called MRC Nagar, where an Ayyappan temple and a palace of a Raja of bygone era is situated. In the late 60's and 70's this used to be the road to reach Besant Nagar along the beach. This used to be a place of intrest for all the bird lovers, where they used to find all kinds of birds. More details can be found in Theosophical Society web site. The bridge collapsed due to old age during the late 70’s.
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