In October 2024, after a long gap of about six years,(thanks mainly to Covid), we visited Unni, Ankita and the grandchildren Theia and Arye in their home at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.
We left Kottayam on 30th September and spent one night with Sally and Ouseppachan, taking off from Cochin on the 1st October night, reaching Delhi early in the morning of the 2nd October. Since we had a gap of almost 24 hours in Delhi, we first thought of visiting our old friend Ramesh Mehta and his wife Shobha, but abandoned this plan because Ramesh had just had a cataract surgery and we didn't want to spread any infection to him, as both Simmy and I had a somewhat bad cold and cough. So finally, we took a cab and visited Babu and Shirley instead, at their home in Mayur Vihar across the Yamuna.
We had breakfast and lunch with them, slept for a while and returned to the airport well in time to catch the Air India flight to Hong Kong, arriving there about 8 am on the 3rd October. Unni was at the airport to receive us. We took a cab to North Plaza in Discovery Bay from where we took the bus to Crestmont Villa, Caperidge Drive where Unni and family now live.
It is a beautiful place, with a grand view of Discovery Bay and places like Disneyland in the distance. On our earlier visit in 2018, we had stayed at Unni's place in La Serene, but in many ways Crestmont Villa was better. The house itself was bigger,and there was a spacious patio overlooking the Bay, which made a big difference to everyone, especially to Laddoo, their friendly pet dog!
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| View of Discovery Bay from Unni's patio. |
